Sock Summit: Day 4

Well, Sock Summit 2009 is officially over :( I don't know what to do with my time anymore, I've spent 5 days down at the convention center making so many memories with my friends! I guess I should get back to taking care of my baby (who turned 7 weeks old today!) who missed me terribly every day I was gone. I guess my wallet will be happy that ss09 is over and it's a good thing that the market closed early today! I sure hope the vendors did well and would attend this event if they have one in the future, because there were some awesome treasures to be had in that marketplace.

So, today my Sidekicks sock class with Janel Laidman was cancelled, and I chose to take Carson Demer's 3 hour Ergonomics class as a substitute. I had already taken the 1 hour class on Friday, but thought there would be a lot more info in the 3 hour class since it was 2 hours longer. However, this was not the case. The information he was teaching was basically the same for both classes except the with the 3 hour class it was drawn out to cover 3 hours. I am a little disappointed in this, but I'm going to chalk it up to Buyer Beware.

After the class Angela and I got in line for the Luminary Panel. We at our Pita Pit sandwiches while waiting and finished before the doors opened, so we must have been in line for over an hour!! I don't know what to say about the whole panel discussion, except that it was well worth my time to be there. It was very interesting to get to know the women on the panel and their viewpoints. I got a little misty eyed when Barbara Walker was said that feathers developed so that birds could fly and humans need to have their hands busy so we knit :) The whole discussion was very poignant.

I only took a few photos today and they are not that great, but I'll share them anyway!

Check it out, Meg Swanson sitting next to Barbara Walker!!


Tina and Stephanie - they were a hoot up there. I sure hope they go to bed with a nice bottle of booze and sleep for the whole week, because they both need and deserve it!


Lucy Neatby and Cad Bordhi


After the panel discussion, we sang Happy Birthday to Elizabeth Zimmermann who would be 99 years old today, they even had a cake for her! They had yummy lemon bars and raspberry oatmeal bars for us! And then it was over!

Here is a great wrap-up article that sums up the whole summit!

Today's Purchases:

A skein of Silver Spoon and a shawl pattern from Kitchen Sink Dyeworks