I love this line "when they asked how anyone could possibly give this much of a crap about socks". Makes me smile.
Posted by Amy at April 20, 2011 3:43 PMYou deserve the lie down!
Posted by Erin at April 20, 2011 3:43 PMHoly cow -- flat-out amazing!
Posted by Susan at April 20, 2011 3:45 PMHoly Kamoley!! I'm actually relieved that I can't consider registering (something about my daughter getting married the same weekend...)as I'd have a meltdown trying to choose. Well, well done, you two!!!
Posted by AnotherJoan at April 20, 2011 3:45 PMMakes me weep that I will be all the way across the country, hip deep in work, so I can't sneak in even a 1 hour class. There are so many I would like to attend.
Posted by Julie at April 20, 2011 3:46 PMYou totally need a nap! Job well done!
Posted by Mya at April 20, 2011 3:50 PMAwesome! What I'd really like is to hear you being interviewed by Jian Ghomeshi, explaining "sock culture" to everyone. "Q" is supposed to be about Canadian arts and culture, and obviously, there is such a sock culture out there, right?
Posted by Elizabeth at April 20, 2011 3:55 PMI can't get 6 friends together all at the same time!.......go lie down, you will need your rest!
Posted by tina at April 20, 2011 3:55 PMYippee! Sock Summit teachers and classes! I can't wait to go through them. It's going to be so hard to pick!
Posted by whirlybird at April 20, 2011 3:55 PMWow, you and Tina have done well! Congrats! Now for your prize, you deserve a nap. Sweet dreams :)
Posted by Charlotte at April 20, 2011 4:00 PMOut of this world amazing! You deserve a long rest.
Posted by Tressa in NC at April 20, 2011 4:00 PMWhoa.
Posted by kittysweaters at April 20, 2011 4:00 PMIt's like Sock Summit has a mind of its own and all you and Tina are to do is keep up with it and not let it get too far out of control. That's wonderful!
Sock knitters of the world (and we are no small group) thank you.
Posted by Juliet in Grand Rapids at April 20, 2011 4:01 PMOhhhhhh my gosh. Sock Summit schedule. I will think of nothing else until registration begins!
Posted by Lauren at April 20, 2011 4:07 PMIt looks spectacular. I've already got my list of hoped-for classes going.
I can't wait!
Posted by Laurie at April 20, 2011 4:08 PMThat's an AMAZING list. There's a remote possibility I might get to come. Fingers crossed!
Posted by Abigail at April 20, 2011 4:11 PMDang it! I'm flying across the country to Portland the BEGINNING of July. I sooooo wish Sock Summit was either a way different time of year, or right after the 4th when I'll be there anyway.
Posted by Marcia at April 20, 2011 4:14 PMHoly. Moly. *Raising hand* Umm... I give that much of a crap about socks. Is that wrong? Nah, didn't think so...
Posted by Paula @ KnitandSeek at April 20, 2011 4:18 PMThoughts? holycrapholycrap/Eeeeeee!!! So excited! It looks awesome and I can't wait!
Posted by Allison at April 20, 2011 4:19 PMIt looks totally awesome. Congratulations. Will only be with you in spirit.
Posted by StellaMM at April 20, 2011 4:27 PMI wish you'd think about a Sock Summit East. Or I wish I didn't have a fear of flying because this sounds like a dream.
Posted by Susie at April 20, 2011 4:31 PMWill there be any additions to the Sock Museum?
Posted by marie in NJ at April 20, 2011 4:32 PMMay I just say my heart is doing pit-a-pats?! As I read down the teacher list, it was * "Ooo, must take a class from that one. And that one. Holy cow?! This teacher is there, too?" * Repeat from *.
Must set aside my evening for poring over the class list.
Posted by Sarah JS at April 20, 2011 4:33 PMAnd oh. I think I just figured out where my tax refund is going.
Yes, lie down. Nice work, my friends.
Posted by Cat Bordhi at April 20, 2011 4:33 PMClearly the person who doesnt give a crap about socks never had a hand knit pair of them. Maybe if they took a few of the classes, they would see why they should care.
Cant wait for the summit this year! Also, the dark grey fleeceip is looking great. I love the pic of the carder in front of the wheel. So fibery!
Posted by Kelly at April 20, 2011 4:37 PMI give a crap!
Now excuse me while I stalk my email for notification that registration has opened...
Posted by Kathy at April 20, 2011 4:41 PMoh my bob. my mind's boggling. so many classes!
take a well-deserved nap, my dear.
