Knit Nation 2010

Class Registrations – Opening at 6 AM GMT

Out of consideration for our UK and EU knitters, we have pushed back our shop opening til 6am GMT tomorrow morning (2nd Dec).

Classes are £45 for a 3 hour class, £90 for a 6 hour class. Marketplace tickets are £6 a day, or £10 for Friday and Saturday. The Exclusive Preview on Thursday night is also £6 a ticket. For those taking classes, remember your class fee includes a Friday and Saturday Weekender pass to the marketplace.

Don’t forget class registration starts today!

We decided to add a few extra features to make class registration easier for you.

We’re sorry we have had to push registration opening back a few hours to allow us to make these changes, but we hope you appreciate the extra navigation options.

The Online Shop will be open at midnight GMT/4pm PST.

Check out all the classes we will be offering at Knit Nation! We have classes for all levels, for spinners and knitters. Have fun browsing the schedule.

We are working on our schedule, though it is taking a little longer than we anticipated! We hope to have it ready at the end of the weekend. Once it is up we will send out an email notification. Meanwhile, over the course of the week we are adding each teacher’s classes under their bio info, so you can get an idea of class levels, length and costs. Thank you for your patience.

Our website is now live! We’ve got more info now on accommodation, ticket sale and class sign up dates, and how to contact us if you’d like to be a part of the big event!

Cookie A and I have teamed up to create Knit Nation, a summer knitting expo that will take place at Imperial College in London, UK on the 29-31 July 2010.

So what exactly is Knit Nation? It’s a place to learn, explore, and, yes, shop. We wanted to create a place of excellence with leading teachers, a bubbling pot of creativity and networking for yarnies, yarn shop owners, businesses and designers that transcends borders, with all of us drawn together in our love of the craft. And of course, we also want everyone to have a rollicking good time in the country of Shakespeare, Vivienne Westwood, the knights of the round table, and Stonehenge!

Knit Nation will have 3 days of classes, and 2 days of shopping with some trade only time to network. Besides Cookie, we have a lot of great teachers lined up (including spinning classes as well as knitting):

Lexi Boeger of Pluckyfluff fame.
JC Briar, seasoned instructor and tech editor extraordinaire.
Nancy Bush, the Estonian knitting authority.
Chrissy Gardiner, an emerging design phenomenon.
Anne Hanson of KnitSpot.
Wendy Johnson whose sock pattern Cookie used for her first ever sock.
Janel Laidman, author of the new hit sock book The Enchanted Sole.
Judith Mackenzie McCuin, author and spinner extraordinaire.
Clara Parkes of Knitters Review.
Beth Brown Reinsel, an amazing teacher.
Merike Saarnit, also Estonian.
Anna Zilboorg, author of the most inspirational books.

Jess & Casey will give a talk about the incredible site and community that is Ravelry, and there will be a Ravelry party with none other than Mama Ravelry & Papa Ravelry Jess & Casey and hopefully their band of merry knitters  Mary-Heather and Sarah will be able to come as well.

Seriously, this has been a dream come true. We have a great team behind Knit Nation, without whom we would be lost. First and foremost there is Cookie A, who is our Fearless Leader in the US (I’m Alice of Socktopus, and FL-UK).

John Ramskill created our logo (I wanted pugs instead of sheep, but alas Cookie would have none of it) and all our ads which you may have seen on Ravelry, in Knitting Magazine, Interweave and Twist Collective. Emilie Ramskill keeps us on the straight and narrow. Dee Desai-Tagg set up our website which will be going live later this month with more info.

We’ll be blogging here in the run up to Knit Nation, so stay tuned. Keep an eye out for the class schedule in a couple weeks’ time. Class sign ups will be open on the 1st December. You can get the latest info here:

www.knitnation.co.uk
Ravelry: Knit Nation Summer Expo 2010 Group
Twitter: KnitNation

You can also sign up to be notified when the class schedule and sign ups go live:

You can read more on Cookie blog & Alice’s blog. In the meanwhile, remember:

Knit love = Knit Community = Knit Nation. Bring it on!

Our first ad came out with Knitting Magazine! Woot!!  More will come over the course of the next few months, so keep an eye out in Twist Collective & Interweave Winter Knits.

Meanwhile, we’ll have more info up on the website early November, so stay tuned for more exciting news!

for the inside scoop, follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/knitnation.

Get ready for a summer knitting expo extravaganza!

3 days of classes from some of the most respected teachers in the business.  3 days of outstanding marketplace retail therapy.  All to be found in central London at Imperial College.

Save the date: 29 – 31 July 2010.

You can sign up for our Attendee Mailing List and we’ll email you as soon as we’ve got more information ready for you.

In the meanwhile, here are our contact details:

Exhibitors: Exhibit AT knitnation.co.uk
Teachers: Teach AT knitnation.co.uk
Sponsors: Sponsor AT knitnation.co.uk