Scandinavian Knitting Conference in Seattle: Anyone Else Going?

[lwood]

Hey, folks, I recently got my registration notification back from the Nordic Museum in Seattle for the Scandinavian Knitting Conference. They have workshops aiming at all skill levels, although I'm afraid by now the most popular ones have, of course, sold out.

Like the one that teaches how to make the infamous Mittens from Rovaniemi--which I, like

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[fstrpussycat]

Oh, I love that place! Makes me wish I was still in Seattle.

[lwood]

Oh, I love that place! Makes me wish I was still in Seattle.

If, for some reason, I ever left the SF Bay Area? Seattle or Portland would be next, even if I would be sneered at as an expat Californian for it. 8-)

And, just think, all the sweaters nobody wants down here would be perfect there...

-- Lorrie

[fstrpussycat]

Oh, they wouldn't sneer at you there anymore than anywhere else! Heehee! (Here in Colorado, you'd get it a lot worse!)

[lwood]

Oh, they wouldn't sneer at you there anymore than anywhere else! Heehee! (Here in Colorado, you'd get it a lot worse!)

Thbpt!

8-)

I'd just fall back on my Ohioan heritage at that point--sure, still a flatlander, but less crunchy-granola. 8-P

-- Lorrie

[fstrpussycat]

Oh, well crunchy-granola goes over pretty well here. I live in the middle of crunchy-granola-gone-yuppie land.

[lwood]

Boulder, then?

-- L

[fstrpussycat]

Haha! Of course! Technically, I'm just outside Boulder, but we get the spill-over here.

[lwood]

Haha! Of course! Technically, I'm just outside Boulder, but we get the spill-over here.

I've noticed this phenomenon in several states: the Designated Liberal Preserve, where you can See Them in Their Natural Habitat--which is, apparently, the university and environs.

Colorado has Boulder, Texas has Austin, Utah has Salt Lake City...those are the ones I know of so far, although I'm sure there are more.

-- Lorrie

[fstrpussycat]

Designated Liberal Preserve!

That needs to be painted on the city limit sign outside of town. Heehee.

[lwood]

That needs to be painted on the city limit sign outside of town. Heehee.

*grin!*

-- Lorrie

[knittinggoddess]

I haven't been since I was seven or eight. The mannequins in the Old Country exhibit creeped me out.

To bring this back to knitting, I will say that I have always been fascinated by Scandinavian stranded knitting, even when I was just obsessed with my genealogy.

[lwood]

I haven't been since I was seven or eight. The mannequins in the Old Country exhibit creeped me out.

I've got good reason to amble about the rest of the museum, so I hope admission is included...

To bring this back to knitting, I will say that I have always been fascinated by Scandinavian stranded knitting, even when I was just obsessed with my genealogy.

I haven't done anything with this yet, primarily as my climate doesn't really lend itself well to that sort of thing...but everything's worth looking at. 8-)

-- Lorrie

[fstrpussycat]

It would be a creepy place if you were little!

Genealogy is what got me interested in Scandinavian knitting also (I have always admired it, but it's still on my list of things to knit). I'd love to learn a craft that is representational of my ancestors. Seems like it would be a lot more interesting to learn than, say, rosemaling! ;)

[lwood]

Well, right, 'cos we're provably already interested in string, but not necessarily paint.

In the middle of my crosshairs to learn next? Nålebinding. It kicked my ass the last time I tried, but I shall persevere!

Besides, it's fun to play Stump the LYS.

-- Lorrie

[fstrpussycat]

Wow. Now THAT looks cool. Where would you even begin to learn something like that? Did you try to teach yourself?

[lwood]

Wow. Now THAT looks cool. Where would you even begin to learn something like that? Did you try to teach yourself?

Hey, when in doubt, find the re-enactors and extreme geeks:

• Regia Angolorum's nalebinding page
• Clearly an SCAdian with some academic chops, here--one of the oldest pages on this.
• This page is new since my last sweep for resources.
• Holy crap, there's a Yahoo! group. I didn't know about this last time.
• Medieval Costumers' page with several more links