Posted by jules at April 20, 2011 4:41 PMHoly Crap. I am so glad I bought my plane tickets in January.Once the knitters see those lists there won't be any seat available on any flight from anywhere for any price!
Posted by Kris B. at April 20, 2011 4:43 PMAll I can really say is you rock (and Tina too); and I'm so excited that if it wouldn't scare half a dozen people half to death, I'd probably be screaming and jumping up and down. Thanks for putting in all those sleepless nights. Enjoy your nap.
Posted by Lobug at April 20, 2011 4:44 PMAnd I thought I was excited when I faxed my classes in 3 times for classes at the Estes Wool Market this June. You all do amazing work and I grovel at your perfectly socked feet, and can't wait to get there - I will be hyperventilating the whole car ride from Casper, WY.
Posted by Steph at April 20, 2011 4:45 PMOne of these days I am going to go to sock Summit!
Can't wait to see the "new april sock" now, go lie down. You deserve it!
Posted by Liz at April 20, 2011 4:46 PMOh, I wish I didn't live halfway round the world from Oregan! I love knitting socks and always have a pair on the go. It sounds fantastic and I wish you all well.
Posted by Perpetua at April 20, 2011 4:50 PMAbsolutely amazing. Well done.
Posted by amaryllis at April 20, 2011 4:52 PMI just looked at the list. I have died, and heaven will come this summer in Portland. Thank you!
Posted by Judith at April 20, 2011 4:59 PMHooooorah!
Well done INDEED!
sleep well.
Nice yarn bits there too!
Wow. You & Tina performed superhuman moves to get all that done. Enjoy your rest, the fibre will love you just as much when you become conscious again.
Posted by Leah at April 20, 2011 5:02 PMYou have been busy. 60 teachers!
Posted by Lydia at April 20, 2011 5:07 PMIt looks like Sock Summit will be the center of universe again with all of those shining stars. Pour yourself a strong drink to celebrate all of that hard work.
Posted by debsheets at April 20, 2011 5:08 PMI wonder whether it's possible to create a black hole out of so much sock knowledge?
Posted by Gwenynen at April 20, 2011 5:09 PMWOW!! I'm getting SSOOOOOooooo excited... this will be my first Scok Summit. YIPPEEEE!
Posted by Nan Sieck at April 20, 2011 5:09 PMSo excited! You are incredible for doing this! I can't wait to be a part of the second SS!
Posted by Amanda M at April 20, 2011 5:28 PMYowsers! Good on ya
Posted by Loretta at April 20, 2011 5:43 PMWicked!!!! What an incredible job (for the second time!!) can't wait....
Posted by alison at April 20, 2011 5:44 PMI live in Portland, and was very disappointed in myself to found about this year's Sock Summit so late in the game. I'm very excited about next year!
Posted by twelvedaysold at April 20, 2011 5:46 PMSO Excited! Off to look at the info. Can't wait...already have my hotel room can car rental.
Posted by Cheryl at April 20, 2011 5:54 PMOMG!! Please don't put up the registration yet because I have to figure out what I want to take and fit it all in! I am going to be the one wandering around with her eyes spinning!
Nancy Paris
Congrats Tina and Stephanie - great line-ups in all areas.
Posted by mk at April 20, 2011 6:38 PM(sideways)
Posted by stashmuffin at April 20, 2011 6:47 PMHoly.Freakin'.Crap.
I'm a bit glazed over myself, and that's just from reading the teachers and classes list. Awesome, simply awesome.
60 teachers. 130 classes. In a weekend? Stephanie you have just scheduled enough for a 2 week conference. There are major conventions that don't have 1/3 of that! And I wanna be there *insert whiny pleading child voice*...... soooooooo bad.
Posted by Mary at April 20, 2011 7:52 PMWow -- what an amazing event this has become! I'm sad that there's no way for me to attend this time, but determined to make it sometime in the future.
And I'm quite absurdly pleased to see that I'm not the only one who uses that wee tiny carder. It's a lovely little machine, isn't it?
Posted by Christine at April 20, 2011 7:58 PMHoney-Baby you deserve the rest!
Looking SO forward to the Sock Summit....& if someone doesn't get it, PHHHHHHBT! Enough of us do.
