October 17, 2004
Fiberocity
It occurred to me while I was trying to tweak my blog that I might be able to use Movable Type as a calendaring system, and the more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea of having a calendar that shows fiber events no matter where they are.
The results of my experimentation are now alive and well as Fiberocity, the fiber arts events calendar that brings knitting, weaving, quilting-- whatever-- events to one place.
Of course, there's a slight problem-- I have only posted a few events on the calendar, because I can't possibly know about them all! But I am hoping that you, my fiber friends, will inundate me with details of other events going on in your necks of the woods, no matter where you are. Would you do that?
Say your significant other is on a business trip and invites you along... maybe there's a fiber event going on in that city you can attend while they are in meetings!
Suppose you've always longed to go to Nova Scotia but didn't have a real good reason? Maybe there's a fiber event in Nova Scotia that you can have as a destination (there is!).
Or maybe you've heard of fabulous things like knitting cruises or quiet little retreats but just don't know how to find the information about them.
This is what I hope my new little blog will do for everyone.
So, the events listed on the main page includes everything from the current day forward. It could get a little overwhelming, so try using the events categories on the right side to narrow the events to the ones you are interested in.
I've left the comments option open on each event-- I'm hoping that folks will comment about the event-- previous attendees giving a brief review, little-known facts about the event, that sort of thing.
Posted by Sheila at October 17, 2004 05:06 PM Posted to Computers and Programming | TrackBackWhat a great idea!! I will keep my ears open and be ready to post.
Posted by: Deb on October 17, 2004 06:18 PMHow wonderful of you to do this! If anything ever comes up here in eastern WA, I'll let you know.
Posted by: Heather on October 17, 2004 08:43 PMThe Australian Sheep and Woolcraft show
http://www.sheepshow.com/home.htm
July 15th-17th, 2005
Prince of Wales Showgrounds,
Holmes Road,
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Be there or be square!
Posted by: Dot on October 18, 2004 01:26 AMyour link is fantastic :-)
Posted by: vanessa on October 18, 2004 03:26 AMSheila, Wendy has a compilation of fiber events as a page on her Wendyknits blog, culled from a contest ~
Posted by: maggi on October 18, 2004 07:41 AMThanks, Dot, it's on the calendar now! Maggi, thanks for the tip as well. Wendy's events are a little out of date, but most of them provided links that had been updated. I put in as many of them as I could. This is surely helping my knowledge of Canadian and Australian geometry! I can't wait to hear of some things in other parts of the world too! Thank you thank you thank you everyone for your help. Keep 'em comin'!
Posted by: Sheila on October 18, 2004 10:33 AMSheila, just this morning I was wishing there was a website where I could find fiber events and VOILA! there you are. Bless your heart for all the work you put into this - I'm sure your fiberkarma is simply glowing!
Posted by: joan on October 18, 2004 10:34 AMWhat a great idea! I think most of the official knit-outs are over with, but there is a website which listed them all. I think the website is knit-out.com.
How did you ever get those photos of the racoons?? With the night vision camera evidence, they wouldnt have a leg to stand on in court.
I haven't exhaustively searched the web yet for events, I can only enter a few at a time or I'll go crazy :-) The raccoon pictures were funny to get. I opened the basement window and leaned out-- almost scared them away. But at the same time I had to keep Sherlock quiet, who was trying to lean out the window, too. They were up on the deck by the canister before I got the camera (yes, night-vision). They slowly made haste to leave, and the series you see is of them deciding to brave it anyway and come back for their dinner. They are awfully cute, so much like cats.
Posted by: Sheila on October 18, 2004 06:05 PMSheila you are so wonderful! Thanks for the new fibery calendar blog!
Posted by: Lisa, Mike, Jack, Della on October 18, 2004 06:07 PM