Knot Knecessarily Known Knitting

Late last year a took a big step in my professional development and joined The National Needlearts Association by becoming an affiliate member. TNNA is the national-level trade organization. It is best known for hosting a winter trade show and a summer trade show. This is where shop owners often go to see the latest products. It is how they decide whether to carry yarn from Trendsetter or Prism ; wheels and looms from Ashford , Schacht , or Kromski ; notions from CocoKnits , or patterns from Stitch Sprouts . TNNA also organizes Spinzilla and Local Yarn Store Day . Membership is $195 per year. And for a designer/teacher like myself, joining also meant acquiring some letters of recommendation and copies of my published designs. It wasn't a five-minute process. And then I needed to decide how to make the best use of my investment. Recognizing that I need to write a book (actually, probably more than one) on versa lace, I decided to attend the summer convention in Cleveland,...