Posted by Pauline at April 20, 2011 8:03 PMWe just had a birthday party of 3 instead of our usual 6 because we couldn't organize the other 3 who used to attend. Too many personality issues! It is amazing to me how so many world-known knitters can put their egos aside, say yes, and be herded. Of course, if anyone had asked me to teach at the Sock Summit, I'd fall all over myself to say yes and do whatever I was told (for a change).
Posted by Diane at April 20, 2011 8:09 PM
per knittysweaters: "Whoa!" and Squeeeeeeee!
Posted by Jaylee at April 20, 2011 8:15 PMI aspire to one day being able to spin that well! I'm actually going to drag my wheel out for the first time in over 3 years this weekend. My 16-month-old is FINALLY willing to sleep in her crib (instead of my bed) and this gives me lots of new-found me-time. Can't wait to spin!
When the kids are a bit older, I DREAM of going to Sock Summit! I can't wait to go someday, it sounds fantastic!
Posted by Sara at April 20, 2011 8:18 PMKudos on the launch of Sock Summit 2011. Mind if I ask about 2012? As in, will it be in Portland and around the same time? (please, oh, please, oh, please) Because that totally coincides with the week prior to my professional conference, also in Portland:
http://esa.org/meetings/upcomingmeetings.php
(also, you should stick around for the Ecologists. We knit, we drink beer, we sing and dance - sometimes even during our working sessions.)
Just so you know--if I don't get any Sock Summit classes AGAIN I'm going to jump off a bridge. Oh, and I will not rub it in anyone's face if I do get any classes. I'll remember what it's like to get NOTHING and I'll be grateful.
Posted by Susan at April 20, 2011 9:43 PMWell done! Crossing my fingers and hoping this time.
Posted by AlisonH at April 20, 2011 9:45 PMYou deserve a lie down and a cup of tea. A nice biscuit, too.
Posted by Sue at April 20, 2011 10:08 PMHoly Spitting Petunias! Stephanie, you and Tina have outdone yourselves. Now I just hope that my vacation is approved so I can go to SS11.
Posted by Margaret at April 20, 2011 10:17 PMI can't wait! To see your April socks, watch you make that shawl, and register for sock summit! Make sure you have an extra long lie down, ok?
Posted by Cinnamon at April 20, 2011 11:28 PMI've never even tried to knit a sock, and even I can see the amount of talent in the list of teachers is freaking insane! How do you do it???
To make matters worse, I can just imagine the surprises that may still come. . ."We have just opened courses taught by George Clooney and Angelina Jolie; Dolores the sheep and the Jack Daniels distillery will have a demo on mixing cocktails from 5 pm 'til whenever; Her Majesty The Queen will speak on 'Royal Knitting, Knitting Royalty' at 2 pm in the Blue Ballroom, followed by a demo on "Can-can Dancing at the Palace" at 3:30 in the Green Ballroom; . . ."
Posted by Anonymous, too at April 20, 2011 11:31 PMyes sweet lady have a lie down! so exciting!!
Posted by Mary ~ Awntie at April 20, 2011 11:32 PMOMG-teacher list and classes?? Off to check out the SS site=woot!
Posted by ~margaret at April 21, 2011 12:39 AMI don't even know how you found the carding machine - that is a humongo amount of organizing. Not only getting teachers, classes, rooms, schedules etc., but then you got it all in order and up on a website. Awesome...please rest eyeballs and the rest of yourselves.
Posted by cecelia at April 21, 2011 12:53 AMNicely done! I have my various 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices picked out, all loaded into a spreadsheet. I'm ready to use the registration page as soon as I am allowed. Wish you good luck with Sock Summit 2011!
Posted by Diane at April 21, 2011 2:05 AMWoah... you better be careful, all that sock knitting knowledge could do some serious damage... who knows? It might even be enough to break the space/time paradigm! :D
Posted by Rebekah at April 21, 2011 4:15 AMWoah... you'd better be careful! All that sock knitting knowledge in one place could do some serious damage... Who knows? It might even be enough to break the space/time paradigm! :D
Posted by Rebekah at April 21, 2011 4:17 AMif only, but I'm really tempted!
start saving up for sock - summit
[US Airways]
Vertrek Aankomst Vluchtnr. Vertrek Aankomst
Heenvlucht Amsterdam Philadelphia,
pa US 799 27/07 10:50 13:25
Heenvlucht Philadelphia,
pa Portland,
or US 320 27/07 17:50 20:49
Terugvlucht Portland,
or Charlotte,
nc US 505 01/08 22:15 06:00 (02/08)
Terugvlucht Charlotte,
nc Amsterdam US 798 02/08 14:35 08:40 (03/08)
1 Volwassene: € 1.010,00 + € 72,97 tax = € 1.082,97
I am not nearly as sad about not being able to go as I might be, because of SOAR. I plan to enjoy experiencing Sock Summit vicariously.
