Yarn Crawl 2008-My Stash Grows and Grows

So much happened on my trip to Atlanta this weekend that it's impossible to capture it all in one post. So I'll have to post in pieces. I and four friends ventured to the Atl to see the Yarn Harlot. But more on that later.

I'll start with the Yarn Crawl portion of the trip and outline all of my purchases and wins (more about this in another post!!!). These are not in order of store visited but in order of picture uploaded.


Knitting Emporium-Kennesaw,GA
1 skein Colinette Jitterbug
2 balls Laines Du Nord Cleo
Book-A to Z of Crochet




Why Knot Knit-Atlanta,GA
1 skein Araucania Ranco Sock Yarn
1 skein Noro Kureyon
Knit Klips
Project Bag



Yarn Harlot/Knitch Event
Raffle Prize-5 skeins Noro Sock Yarn






Krazy Knitz-Dalton,GA
1 Addi Turbo Needle
2 balls Fortissima Sock Yarn-Teddy Bear
2 balls Cascade Fixation
2 skeins Antuco Cotton



Knitch-Atlanta,GA
4 skeins Claudia Hand Painted Sock Yarn
1 skein Mountain Colors Hand Painted Sock Yarn
1 Sock Guide
Book-Yarn Harlot
Book-Things I Leaned From Knitting
1 Addi Turbo Needle
1 Bag ground Knitch Coffee
Black Purse Handles


More about the raffle later. YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT ELSE I WON!!!!

Chattanooga Festival of Writers

I attended my first writer's conference this past weekend. It was a great conference and I walked away having learned a lot more than I expected.

The main portion of the conference consisted on four session times with three discussions to choose from during each session. I attended "The Memoir:Telling Your Story" (John Sedgwick), "Writing the Short Story" (Ben Fountain), "Freelance Journalism: crafting a Career, Finding Your Niche" (Nancy Henderson, Sean Price, Nancy Hatch Woodward), and "Tips to Keep the Reader Reading" (Will Akers)

As you can see I chose to attend talks that covered just about everything you could write. And there were other sessions that I wish I could have fit in but with seven sessions choices and only four time blocks, I couldn't do it all.

The festival itself started Friday night with a reception dinner and keynote address by Ben Fountain. Saturday was the main day with breakfast, two sessions, lunch with keynote address by Allen Wier, the final two sessions and a book signing. I avoided the signing as my budget is limited at the moment and all the authors have so many good titles to choose from. I was sure I would be tempted to purchase one of everything, so I stayed away.

As far as gems of knowledge I pulled from the sessions I attended, I'll post those tomorrow.

Links to some of the authors:
www.willakers.com
www.nancyhendersonwrst.com
www.johnsedgwich.com
www.allenwier.com
www.lollywinston.com
www.nancyhatchwoodward.com
www.katorihall.com
http://english.unc.edu/faculty/kenan.html

Strides of March

Congratulations to Sarah the volunteer coordinator at Chattanooga Cares. She did a great job organizing this year's march. I know it must have been hard for her considering this was her first year organizing things.

Of course no one could foresee how cold it would be today. The ground was wet from the rain we had yesterday and the wind kept blowing making the day a little colder than necessary. But everything went well and I couldn't help but smile seeing all the walkers crossing the walking bridge shortly after the start of the 3.1 mile walk.

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