For those of us who had dared to venture out on a day "doomed for heavy icing" as predicted by our weather stations, we had a most fantastic time! I, along with 22 other members and guests, enjoyed sharing the afternoon with knit & crochet designer, crochet speed queen, media master, teacher extraordinair Lily Chin! Yes, THE Lily Chin!
Lily ventured north, leaving the comfort of her home in New York City, to come to Danbury, along with Andrea of Seaport Yarns. Lily did a fantastic presentation, showing off her garments & accessories fom her new book, "Couture Crochet Workshop: Mastering Fit, Fashion, and Finesse; and Andrea brought along Lily Chin's Signature [yarn] Collection (and a few other quite yummy items) for us to pet & purchase.
After Lily's presentation we were turned loose to purchase goodies. I selected four of Lily's yarn line to try: Gramercy, Park Avenue, Times Square, and Greenwich Village. I also bought a "square" crochet hook to add to my growing hook collection, and the book, "Crochet Inspirations" by Sasha Kagan -- already autographed.
Then, as we munched on homemade goodies and had Lily autograph our books and patterns, our Chapter President, Grace, handed out raffle prizes to everyone. She's really amazing; everyone was delighted with their goodies; I received yarn that I instantly decided to put in my "chemo" category (and in fact worked up two chemo caps earlier today during our power outage).
As we were winding our meeting down, I was handed a mysterious package to open ... why the face? What was in the box??? You'll have to tune in tomorrow for those details!
Thank you Lily, Andrea & Grace for a fantastic year-ending meeting!!
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I was very lucky to take a class with Lily earlier in November. She is a fantastic teacher and so full of energy! I learned so many cool techniques and she autographed my copy of her book without me even having to ask! It was a great day. I'm glad you guys had so much fun. :)
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