Punk Knits Presents

From time to time, it has been pointed out to me that I try to pack a lot of living in to a small amount of time. Such was the case with Elk Grove’s Knitique shop! I flew up to Sacramento, rented a car, drove to Joan McGowan Michael’s house to interview her for PKP (the vlog to come….) and then drove on to Knitique for a waaaaaay too fun hang with the gang there! Then I drove at breakneck speed to catch my flight back to la la land. Just made it in the nick of time! But ya know what? I coulda spent a LOT more knittin’, hangin’ time with the babes at Knitique. What a fun bunch!!!

I knew it was going to be a crazy night when these two turned up and were simply sooooo hilarious and wild and …yes, Michelle and Carin…I’m talkin’ about YOU!

The night carried on with Alicia modeling many of the garments:

The Billion Dollar Hat was a hit:

And the Banshee Over-The-Knee-Hi’s were reinvented as sleeves:
(this photo was taken by my laptop!)

The vibe was great and there were two of us…Cher and Share alike!!! Everytime someone said one of our names…we both looked up and then looked at each other and laughed endlessly. Instant friends with my namesake,…these photos are ALL from her except for the one above of her modeling the sleeve. Thank you Cher!!!

The night ended way too quickly and I said my goodbyes…Thank you Danielle for a fabulous event!

Other events
I’ve got loads of pics and video to sort through from the events so if you don’t see the event you attended here….forgive me! I’m sorting and editing!

Upcoming Events
Two more book events are set for June…the 22nd at Bella Yarns in Sonoma, CA and The Knitter’s Studio in LA is hosting a double event “Rock and Romance” on June 24th with both Joan and me doing our thing!!!

Hooray for good press. They say there’s no such thing as bad press…but ya know…I’ve been down that road and it isn’t nearly as fun as good press.

So without further ado…..
Cut Out + Keep (awesome webzine for crafty diy’ers.)
210SA - San Antonio, Texas paper - this is the shortened online version, the paper version had tons of piccies!

Alright! I’m off to Portland, Seattle and Vancouver this week. Hope to meet many more of you.

Since Bonita Knitting (in Bonita, CA) was my first store event, I thought it only fitting that I include more photos from that wonderful night!

Here’s the fun setup Susan created for the evening….

Billion Dollar Hat, 1977, Decon and Punk Poet!

Susan made a knockout version of the Kozmik Kami! Wow!!!

I love yarn stores and I was enchanted when I visited A Mano Yarn Center in West LA. Talk about a fun vibe! The Punk Knits event was part of their Bad Girls Knitting Night and let me tell ya….those babes know how to be ‘bad’!

Shannita looked amazing in the Billion Dollar Hat!

And they have these funky dolls they’ve made to look like themselves! Wacky!

Thank you, Shannita, Annette, Ann and Bridget for an evening of fun, craziness and yarn!

Coming up soon….video from San Francisco and of course, video from the launch party here in LA. Keep on knitting with attitude!

Woohoo! A ginormous thank you to all of you wonderful people who came out to the Bonita Knitting Shop last week! I had so much fun meeting all of you and hope you enjoyed the night.
We talked about makin’ holes (my big thing in case you didn’t know that already) and talked a lot about music and knitting and well, ya know. it’s a girl thing.
xo

Here is a shot of Susan (the owner) and me.

Thank you for a fantastic night, Susan!

If you’re in the Venice area….I’ll be hangin’ with the Bad Girls Knitting Night at A Mano Yarn Center on Friday night! (April 27th) 6pm - 9pm.

I’ll be posting pics soon and the full description of the party at the Stitch Cafe last Sunday. (and yes, the cops did come and try to shut us down! Now THAT’S a good party!)

Wow! We almost got arrested which makes it soooooo rock n roll. We almost got rained on….but it didn’t stop anyone from having a great time! Three bands played, The Foundation, Killola and our band, Bubble. Plus the fashion show was off the hook. I promise to post photos in the next day or two…but now….I must crash out from the day of complete madness and mayhem. Ahhh…doncha love chaos?

Oh…and NOW…now I really feel like the book is out. he he.

Hello! This is the new home for my knitting blogness. I will be including a video podcast here for Punk Knits Presents where I will interview the fiber community’s finest to find out what makes them tick and discover ‘who’ they are!

In the meantime, I hope you will check out my upcoming book: Punk Knits! I can hardly believe it is coming out now. Most of the work was done in 2005! The cover girl is Texas Terri who is a very dear friend of mine. She is currently on tour in Europe.

Stay tuned for the new video podcast ….coming to your iPods and computers …soon!