Designist Dream

Hooray! Hooray for everyone – Obama is the US President and there’s a new and incredible sense of hope, optimism and belief that you can do it (or yes, we can do it to paraphrase his empowering and inspiring slogan/ motto/ mantra). I can’t even begin to tell you what a great and moving experience it was for me and my family to wake up early and watch the declaration and speech of Obama’s win. (Well the little one may have been more excited about her new bunny slippers, but she’s 20 months old so I’ll give it to her). Really amazing. The stuff dreams are made of – both inspiring you to set dreams and follow them and showing you that dreams really can come true.

So what to do with all this excitement until January 20th kicks in, you ask? How about take up a new hobby: knitting! With a nod to this week’s baggage theme, knitting gives you an outlet for mental anguish, physical excitement and visual pleasure – or material pleasure depending on how great your bag comes out. And Israel’s own 2KN knitting studio will show you how you can do it, yes you can. Founded by Billy Kimor and Miri Namer, strove to provide knitting fans – or bored individuals – with a hobby and habit to whittle away the hours productively. Located in the northern city of Haifa, 2KN sells materials and accessories and offers workshops, including a coffee clutch and knitting circle for women that apparently books up early, so, interetsed ladies, please register in advance.

And if you’re in the NY area, join 2KN founders at the Eldridge Road Knitting Salon in White Plains on November 20th to learn about how to knit their HoHashi clutch (featured above) while hearing about life in ISrael and knitting in Israel and munching on Israeli snacks. To learn more about this event and register in advance (and pay $65 for all related materials ), visit the Yarn Princess.