2010 Show Activities & Special Events
The Knit & Crochet Café
The Knit & Crochet Café will be open throughout show hours, welcoming you to rest your feet and purchase rejuvenating refreshments.
The Knit & Crochet Lounge
The Knit & Crochet Lounge is a gathering spot for stitchers - available throughout the conference. Feel free to stop by to stitch and relax in the company of fellow attendees.
Goody Bags
It always pays to pre-register. For the first 500 who pre-registered for either the CGOA or TKGA conference, Lion Brand Yarn has provided a fabulous goody bag, filled with free product!
Shopping Bags
While they last, pick up a shopping bag sponsored by Skacel, to fill with your purchases.
Shopping Preview
Thursday, July 8
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Browse the aisles of our bountiful show, open at no charge only to pre-registered students. Buy before the public has a chance to take a look!
Shopping Aisles Filled with Great Product
The Knit & Crochet Show brings the product to you. In one location you can shop aisle after aisle of fiber, stitching tools, finishing accessories, patterns and books. Stay as long as the doors are open!
Door Prize Drawings
Drop your entry in the designated area inside the show floor – and listen for your name! Prizes include great items from the Show's exhibitors and industry manufacturers! Collect your prize at the donating booth.
Thanks to our door prize donors (this list continues to grow!):
- Berroco, Inc.
- Clover Needlecraft, Inc.
- Crown Publishing/Random House
- F+W Media/SWTC
- The Knitting Zone
- Leisure Arts, Inc.
- Lion Brand Yarn
- MagEyes, Inc.
- Mountain Colors
- Nature Buttons
- Tahki Stacy Charles, Inc.
- Trafalgar Square Books
Display of Silent Auction
Place your bids on hand-crafted celebratory donations by knit and crochet designers – in celebration of TKGA's 25th Anniversary and the CGOA and TKGA conferences. The theme: top hats & tiaras and caps & crowns! Make your bid to take home something fun and fancy. And at the same time benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to help save a life from cancer. Start your bidding at the Show floor display and finish up at the CGOA and TKGA banquets.
Display of CGOA Design Competition
See all entries, including those who claimed awards at CGOA Conference Awards Night! It'll set your fingers twitchin' to start stitchin' your own wonderful crocheted creations!
Display of TKGA Design Competition Winners
Winning items will be displayed from each category – plus the grand prize winner! Watch for the publication of each pattern by contest sponsor yarnmarket.com!
Display of TKGA 25 Years of History
Reminisce as you stroll through a gallery of items from TKGA's past. And chuckle and smile at predictions of what is to come!
CGOA Reading & Understanding Crochet Patterns
Friday, July 9
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Come to the lounge for this basic class on understanding a crochet pattern – abbreviations, symbols, sentence structure and more. If you have a pattern that's confusing you, feel free to bring it along and ask us about it. Brought to you by Those Yarn Crocheters, the Harrisburg Chapter of CGOA.
Parade of Fashions Exhibitor Fashion Show
Friday, July 9
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Draw up a chair on the show floor on Friday at 1:00 pm for a delightful parade of various exhibitor fashions. One can never get too many great ideas for that next project!
CGOA Chapter Coffee
Friday, July 9
8:30 pm
Send up to two representatives from your chapter to share ideas with fellow chapters. Clover Needlecraft, Inc. is sponsoring the meeting and providing light refreshments.
Designer Meet & Greet Editorial Staffs
Saturday, July 10
10:30 am - 1:30 pm
On Saturday from 10:30 am - 1:30 pm plan for some face-to-face time with crochet and knit publication editorial staffs. Bring your best work for their review and get an idea of what the magazines and books are looking for next.
CGOA Past Presidents Meet & Greet
Saturday, July 10
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
On Saturday from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm come to the Lounge and spend some time with the Presidents of CGOA – new and old! Reminisce about the old days and get excited about upcoming CGOA plans!
CGOA Volunteer Meet & Greet
Saturday, July 10
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
On Saturday from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm come to the Lounge and find out how you can volunteer on a committee with CGOA!
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