THE Barbara Walker

The list of instructors for the Sock Summit this August in Portland, Oregon went up today. Stephanie also has the list with bios on today's post.

I don't knit a lot of socks, so I'd been non-committal about this event. When I got the e-mail earlier today and went to the site, I noticed with interest that Priscilla Gibson-Roberts (best-known to me for Knitting in the Old Way) made the list.

Then I read through the entire list with the mini bios and credits on Stephanie's post and caught my breath when I read that Barbara Walker - THE Barbara Walker of the stitch Treasuries and Knitting From the Top - would attend and teach.

Who cares what she's teaching, the big question is what are the odds of getting in to that class?

Can you imagine a conference where classes by the likes of Lucy Neatby and Nancy Bush are not the first to fill because more famous people and people who rarely if ever do so will also teach there? I really appreciate Stephanie telling us she's as geeky and gob-smacked about these people as we are.

I hope they have a very good plan for class sign-ups. Where do I enroll?

Comments

[Deborah Robson]

Priscilla almost never travels to teach any more, due to health issues, so it's a real coup that she's agreed to be there. She will be doing three one-hour lectures. She's as lively and opinionated and knowledgeable as ever; her body's just not keeping up with her spirit.

As far as I know, Barbara Walker will also be lecturing.

That way lots of folks will be able to experience these incredible people.

And, of course, they'll be "around."

[Deborah Robson]

Actually, Priscilla never TEACHES any more, other than by writing, because of her energy and because from where she lives travel is required for teaching.

[Kim]

I thought it was really funny as I was reading the list on Stephanie's blog that I read "Barbara Walker" and thought to myself, "wait, that Barbara Walker?" and then read the next sentence, which said "(Note from Steph: Yes. That Barbara Walker.)".