Interview on WIBW

We had the opportunity today to be interviewed by Ralph Hipp of Channel 13 News here in Topeka. While I spoke to Mr. Hipp, three other members got to crochet in the background.

Nerves ran high in the beginning, especially for me since I knew I would do all of the talking, but when you’re as passionate about something as I am crochet and this group, you don’t let the nerves get the best of you. I couldn’t have done it without my three sidekicks who literally had my back. Thanks to Sue, Marilyn, and Kathy, my nerves were a little less intense knowing they were there. We had the chance to promote our group and the art of crochet to the community. Ralph was awesome and is still more than willing to help us promote this group and our charitable efforts. It was a fun experience–one I’m sure we’d all do again to support our cause. One I hope opens to us later as we get more established.

We also received some publicity through WIBW’s web site, when they posted this one the web after our interview was over:

Special thanks goes out to these guys, especially to Ralph, for allowing us this opportunity.

To see a few more pictures of this segment, please visit our gallery.

~Tracie

CKSIP Day

Crochet, Knit, and Stitch in Public Day was held on Saturday, June 14, from 11-3, and was hosted by our group. The idea for the event actually started as a knitting event called WWKIP, which stands for “World Wide Knit in Public”. In an effort to bring crochet together with other stitchers, we renamed the event to suit our needs. We were one of 785 events planned for this day.

Five of our members were there, and we were also joined by two members of the Knit Topeka group. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. The morning was cool and pleasant, and the event wrapped up before the heat of the day set in. Other than a couple of bugs here and there and the birds overhead, all was perfect. We did our stitching, ate our lunch, and talked about crochet and knitting.

We hope to repeat this event next year, and maybe by then, the turnout will be even greater.

Below is a picture of members Sue and Kathy:

And we were also blessed with the presence of the famous Happy Uterus, created by member, Jenn:

This lil’ guy…er, gal…made a cameo appearance in a magazine. It always seems to make people smile.

For a couple of other pics (I really didn’t take as many as I should have), you can visit our gallery: CKSIPD ‘08 Gage Park