More Fashion Show

My aunts, Jennifer and Heather came to the Fashion show. Aunt Heather drove two hours to get there and Aunt Jennifer came an hour and a half to see both me and my work in the show, and they stayed from 1:00 – 8:00. They both most definitely won the Best Aunt Award: ) I was really glad they were able to make it to the show.

Blessing Leji interviewed me for Teen News Now, and this was taken of me on my way back to the dressing rooms after talking to my aunts. Teen News Now is a television show that is produced and hosted by teens, and it airs in the Hampton Roads to North Carolina area.

VA Fashion Week

I’ve got pictures from Virginia Fashion Week. I showed ten garments in the show as a designer, and I modeled for other designers.  I can’t show you the pics of my collection yet because I haven’t gotten them from the photographers yet, so until then…

Here are some pics of me and my friends back stage at the show.

I modeled for Johnathan Kayne. He was on Project Runway’s 3rd season.

All of his dresses were a size 8, so Kayne had to pin the waist to fit me.

This is Kayne’s line of dresses.

Here I was modeling for another designer, Dee’s Couture.

Mathews Memorial Library Event

Here are some pics of the event at the Mathews Library…

I was telling about the process of making the book and all of the work that goes into it.

We pinned up all of the book garments on these racks so that everyone could see them.

Chris crotchets, and he’s a wrestler… pretty cool.

Mrs. Rosalie Brown is the one who taught me how to knit.

This is Mr. Larry Brown.

My grandparents, Hank and Audrey Wright, are on the front row next to Mr. Larry and Miss Rosalie.

More of the book’s garments.

More pics

Here are some more pics from my October 27th book signing at the Knitting Basket…

The Bay Window ladies helped us so much last summer, and they really turned out to see my finished book.

While Betty Lee looked at the boots, I signed her book.

Stacy is Betty Lee’s daughter, and she bought a copy of It Girl Knits to send to her friend in Australia who has a teenage daughter who is tall and thin.

My Bay Window knitters

These are my Bay Window knitters… we couldn’t have gotten the book done without them: )

Suzie knitted the Tankini bottoms. She also made the linings for the Diva Bikini top and the Flirty Empire Dress bodice.

Polli knitted the Beaded Wrap Skirt and the Beaded Bandana for It Girl Knits.

Marianne knitted the comfy cotton pants and the Tankini top for the book.

The Bay Window

Here are some pics of another book signing at a cute little knitting shop in Irvington, VA called the Bay Window. It was a very successful day, and everyone had a good time. Once every month the Bay Window has a big birthday party for everyone who has a birthday in that month, and everyone brings food. The book signing was on this day and there were at one point in the day about 30 people there. It was pretty crazy…

It’s an adorable little place, and the owners, Candy and Mary are a lot of fun: )

Hannah

A little girl named Hannah and her mother, Linda and her sister, Heather came all the way from Powhatan VA to buy my book. Linda saw the article about me in Vogue Knitting two years ago when they lived in Minneapolis. They moved to VA a little over a year ago, and when she recently came to the Knitting Basket they told her about the book signing.

The day of the signing, Linda brought Hannah just to buy one of my books and get it signed by me. I was very surprised and glad that they did. I hope they enjoy my book: ) They were so sweet and supportive and I am glad that I got to meet them.

The Knitting Basket

Here are some pics of a group of girls who attend a knitting class every Saturday at the knitting basket. They were so cute and they were so excited about knitting and learning how to do something new. I was helping a girl knit a doll that she was going to felt after knitting it.

The hats that some of them were knitting were looking better than my first hat: ) I had a good time with them.

Book Signing!

The Knitting Basket in Richmond, Virginia hosted my first book signing and trunk show on Saturday, October 25th. Quite a few people came and they were all very supportive and enthusiastic.

These are the owners, Kristin and Ute. They are both very sweet and made me feel very welcome. We all enjoyed the great food that they made (Kristin made an amazing pumpkin dip) for the event.

It was a great day and the book signing went very well.

Knotions Preview!

The Knotions Preview is up!

Check out my new Vortical Socks pattern in the preview and on Ravelry!