Ysolda at Verb

Before I go into the details, let me just say that Friday's event was like getting a second Christmas this year. I met up with a few knitter friends, and we all talked about how the weather was lovely for this time of year, but not so great for showing off knitwear. Having planned on wearing a hat, scarf, and mitts, I resigned myself to putting my hat on once we got to the store.



What I didn't realize until we arrived was that not only were we getting a talk by Ysolda, we were also getting a mini trunk show! She had brought with her several sweaters from her upcoming book.







We arrived early enough to purchase copies of Whimsical Little Knits 1 and 2 and Cookie's new book Knit.Sock.Love. and find seats (I saved my seat with Nathaniel).

The shop was really packed! Ysolda talked about how she got started designing, how she got the idea to do the Whimsical Little Knits collections, and how she designed and did the size grading for the sweaters in her new book Little Red in the City.



She also encouraged us to try on the sweaters, which I definitely did after the Q&A portion of the talk ended and we got our books signed. Ysolda made my inscription out to both myself and Nathaniel:



and later on when the signing was mostly finished, Ysolda herself showed me how to alter the Melia sweater to fit better.



I went home and immediately preordered the new book (you get a very handy info sheet with yarn specifications for all the sizes of every pattern for planning purposes). And just like the Whimsical Little Knits books, I want to knit just about every pattern.

Like I said, second Christmas.