Posted by Lucia at April 21, 2011 7:31 AM"when they asked how anyone could possibly give this much of a crap about socks"
Remember when one of the sock clubs got it's credit card processing shut down because their bank couldn't believe that many people were signing up for socks?
Posted by Iris at April 21, 2011 8:04 AM"..when they asked how anyone could possibly give this much of a crap about socks..."
Eureka! A soulmate at last! >:-) In a strictly legal sense, were there visible signs of injury afterwards?
Posted by Hilarie at April 21, 2011 8:27 AMSocks! If there's a sexy pair to be made, I'll do it. I guess, the question is really: what makes a pair of socks sexy? For me, it's something that can worn with a pair of wedgies and won't fall down by the time I hit the next block. Doable?
Posted by MB@YarnUiPhoneApp at April 21, 2011 8:39 AMMan, how could anyone NOT give a crap about socks? I mean really.
Posted by Lydia S at April 21, 2011 8:52 AMI love you for doing this. I love Sock Summit. I love lamp.
Posted by Rebecca at April 21, 2011 9:12 AMWow, it doesn't seem like 2 whole years since the last one! I've still not knitted up all of the yarn I bought from the vendors that go around. This has been a trying week. One where I received bad medical news that's beyond my control. Knowing that Sock Summit is around the corner and that I can slip away for an afternoon to wander among the crowds and fibers gives me something to look forward to. Thank you for all of the work and time that you and Tina are putting into this.
Posted by Heide at April 21, 2011 10:02 AMNo, I didn't look at the teacher list! NO, I'm not going to even peek at the class list...
because it would make me cry out of frustrationa and jealousy! Why can't there be a Sock Summit on the east coast, too?
Posted by Soxy Jane at April 21, 2011 10:20 AMWow - this is stunning! I hope I can knit even with my mouth hanging open and my eyes jumping out of my head. And the yarn - so much yarn to touch - CAN'T WAIT!
Posted by Kathy at April 21, 2011 11:05 AMCan't wait to get a glass of wine and go through those classes. Wow! East coast has SOAR. West coast has Sock Summit. What about the poor old midwest (or southwest) - Colorado. Denver would be a great venue. We have a Big Blue Bear who was recently involved in a Knit Bomb project. Please come to Denver...ta da da da.
Posted by Betty at April 21, 2011 11:28 AMSock Summit U.K., ANYONE? PLEEESE! It sounds mind-blowing.
Posted by rosie at April 21, 2011 11:46 AMHow about a SOCK SUMMIT U.K. - anyone? Please? It sounds really mind-blowing, and such fun!
Posted by rosie at April 21, 2011 11:48 AMWhoops! sorry about that - must be the excitement!
Posted by rosie at April 21, 2011 11:50 AMI just read the twitter comment to my husband about facts, and he looked at me and said 'Don't bring perfectly good facts into this argument'
Posted by Crystal at April 21, 2011 11:57 AMHoly cow, what a great list of teachers! I only wish I weren't on the other side of the country with no chance of attending. Think of the shopping opportunities missed!
Oh, well, guess I'll just have to console myself just down the road at Sheep and Wool next weekend...
Lovely job with the shetland. I'm working on baby llama fleece right now carding when it's all carded I'll spin. I have too much on my bobbins right now.
Posted by Brandi at April 21, 2011 12:54 PMSS11, I can't wait, yes I can
You and Tina! I'm incoherent with joy. In my heart I just know this is a birthday present for me. I don't even care that I'll be paying for it myself.
I think you both are too terrific for words. Proving once again nice people that work hard do wonderful things! Thanks from one knitter who is amazed at your gifts!
Posted by linda in oregon at April 21, 2011 1:18 PMHooray!! Thank you thank you thank you.
Posted by Jocelyn at April 21, 2011 1:21 PMYay! Well done, you; thanks!!!
Posted by Nan at April 21, 2011 1:56 PMEven though I can't attend SS11, I did check out the vendors and actually do some shopping. In their comment line I indicated that I found them through your blog. If we all do this, just think of how much the vendors will appreciate you and Tina. They will be begging to be included again next year. You have unleashed a force to be reckoned with. Long live the Harlot.
