TNNA,  Woohoo! .... thankfully it's over.  Now I can recover for about a month or two and start planning the next one.

This post is a little over due, but when you see the little video Rory (the bf) and I put together you will see that it was definitely worth the wait.

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This was the first time TNNA has ever been in Phoenix.  I am used to it being in Long Beach, just a short 30 minute drive for me.  This time I got in my tiny little peanut of a car and drove across STATE LINE (not lines... just one).  It was quite the drive, very boring.  I didn't think my little car would make it, it was packed FULL!

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After the seven or eight (I lost track after the one hour detour in the middle of nowhere) hour drive I finally made it to my hotel.  Yes!  The next day was set-up.  After months and months of planning of course not everything pans out exactly the way you planned, but I think I had a pretty good looking booth anyway.  Here, see for yourself:
<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align: center;"><dl id="attachment_1242" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 550px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/booth3/" rel="attachment wp-att-1242"><img class=" wp-image-1242 " title="Booth3" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Booth3.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="361" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd">My little booth corner</dd></dl></div>
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I didn't really get much of a chance to shmooze with the vendors because I spent all my time hanging out in my booth.  So unfortunately I can not report back about all kinds of fabulous new yarns and products.  But while I was stationed at my booth I was meeting all kinds of fun people.  Designers, LYS owners, yarn company owners and much more.  We had a little mustache party. Here is a little video Rory and I put together of all the mustache fun.  Please enjoy!

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I debuted two new patterns, Olga's Vest and the Starry Pinafore.  The Starry Pinafore has not been published yet, but <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/olgas-vest">Olga's Vest</a> has been published!  This is a vest that can be worn ELEVEN different ways.  I didn't originally design this garment to be so versatile, but when I realized that it was I knew I had to name it after my friend and fellow designer<a href="http://olgajazzzy.blogspot.com/"> Olga Buraya-Kefelian</a>.  Many of her beautiful designs can be worn more than one way - love her!

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The Starry Pinafore is coming soon, I promise.  I just have to do a little more math and more typing (arg).  I hope to have it ready for you in a few weeks.  Here is a little sneak preview:

<a href="http://graceakhrem.com/2012/02/tnna-january-2012/starry-pinafore-primary/" rel="attachment wp-att-1248"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-1248" title="Starry Pinafore Primary" src="http://graceakhrem.com/wpdev/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Starry-Pinafore-Primary.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="329" /></a>

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Save 10% off Olga's Vest on Ravelry with the coupon code: OlgaJazzyVest ow through February 13th, 2012 at 11:59pm Pacific time.

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