TNNA and Unwind!
January 22nd, 2010
The Ravelry team had a great time last weekend as we headed to California for the Anniversary party at Unwind in Burbank and also for the TNNA trade show in Long Beach. I found it so hard to leave snowy and slushy New England but sometimes you just have to sacrifice for your job, you know? ;)
First we headed to the event at Unwind- it is such a nice spacious shop and we always have a great time there! We got to see some new and old friends, see some beautiful yarn, and Casey found another crocheted guy to play with. Thank you to Stephanie, her wonderful staff and all the Ravelers who came to say hello!
Before we left the Burbank area, we had to give Casey something for his hobbies so we stopped at a great comic shop. Mary-Heather and Sarah even found something special for their guys at home!
Then we were off to Long Beach where we reunited with our colleagues at the trade show. As usual, we came away from the show energized and full of ideas on how Ravelry can help support the industry and our community so stay tuned for that!
This TNNA was also the launch of a collaborative effort between Ravelry, Louet and Soak. As you probably know, we have been working with Jacqueline Sava at Soak already with our Unleash Soak and she had the great idea to come out with a color range of Ravelry inspired Louet yarn, with fun pattern support and kits.
There will be more information on this soon, in the Soak-worthy group, but you can see Jacqueline’s patterns here and the colors here, on the Unleash yarn page. The Unleash Soak, yarns, patterns and kits are going to be available soon at a yarn store near you! Jacqueline will be updating this post here with the stores that are carrying them.
We have had a lot of fun working on this with both Soak and Louet and look forward to seeing what Ravelers can do with these fun Ravelry inspired colors!
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:49 am
As one who is on the newer side to Ravelry, I didn’t know what TNNA stood for. So I looked it up. For those others of you who do not yet know, it’s The National NeedleArts Association and their web site is http://www.tnna.org/
Worth learning about!
Thanks, Jess, for posting the photos and some reflections.
January 25th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Checked out the pattern link above, and while they are very nice, there are only knit patterns. It’s a shame there isn’t at least one, for those of us who prefer to crochet.
January 26th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
I love the photo of the clouds, trees and lamp post! Was that taken with a holga or diana? It’s quite beautiful.
January 27th, 2010 at 12:31 am
What comic book store did you guys go to? It looks awesome!
February 1st, 2010 at 9:12 am
I love the scarves and the beanie hats!
February 4th, 2010 at 2:18 am
I am Raverly member. I like your photo.
February 5th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
sooooo love the light blue scarf…pattern info. please?
February 6th, 2010 at 11:00 am
This is all fantastic… but when is the iPhone app coming???
February 7th, 2010 at 10:16 am
I agree with Sharon, some crochet love would be nice, in the form of patterns and/or crochet-inspired colorway names.
~SnarlingBadger
February 8th, 2010 at 1:31 am
I live walking distance from the LB show and was bummed that I couldn’t get in as I’m just a consumer! LOL! FYI, Long Beach is way more artsy/craftsy/cool than Burbank. There are a some great local shops that I hope you guest while here in LB next year! Congrats on the new ventures.
GO CROCHET!!!
February 8th, 2010 at 8:27 am
In the picture, where everyone is standing in front of the ads,right over the left shoulder of the beautiful, dark haired woman is the ad with the yellow dress/pinafore. I have been lusting after this little dress pattern ever since I first saw it in the ad in one of my knitting mags. Is there a pattern available? I just love the look of this little beauty and have 4 great neices for whom I would love to make it.