WWW: WWKIP Day Special; Contest!

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Let's be seen!

World-wide Knit in Public day is promoted as the largest knitter-organized event in the world. It's actually thousands of individual events, taking place over the week of June 11th to 19th.

Just a sampling of the events being held…

Artists Nell Berger and Jean Hilkens are hosting an event starting at noon, June 11th, in Bryant Park, New York City.

In Kassari, Estonia, a group will meet at the Grill Lest & Lammas.

In the UK, a number of John Lewis locations will be hosting events in the Haberdashery departments, including their Oxford Street location in London.

In South Dakota, US, an event is being held at the 7 Beer & Wine Bar in Yankton.

In Savannah, Georgia, a group will meet at Forsyth Park from 10am to noon.

In Australia, a group will meet at the Sydney Customs House.

In Italy, a group will meet at the Villa Pamphili in Roma.

In Waterloo, Ontario, Shall We Knit is hosting an event with an Indigodragonfly trunk show, and blocking demos from SOAK.

In Cambridge, Ontario, the KNITcamBRIDGE team is hosting a Mad Hatter's tea party in front of city hall.

The website lists events all over the world. Check to see if there's something near you. If you're hosting an event, please do add it to the site!

Speaking of knitting in public, Hawaiian knitter Barbie Kihara spends up to 14 hours a day, 5 days a week in a local fast food restaurant in Manoa, knitting and crocheting.  She will happily teach anyone who wants to learn, and creates projects for donation to a variety of local causes. She also volunteers her time at community centers and nursing homes to pass along her knowledge.  "From young time I'd always wanted to learn how to knit and crochet, but it was hard without anyone to teach me," Kihara says. "Now I try to help other people so they don't have to go through the same thing. My mother always taught us to do things on our own, help each other and help other people when we can. I still try to do that."

Lovely!

Charlotte Blacker, a student in the UK has won a prestigious Royal Television Society award for her knitted stop-motion film "The Little Red Plane", which she created as part of her university dissertation.

It's a genuinely lovely little movie about the adventures of a boy and his cat.

Win me!

And if you need something to knit in public that week, consider entering our contest.… we are giving away a copy of Teva Durham's brand-new book Loop-D-Loop Lace and enough Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Cotton yarn to knit the cover sweater!

And me, too! My goodness!

1 person will win this prize, valued at $95.95, generously donated by Melanie Falick Books and Blue Sky Alpacas.

To win, leave a comment on this post before midnight eastern time, Friday night, June 3rd. Winner will be announced next week.

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