Student Fashion Show Stitches Midwest 2009

The student fashion show was the next evening. These were some of my table mates at the banquet. We exchanged impressions and information about our classes and had a marvelous dinner. Then came the fashion show, that dazzled and amazed us and then it was a real struggle to stay awake for the door prizes we had become exhausted by so much finery and excitement.

We were honored by a visit from American royalty. (The King of Pop).

Alexei Xenakis and Jane Slicer-Smith started us off...

The teachers were presented with gift baskets...

...and then we got to see some of the other students' pieces.

This shawl was really very lovely.

Here's a closer view.

This is the "Printo' the Wave" shawl that our earlier table mate (The Knitting Fool) made.

I'm not going to write much about these pieces, but rather let the images speak for themselves. I don't know the names of any of the knitters, so I can't identify them unfortunately.

These were some of Judy Pascale's students who took her felting class. They produced these scarves in her class.

Rick Mondragon adjusts a participant's shawl for her.

This piece had beads and genuinely glistened.

These women were from Minnesota and participated in their guild knit along. These were all the same pattern, but with different yarn and color choices.

This afghan must have used some of Laura Bryant's theories about variegated yarn. The knitter talked about using things she had learned in Stitches classes.

The back was different, but no less beautiful.

Here's another Lily of the Valley inspired shawl.

This was for a son going away to college (guess which one!)

I think this was a gorgeous vest!

These pieces won prizes. This woman used a very novel approach to producing her piece. It was by far the most creative piece of the show.

My former table mate also won a major prize!

It is always nice to get to see what other "real" people are doing! I enjoyed the student fashion show almost as much as the one with the professionals!