Of course there are many knitters in Brooklyn, some quite famous, but we have to admire one very special group — the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill knitters. What we hear out on the West Coast is that they stormed Moe’s Bar last Sunday like pirates of the Caribbean, teaching friend and foe alike the true meaning of happy hour. And who could not find happiness among such a wonderfully creative crew?
Yarntasting at Moe's in Brooklyn
This is a sampling of the beautiful images taken at the event by Karen P, obviously a person with many talents (reprinted with her very kind permission). The full story is at her Flickr site , complete with commentary. Not quite as much fun as being there, of course, but leave a nice comment and maybe they’ll invite you to the next one!
We always learn something from Yarntasting events, and this one was no exception. Cleo brought a vintage — loom thingy — and made very cool perfectly square swatches on it from Ming (small) and Zoe (large). Zoe is a stretch yarn, you know, and we’ll bet you could make a slingshot out of that swatch to flip beer nuts into the drinks of the guys at the bar. Not that any of the Fort Greene knitters would ever think of anything like that, but we would, which is why they keep us on the opposite coast. Eat your hearts out boys!
Cleo's looms and swatches
Flash update: Oiyi has posted more pictures and comments on her blog . Her kind words and beautiful images of wonderful swatches make us regret even more that we weren’t there, at least to join in the Mango Martini part.
Thanks for the wonderful inspiration, Fort Greene Knitters! And special thanks to Zawadi and Sarah, organizers, whose energy and enthusiasm helped make one little corner of Brooklyn an even more special place!
Study for a larger work in MING
Tags: brooklyn, fort greene, swatching, yarntasting
That sounded great. I am in Manhattan and would be honored if you would invite me to your next get-together. I am a beginning knitter and LOVE the process. I have been doing crochet for years and love that too but knitting is more of a meditative process for me and is very relaxing (when i’m not trying to undo my stitches to correct some mistakes…) Thanks. Maria