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Vogue Knitting Live is Back in Chicago – Enter to win a ticket!

February 22, 2018 Leave a Comment

Vogue Knitting Live is a fun conference for knitters and yarn fans alike. You can take some of the best workshops, meet yarn friends in real life, and buy some great yarn & supplies in their awesome marketplace.
Vogue Knitting Live is a fun conference for knitters and yarn fans alike. You can take some of the best workshops, meet yarn friends in real life, and buy some great yarn & supplies in their awesome marketplace. Vogue Knitting Live is coming to Chicago, March 9-11, and it’s a must-do if you’re a yarn lover anywhere near Chi-town.

Vogue Knitting Live is a fun conference for knitters and yarn fans alike.

The pictures in this post are some of my snaps from attending VKL Chicago in 2015 & 2015. 

Vogue Knitting Live is a fun conference for knitters and yarn fans alike.

For me personally, the workshops you can take at Vogue, as folks call it for short, are some of the best learning opportunities out there if you really want to increase your knitting skillset and learn from some incredible designers in person. Last year, there wasn’t a Vogue Knitting Live Chicago, and I was so pumped when there was a sort of surprise announcement a couple months ago that Vogue was coming back to the Windy City (where I’m based). I’m taking FOUR workshops this year, tackling everything from gauge to intarsia to up my own skills. :)

Vogue Knitting Live is a fun conference for knitters and yarn fans alike.

The giveaway

The kind folks at Vogue reached out and have provided us with a Second City Ticket Package to give away this week. A Second City Ticket Package to Vogue includes: one 3-hour class, one lecture, and a ticket to the marketplace, where you get to shop for some awesome knitting supplies. This giveaway is open to the U.S. and Canada, and you can enter in the box below (if you’re on mobile, you’ll have to click a button to visit the entry page).

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Prize provided by Soho Publishing, the folks behind Vogue Knitting Live. 

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About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author, designer & creator specializing in yarn crafts like knitting, crochet, latch hook & macramé. Her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now.

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Hi! I’m Heidi (she/her/hers), a craft book author & pattern designer specializing in knitting, crochet, latch hook & macrame. Really anything with yarn! ❤️  My work combines vintage and modern design elements, featuring bold colors and graphic motifs.

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