Luminary Panel

On Sunday, August 9th in the afternoon, The Sock Summit is pleased to announce that we’re doing something really extraordinary—extraordinary enough that we’re not holding classes that afternoon, so sure are we that you will want to attend.  While planning the Summit, we learned that August 9th will be the 99th Anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Zimmermann, and to our way of thinking, that’s almost the birth of modern knitting, and a really special day.

Knitters like us (and you) owe a lot to those who’ve come before us, laying groundwork, messing up stereotypes, opening doors to becoming thinking knitters.  As we learn more and more about the science of knitting, and the ways that it’s improving and protecting our brains, or come to understand that what it has brought to our lives is far greater than the sum of its parts, we realize that we owe a very great deal to the knitters who have navigated the way here for us.  In keeping with those thoughts, and because really, what are the odds anybody is ever going to be able to get all these great thinkers in one room again, we have assembled a panel of Knitting Luminaries who will talk about what’s happened in knitting in the last 99 years, who we owe it to, and where they think it’s going.  There should be interesting debate, fierce passion, and an opportunity for you to ask them questions. 

Finally, there will be a farewell to the Sock Summit and birthday cake,  because dudes, we know how to have a good time. 

Our Luminaries:

The panel will be moderated by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee and Tina Newton.

We hope all of you feel as we do, that this panel is a once in a lifetime opportunity to listen to, learn from, and be inspired by those that have laid a path to the place where a Sock Summit is even possible.

Admission is $25.

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