Having retreated as far as we could go - ie to Coogee - our team is now advancing - not in lock step but as a ragged huddle. Which is the best we can expect. And I have turned my attention to more interesting advances, like World Wide Knit in Public Day.
Yesterday 80 knitters met at Darling Harbour's Bayside Lounge. We ate, drank, chattered, nattered, posed, hugged, gossiped, listened, shared purchases from the next-door craft fair, compared projects, laughed, wept just a little, and occasionally managed to knit a stitch or two.
The venue was overwhelmed; despite Sally warning them that 75 people might turn up they had only 25 seats ready for us. We rolled 'em. The staff just about kept up with demands for chicken, burgers, meat burgers, salads, prawns... wine, beer, champagne, coffee, lemon squash... There were knitters inside and outside. Jussi came from New Zealand just for the event, and there were other visitors from Wollongong, Canberra and Bathurst, and certainly others from places that I didn't pick up on.
There were great door prizes (all of which managed to avoid me). There was fun, and joy, and companionship, and we all had a truly great time. Thanks, Sally, for all your work, especially in getting so many lovely door prizes, and thanks for offering to do it all again next year... sorry, didn't I hear you offering to do that...?
It looks like a great event! Hooray for public knitting :)
Posted by: Jocelyn | June 16, 2009 at 04:56 AM
now i am sad - missing justine :-(
i'd decided this year to go to Kipping - but I had to work. Did go to the craft Show on Sunday - bought lots of yarn
Posted by: Lyndell | June 16, 2009 at 06:35 PM