{"id":259,"date":"2013-05-01T15:03:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annetarsia.com\/?p=259"},"modified":"2013-05-01T15:03:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:03:30","slug":"plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/05\/plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Plucky Knitters just wanna have fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gathering of knitters is always special, but some events are magic. Sarah Dimond and Lorilee Beltman created an atmosphere of beauty and harmony last weekend in Holland, MI, and everyone there was enchanted. We knit, learned, laughed and ate. A lot. The presence of a &#8220;pop-up&#8221; yarn store FILLED with Plucky yarn certainly contributed to the happy mood.<\/p>\n<p>There were trips to the &#8220;left coast&#8221;, and Lake Michigan. We had successful, joyful classes, and parties in the evenings. <div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-259 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/05\/plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun\/photo5\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-261\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-261'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Big Red lighthouse\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/05\/plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun\/photo11\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-263\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-263'>\n\t\t\t\tJulie knit a baby sweater &#8220;on Tuesday&#8221; as a swatch for class, and left class with a completed project!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/05\/plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun\/photo12\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-264\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-264'>\n\t\t\t\tAnnie inserted a zipper beautifully into this sweater, during class.  Great job!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/05\/plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun\/photo13\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-266\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266'>\n\t\t\t\tThese skeins just jumped into my bag.  Imagine that!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/05\/plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun\/photo14\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo14-e1367419673416-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-267\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-267'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is THE Sarah Dimond, holding an argyle color palette we selected in the Plucky Feet yarn. I can&#8217;t wait to play with the colors!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/05\/plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun\/photo3-2\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo31-e1367419712207-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-269\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-269'>\n\t\t\t\tJody setting up the Plucky store.    The crew let me help!  It is so much fun to handle this yarn.  Sarah and Haley designed a beautiful &#8220;instant&#8221; store.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/05\/plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun\/photo8-2\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo81-e1367419735946-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Lake Michigan shore at sunset\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-270\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-270'>\n\t\t\t\tLake Michigan shore at sunset\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/05\/plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun\/photo16\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo16-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-278\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-278'>\n\t\t\t\tBig red shoreline in daytime\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2013\/05\/plucky-knitters-just-wanna-have-fun\/photo7-2\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo71-e1367419654514-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-282\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-282'>\n\t\t\t\tBig Red at sunset\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo71-e1367419654514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo71-e1367419654514-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-282\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Red at sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <figure id=\"attachment_263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo11-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo11-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo11-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie knit a baby sweater &#8220;on Tuesday&#8221; as a swatch for class, and left class with a completed project!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo12-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo12-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo12-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo12-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo12-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annie inserted a zipper beautifully into this sweater, during class.  Great job!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I fell in love with Western Michigan, Plucky yarn and Plucky knitters.  Plucky yarn is amazing, and I will be knitting and blogging about it, so stay tuned.  Yarn dyer extraordinaire Sarah Dimond personally helped me pick out some palettes to play with for argyles.<figure id=\"attachment_266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo13-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo13-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo13-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo13-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo13-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These skeins just jumped into my bag.  Imagine that!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-267\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo14-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-267\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That is THE Sarah Dimond, holding another argyle color palette. I can&#8217;t wait to play with the colors!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Check out the Plucky Knitter forum on Ravelry to join their universe.  They are welcoming and delightful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gathering of knitters is always special, but some events are magic. 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