Announcing Chain on the Train: a Northern Illinois Crochet Guild Event

March is National Crochet Month. Historically the Northern Illinois Chapter of the Crochet Guild of America has celebrated by hosting a Crochet Buffet showcasing a variety of crochet techniques. This year the buffet was moved to September.

What oh what could our guild do to promote and celebrate the fine art of crochet, we asked, at our January meeting? Enter brave souls Anne Morey (on ravelry at penguinam) and Robyn Schoessow (on ravelry at robynlicious), who volunteered to plan an event in mere weeks. Announcing… {drum roll, please!}…

Chain on the Train: a crochet in public event taking place on Chicago public transit's El trains!

Please join us as we crochet in public around the City Saturday, March 19, 2011. The event will begin in the morning at 11:00 and run until 3-4:00 or so (we're still hammering out some of the details).

We are welcoming all crocheters and fiber enthusiasts* to join us! Whether you just picked up the hook or have held it proudly for decades, we want you! Our goal is to raise awareness of the awesomeness that is crochet. We'll show Chicago that crocheting – and crocheters! – are not just grannies. With luck we'll even have the opportunity to teach people to crochet throughout the day!

The starting place will be the lobby of the Clark/Lake Blue/Brown/Orange/Green/Pink Line station. The official route will include travel on the brown, red, and blue lines – specifics to come later.

After the first leg of our journey we plan on stopping in the south Loop for a Loopy Yarns and lunch break. While we'll make the greatest impact traveling around as a large group, you're welcome to branch off on your own.

We'll be updating the blog with details as we get closer to the event.

Follow us on Twitter @ChainOnTheTrain -- during the event we plan on using twitter to keep you all apprized of our location.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give us a signal boost. The planning has all been last minute, so we're counting on you to help us get the word out. Retweet this post. Share info with your groups from crochet night. Post to ravelry.

*knitters also welcome, as are fiberistas/fiberistos of all kinds who want to stitch in public with us!

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