On Sunday the Honolulu Academy of Arts had a family event and they invited us Aloha Knitters to demonstrate and display our wares. I took along a few of my shawls and my spinning wheel made its first public appearance with me.
Dorothy and Veronica also brought along their wheels and we became a sort of row of spinning wheel soldiers. (I’m supposed to be in the middle.)
spinning!
May brought along her fabulous mutant bunny.
Mutant Bunny!
Teri brought her lovely afghan squares.
teri's afghan squares
Patrice brought her gorgeous freeform crocheted pieces.
freeform crocheted afghan
freeform crocheted purses
You can tell by the happy faces the demo was a success.
Kai and May
Despite grabby hands and parents that insisted we were spinning cotton, I had a really good time. I hope the Aloha Knitters get a chance to do more of these types of events. If you’d like to read more about it, the lovely Acornbud took some pictures of her own. I might even be in one of them.
I have a lot more catching up to do, but I think I’ll save that up for another day. I gotta ration out the blog fodder. ;-)
Happy Tuesday, everyone! Thanks for reading!
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 am
Sounds like a wonderful time was had by all. Thank you for sharing.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:43 am
Looks like a lot of fun! Glad it went well!
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:44 am
Wow, I need a group like that. Don’t you hate when those visiting won’t take your word on what you’re using? :)
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 am
Looks like a good time!! It’s amazing how people can be so sure of what they don’t know, isn’t it? ;)
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 am
Doode – cotton?? I know you schooled them right!
Both of those afghans are boootiful – the free form crochet one is awesome! Give it’s creator a hug from me!
Aren’t you glad you did this? It looks like it was a lot of fun!
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:26 am
Thanks for sharing! Sounds like fun. Love that crocheted freeform afghan!
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:38 am
Sounds like a wonderful day.
Well… minus the grabby and the cotton people.
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:48 am
Looks like it was a hit!! Love those crocheted purses and the smiles. Oh and I could sure use some of that weather over here. Hugs!
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:53 am
What a great event! It’s nice to see your Lendrum there…I haven’t decided yet if I’ll drag mine to the Ravelry Outpost at Taos Wool Festival yet or not. I am thinking it will stay home so I can roam free and spend uku-pile of dollars.
I’m glad the day was a success…everyone looks so happy…even if they are spinning COTTON.
hugsssssss
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September 23rd, 2008 at 9:04 am
I would guess from the happy smiles that a good time was had by all!
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:11 am
Must. Have. Mutant. Bunny…
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:20 am
Looks like fun!!
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:21 am
What fun!! (and it looks as if it was a lovely day, all around!
(((hugs)))
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:58 am
Love the bunny!
Sounds like it was a wonderful day.
How Bout Them Cowboys?
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:06 am
I know, dude- cotton. I was about ready to smack a few people and rip their grabby hands off!
But I had a great time overall. It was really nice getting to see everyone and spin in the open air.
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 am
Wow, it looks like fun! I’m moving to Hawaii!
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Wow. Such talent! I especially love the free form crochet. It looks like a good time was had by all! And that bunny – HA! Thanks for spreading fibery goodness!
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:26 pm
What beautiful works of art you displayed! I’m glad you and your friends had a wonderful time. When will we get to see what lovely fiber is on your Lendrum?
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Wow, such a large number of creative people all in one place!! Look like it was fun :)
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
such a lovely day with so much to see! i’ve yet to see a spinning wheel in action…..sigh – don’t you just love patrice’s freeform?!
September 24th, 2008 at 12:20 am
wish i was there!! …sigh…
September 24th, 2008 at 1:57 am
Congratulations on going public with your spinning! Confidence is a beautiful thing :o)
September 24th, 2008 at 7:43 am
Looks like it was really fun! I hope to do something like that too one day. I almost spun at the fair, but I didn’t have the time…
September 24th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Wouldn’t you know whether you were spinning cotton or not? It looks like a really fun day!
September 24th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Glad it was fun! Fabulous mutant bunny – how awesome!
September 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Sounds like a fun event!
September 24th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
That is the way to do one of those events. I wonder how I would fare with the grabby people. I can handle the ones who are sure they know more about what I am doing. I may have a couple of opportunities to demo knitting and spinning, and I might just give it a go.
September 25th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Wow! That freeform crocheted afghan is just gorgeous! amazing!
September 25th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Demonstrating our crafts for the public can be fun. (Of course, sometimes it can be a PITA, but let’s focus on the positive.)
Glad you had a great time!