The Marketplace was housed on Levels 5 & 6 of the Marriott. There were booths selling yarn, clothing items, bags, even knitted fruit. I looked for a booth selling knitted fruit flies but couldn't find it. lol You could also go to lectures, classes, demonstrations and more. I saw a demonstration of Extreme Knitting. It was new to me. The needles were so large two people were holding them. I'll post a picture. My friends and I had patterns and particular needs when it came to yarn.
I was in search of Chunky Alpaca for a cowl and worsted weight yarn for Gully Gloves (fingerless) by Kelly McClure found on Ravelry. Kate likes to make sweaters and was looking for yarn for a multi colored sweater. Michelle was in search of the perfect yarn for hats and scarfs. Donna had a scarf pattern, Lovely Leaf Lace Scarf- Worsted Version, also found on Ravelry. It took us about 21/2 hours to wander around both floors. Michelle had a page full of notes on booths for us to revisit and we were starving. We headed for the Crossroads Restaurant bypassing the cafe with prepackaged sandwiches. As we ate the great food from the buffet, we reviewed the yarn we thought might work for our projects and decided which booths to revisit.
Donna found yarn that was so soft by Woolfolk for her scarf and I ended up getting some for my cowl. The vender's were so helpful in making calculations to allow for the difference in the yarn choice I made. Michelle and I both liked the yarn at the booth called Artful. I got some yarn for a hat, called Cocktail. The couple who ran the booth were so nice. Their shop is in Canada. I later discovered on the inside of the yarn label cocktail recipes and yes a hat was not on my list. Kate found beautiful yarn for her sweaters. I forgot to mention she was dressed from head to toe in items she knitted. She purchases the yard for her sweater when we went on our first knitting adventure to Connecticut at The Stitches Convention. The yarn was made from recycled jeans. I'll try to remember to post a picture in the future. We each purchased a couple more things. I am into making socks now since Kate and I mastered German Short Rows, so I bought two skeins for socks. It was after three o'clock and we were ready to head home.
We walked to the Marriott from the train, but a cab was what we needed. Michelle said in the front with the cab driver who talked to himself or was he trying to talk to Michelle. lol We encountered a protest and it took us a little longer to get to Penn Station. It was snowing and cold but we were happy knitters. It had been a great day and one we all agreed to do again. Next, maybe a Knitting Crawl.
I'm going to post some pictures of the city. Enjoy and look forward to my next post.
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