TNNA Report—It’s All Good

Some of the luscious yarns I picked up at the end of the show. All are from Berroco, left to right: Inca Gold, Seduce (and I am "seduced" by this yarn--can't wait to try it as an accent with a fine wool or silk), Inca Gold (really soft, great colors), Ultra Alpaca Fine (going to try felting this), Ultra Alpaca, Soft Twist (wool-rayon blend), and Lumina (when a little shine is needed). Though these yarns are designed for knitting, I'm sure going to play around with them at my loom.

Just back and recovering from a fabulous TNNA show. I’m not just making it up when I say that there was actually a “weaving buzz”! My “Weave Now Class-how to introduce weaving to your shop” was sold out and I had enthusiastic students in my rigid heddle weaving all-day workshop. Melissa (sales and marketing), Stephanie (sales and customer service), and I talked our heads off in our Schacht booth and had a great time doing it. We enjoyed meeting and chatting with our current customers, new dealers, and curious knit shop owners who just wanted to know more about weaving and spinning. Our new Cricket loom received rave reviews.

Melissa, Stephanie, and I all wove skirts to wear in the booth (too bad we forgot to take pictures) and we are pretty sure we were “hot”. (If you think you are, you are? Right?) Anyway, our little trio will be at Convergence next week and we’ll really, really, try to get a picture to share.

The news from TNNA: “real” yarn is back. Thank God. Beautiful piled yarns in sport and fingering weights were in abundance and will show off the new interest in stitch pattern knitting. Indie dyers were plentiful with their gorgeous painted and hand-dyed pallets. I’ve shown some of my favorite finds above, all from Berocco.

Links:

www.TNNA.org

www.spinweavedye.org

www.schachtspindle.com