KNITTING WITHOUT DOG HAIR IS NOT AN OPTION

I left the house around 11:30am and got to the Marienplatz around noon - just in time for the famous Glockenspiel.

And since it's Munich 850th birthday this year, a ton of people were in town to kick off the big birthday party. Nope, they did not all join me for knitting public... But I filmed a few seconds of Bavarian music for you.

And nope, the video is not shacky because I was swaying with the music... Now onto the review of the WWKIPD events.

No. 1 - Hosted by: Wolle Rödel

Believe it or not, there was nobody knitting when I got to the store, dangit. I asked if there was no knitting in public - as advertised - but the shop employee told me that nobody came in to stay and knit so far. Well, so I had to do some shopping...

a nice cotton blend for a sweater

and more sock yarn...

Say no more... I know I am already surrounded by too much...

And then - me being a good knitter - I sat down for a couple of rows of lace knitting but nobody joined me. How pitiful I thought and left to go to the next stop. On my way I had to cross Marienplatz and walk to Odeonsplatz to catch one of the subways.

But it took forever because of these masses of people. I got actually pretty annoyed. Stupid to plan a walk in down-town on such day... That just shows you how informed I am.

While being pushed from one Platz to the other, I came by this booth and was very tempted to buy this felted cape, until the lady told me the price...

I couldn't justify 180 Euros, even tho' it looks totally cool. After about 30 minutes later, I showed up at the second WWKIPD event. And what a surprise I found there...

No. 2 - Hosted by: Lanaiolo

A cool shop but no comparison to your shop, Kim!

They had a buffet and little bar with snacks and drinks for the event. The yarn selection wasn't very big but I found something anyway - you know me.

Funky scarf yarn

Nice soft Italian Merino

And a couple of magazine with Bavarian men and women patterns

AND - THERE WERE KNITTERS!!!

A bunch of them have blogs - Victor, Projektleiterin, Christiane, Sternenelfin, Angelika - and I think most of them are on Ravelry.

And guess what, I did not make it to location no. 3. I sat and knitted for three hours at Lanaiolo and got back home around 5pm. Hope you had a fun WWKIPD as well!