Special Events
Cocktail Reception
Entry to the Cocktail Reception is exclusive to the Big Apple Weekender and Fifth Avenue Getaway packages.
Gala Dinner
The Fiber Factory From Skacel Collection
The finale to the knitting industry's first designer competition, created by Skacel Collection, happens this weekend! ticket holders will get to see the final garments and vote for their favorite in the People's Choice competition. Saturday catch the runway show and reveal of the winner.
Book Signings & Readings
Saturday, January 1811:O0 AM-11:30 AM: Debbie Bliss Book Signing at the Vogue Knitting Booth
12:O0 PM-12:30 PM: Nicky Epstein Book Signing at the Vogue Knitting Booth
12:30 PM-1:00 PM: Louisa Harding Book Signing at the Vogue Knitting Booth
12:30 PM-1:15 PM: Writers read excerpts from Knitting Yarns, edited by Ann Hood
1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Rosemary Drysdale and Trisha Malcolm Book Signing at the Vogue Knitting Booth
1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Cathy Carron Book Signing at the Vogue Knitting Booth
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Nicky Epstein Book Signing at the Vogue Knitting Booth
3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Clara Parkes reading from her book The Yarn Whisperer at the Astor Ballroom
Sunday, January 19
11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Cathy Carron and Trisha Malcolm Book Signing at the Vogue Knitting Booth
12:30 PM-1:00 PM: Debbie Bliss Book Signing at the Vogue Knitting Booth
12:30 PM-1:00 PM: Louisa Harding Book Signing at the Vogue Knitting Booth
Knitty City Book Signing at Booths 712 & 714
Saturday Jan 18
11:00-12:00 – Nanci Ricci and Nicky Epstein: Designer, Knitting In Circles, & Knitting Block by Block
12:00- 1:00 - Clara Parkes: The Yarn Whisperer
12:00-12:30 Mary Jane Mucklestone: 150 Scandinavian Motifs & Fair Isle Style
1:00 Shirley Paden: Knitwear Design Workshop
2:00-3:00 Bert/Dana Freed: Bead Crochet Jewelry
3:00-4:00 Kristy McGowan: More Modern Top Down Knitting
4:00-5:00 Marion Edmonds: When Bad Things Happen Good Knitters
5:30-6:30 Susan Anderson: Topsy Turvy Inside Out Knit Toys
Sunday Jan 19
11:00-12:00 Connie Chang Chinchio: Textured Stitches
11:30-12:30 Amy Herzog: Knit to Flatter
1:00-2:00 Dora Ohrenstein: The New Tunisian Crochet
1:00-2:00 Norah Gaughan: Designer, Berroco
2:00-3:00 Melissa Wehrle: Metropolitan Knits
3:00-4:00 Sally Melville: Knitting Pattern Essentials
Marketplace
Shop the Marketplace All Weekend Long!
Friday, January 17
5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 18
10:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 19
10:00 a.m-4:00 p.m
Knit–Couture Fashion Shows
FREE knit-couture fashion shows will be held in the Marketplace, featuring hand-knit garments in today’s latest fashions and colors that could rival any show during Fashion Week.Fashion Shows take place on the Special Events Stage on the 6th floor
Saturday, January 18
10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Vogue Knitting
11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Zealana: Classics on the Runway
12:30 PM-1:00 PM: Rowan and Schachenmayr
1:15 PM-2:00 PM: The Fiber Factor Fashion Show from Skacel Collection
2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Koigu Wool Designs
3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Malabrigo
4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Knitting Fever presents: Miss Bliss & The English Rose
Meet Project Runway's Suede
Meet Suede and have your picture taken with him in the Marketplace all weekend long!
FREE Star Studded Attractions!
FREE LECTURES: Saturday, January 1811:15 AM-12:15 AM: June Hemmons Hiatt- author of The Principles of Knitting in the Astor Ballroom
2:00 PM-2:45 PM: Yoga for Knitters with Reebok's Tara Stiles in the Astor Ballroom
5:15 PM-6:00 PM: Steven Berg Presents: Knit in a Minute at the Special Events Stage
FREE LECTURES: Sunday, January 19
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Yoga for Knitters with Reebok's Tara Stiles in the Astor Ballroom
12:30 PM-1:30 PM: The Creativity Cure: Build Happiness With Your Own Two Hands
2:00 PM-2:45 PM: Kollabora Presents: Emerging Trends in Knitting- Special Events Stage
3:00 PM-3:45 PM: How Does She Do That? Carol Milne's Knitted Glass- Special Events Stage
3:00 PM-3:45 PM: From Tibet with Love: The Journey of an Extraordinary Fiber- Astor Ballroom
FREE DEMONSTRATIONS: Sunday, January 19
10:15 AM-10:45 AM: FREE Demonstration: A virtual Museum for Knitting and Crochet at the Special Events Stage
FREE WORKSHOPS: Sunday, January 19
11:00 AM-11:45 PM: Mochimochi Land Toy Design Workshop at the Special Events Stage
FREE PANEL: Sunday, January 19
12:30 PM-1:30 PM: Men at Work- How They Turned Their Passion into Their Careers in the Astor Ballroom
Project Runway's Suede, Steven Be, Josh Bennett, John Brinegar, and Franklin Habit discuss their creative work in a female dominated field.
2:00 PM-2:45 PM: The Art of Knitting in the Astor Ballroom
Mamma Mia!–SOLD OUT
A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads.
And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget!
MAMMA MIA! is the smash-hit musical that combines the magic of ABBA with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. To date, over 50 million people have had the time of their life at MAMMA MIA! - Broadway's ultimate feel-good show and the most successful movie musical of all time. Whether it's your first visit or your fourteenth, see the show that has the whole world coming back for more, because every time feels like the first time at MAMMA MIA!