WWKIP Day NYC
The fourth annual World Wide Knit in Public Day took place on Sunday, June 15, 2008. This world wide knitting event was started in 2005 by knitter Danielle Landes as a way for knitters to take pride in their knitting.
By knitting in public, either alone or with a group, at a park or in a coffee house, knitters will know that they are not alone because other knitters will be doing the same thing world-wide on the same day.
Danielle writes, "This is a way to help knitters feel good about their hobby, and maybe introduce more people to the craft."
Sit n Knit NYC organized New York’s WWKIP events. Knitters met, sat and knit in Central Park, telling the world "I like to knit!" Christmas at Sea was chosen as one of the service projects for Sit ‘n’Knit New York City’s WWKIP celebration, with attendees bringing handknit hats for mariners to the event. On behalf of the mariners who will receive these cozy and stylish hats this Christmas, Thanks Knitters!
Sit ‘n’ Knit New York City is a fantastic knitting group organized on Meetup. If you are a New York City knitter or crocheter and looking for some knit/crochet buddies, I can’t recommend this group enough. Organizer Ann Marie holds several events almost every week all around the city. Participation in this group requires registration and RSVP for each event, so if you are interested in joining the group–please visit the website and register.
I was not able to attend the WWKIP festivities (it was my younger sister’s wedding day!) But I metup with the group on June 25 for "Sit and Knit to Music" in Madison Square Park. I love this group and I hope to see you there sometime soon! Check out the pictures below–doesn’t it look fun?