Posted by Faith at April 21, 2011 2:11 PMUmm, the lists of teachers & classes are both staggeringly lovely & makes me wish more than ever that I could attend (which I can't). Makes me feel terrible to say I think I found an error on the site .....On the page about setting the world record, it appears that the date listed for that event is not having much to do with the dates at the top of the page for the event. I'm sure it's an easy fix when you are next in there.
It's going to be a fabulous event.
Posted by Lynne at April 21, 2011 3:48 PMSock Summit classes look awesome and I love how great the marketplace sounds. I cannot wait to go this year!
Posted by Shannon at April 21, 2011 5:34 PMHave a good long nap. You so deserve it. Thanks for all you do to inspire me.
Posted by Julie at April 21, 2011 6:12 PMThey maybe don't wear socks? I smell an environmental engineeeerrrrrr.
Posted by Caitlin at April 21, 2011 7:36 PMExcellent bit of carding and spinning to show for yourself, considering.
Wishing you fortitude for the Sock Summit registration - you & Tina give each other hugs for us, ok?
Posted by Tracy in Qatar at April 22, 2011 12:55 AMMetaphorically sacrificing an imaginary alpaca to the digital gods, so that my employer's computer-system changeover that blacked out vacation during SS gets changed. I mean, c'mon, pee-puhh, priorities!
Have a really GOOD nap anyway.
Posted by susanc2 at April 22, 2011 3:10 AMThe class list is stupendous. You and Tina outdid yourselves this time! I am really tempted - even to checking costs of flights (not bad this early). Tempted tempted even though I'm on the other side of the continent.
I have a couple (well five) jacobs and just love their fleece and their personalities. My other sheep are romneys so the jacob fleece is nice as a change. My wether Sam has lilac spots but is mostly white.
Rest! You deserve it!
I deeply regret sock summit takes place on a different continent (you're not thinking about a Western-European branch of Sock Summit by any chance, are you?) because I would love to attend. But taking an intercontinental flight to go knit socks would definitely be pushing it way beyond my family's comprehension and willingness to put up with mandatory yarn purchasing wherever we travel.
I finished a nice pair of tabi socks (my 'plain vanilla' style) tuesday night. So I cast on a pair of summer socks (wool/cotton, brown, ever so slightly variegated) for hubby (who doesn't like 'wild' socks) wednesday after work. I do think that should tell you enough about the extent of my sockafinity. I don't even do a sock-a-month challenge, no point in it....
Oh how I wish I was in the same continent as sock summit!
Posted by Thea at April 22, 2011 9:10 AMLooks like great fun, but I can't come. I was wondering if you have the date wrong for the World Record attempt - It says August 7th. Just wondering.
Posted by Peg in Kensington, California at April 22, 2011 11:53 AMGAH! Those classes are AWESOME! I can't wait for registration to open up....
Posted by Amanda at April 22, 2011 3:30 PMWoW! Now I'm looking forward to my son coming home from Afghanistan and moving to near Portland Oregon with his wife!!! I can time my visits to attend a class a day!!
Posted by Elaine Boyd-Williamson at April 22, 2011 7:02 PMOMG!! I just read the classes list! Sock-inside-a-sock- War & Peace-Style!! I asked for that, did you include that just for me?? Sock Summit looks crazy-awesome! Stupid-Awesome!! I so give a crap!! I have ALWAYS wanted to learn that and it is impossible to find a class and I just can't seem to GET it any other way. Oooohh! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Posted by paulanancy at April 22, 2011 10:25 PMI can't believe you don't have a woolie winder!!
Posted by Ruth Locke at April 23, 2011 12:39 AMSweet.
Posted by Sarah at April 23, 2011 8:30 AMI am SO excited to be a vendor, I cannot even tell you! Caro and I get all giggly when we talk about it, it's going to be a blast. I think we're going to try to take some classes, too. You guys have done an amazing job putting everything together. I can't wait to see how you spell my name! ;)
Posted by Stitchy at April 25, 2011 3:51 PMNot being a twitterer I'm posting my thoughts here. Have you melted the keyboard yet? I've never seen that many twitter posts come out of you. I guess that"s what a Royal wedding will do for you and yes I'll be up watching too and I am an unabashed monarchist (think we could have a beer commercial on this?)
I have to wonder if it is actually safe to have all that sock knowledge in one place at one time. Clearly I watch too many movies while knitting.
Posted by Karen at April 26, 2011 11:55 AM