Stitches MidWest 2009 Fashion Show Part 1

This was a very exciting event and my first time at the Stitches Fashion show. Unfortunately I was not seated very close to the runway and my camera had decided that it no longer wanted to do auto focus. Add to that the darkness of the room and the fact that I was behind the models who were lit with a follow spot and that is a recipe for bad and blurry pictures. The recipe held, but I am including images anyway, because the garments were so beautiful and although some of the detail is missing, the lines and colors and beautiful work of the designers are still evident. So here are some images from the show. The first is the Stitches photographer wearing one of Jane Slicer-Smith's beautiful mitred drape jackets.

This is the designer herself doing some introductions.

The very first piece in the show was Slicer-Smith's Metro jacket. Here is a blurry shot of the green one.

This is called the Zucca Swing Jacket with the Frivola Pom Pom scarf designed by Barry Klein and using Trendsetter yarn.

The foloowing is a basketweave jacket designed by Schulana Design Team in Cortina and Cortina Nuvale yarns.

This is Jane Slicer-Smith's Greta A-line jacket using a Trendsetter Merino Otto Shadow yarn. There are really flattering diamond cable designs in the front of this piece. The A-line form is also quite slimming (although the model is so tall and thin and doesn't need this effect in the least.)


This is Tai Chi by Twisted Sister. It was knitted in Jazz yarn.

The next piece was one of my absolute favorites of the show. This pattern is called Italian Ruffles and was designed by Angela Juergens. It was done in Skacel's Ecco.

Here is a better shot from the Skacel website.

This is the Sigvaldi Icelandic Cardigan designed by Istex and using Lopi.

This was a very striking piece because of its dramatic use of color. It is fittingly called "Rainbow Cardigan" and was designed by Helen Hamann.

This next one os called Nuss. It is done in a soft Blackstone Tweed yarn and is fertured on the cover of the recent webs catalogue. It was designed by Cirilia Rose.

Another piece I really liked was designed by Leslye Solomon and is called the "Dream in Color Cardigan". My shots were very fuzzy, but I found a shot of the designer in her sweater at a different website:( http://www.woolstock.com).

I was fortunate enough to dine with her during the banquet. This next set is Margery Winter's Drawstring Raglan vest and Ingrid skirt. It is done in Berroco Seduce yarn and the skirt uses Louet Euroflax.

This is the Entrelac swing jacket designed by Jan Runkel In Prism's Merino Mia yarn.


These are called Lava after the beautiful geometric color pools in the pattern. Jane Slicer-Smith used exactly the same pattern for both of these but one is turned 180 degrees.

Maggiknits gave us some of the more unusual designs in the show. This first tweed cape looks like it hailed from the Steppes of Russia.

This is Maggiknits' square shawl...

...and here is another tweed - a coat and hat.

This lacy cardigan was designed by Cabin Fever in Rovings 3 ply polwarth yarn.

The Cortina pullover, scarf and grande hat was designed by Schulana.

This comprises about a third of the show that we saw on Saturday night.