This year's Knit Out was great - actually it's the first one I've ever been too. It was a bit tiring and nervewracking waiting around to do the talk shows, but heaps of people were there and it was great to see people young and old sitting around knitting!!
The venue - Omotesando Hills
The patterns and yarn that was being given away
There was a knitting performance
Another reason Pinn rules - her awesome Halloween costume!!
there was knit art
And Taeko and I managed to get through two talk shows without any major hiccups. Talking in front of a large crowd in your native language is hard enough, but doing it in your second language is even worse. Except I'm kind of adept at blocking out Japanese (even my own) and ignoring my mistakes. Thanks to Taeko for all of your support!!!
The highlight of the day though, without a doubt was PEACHES and the HERMS! As soon as I finished my second talk show, Daz and I ran to the train station so we could get to the venue on time. The show was due to start at 6pm and it really did start right on six with no support bands (good ol' Japan). It was so weird to be watching the crazy powerful, energetic, rauchy band at 6pm in the evening (I think they were slightly weirded out by it too). We got out of there by 7:15pm - crazy. I found out we weren't supposed to take photos when one of the staff grabbed at my camera but luckily he didn't make me delete the photos I had already taken. Peaches did all of her costume changes on stage - she'd just rip off one layer after another and then add some awesome capes.
Right at the end of the show, Peaches and Radio Sloan spat out some red (blood-like) liquid into the crowd - when they turned the lights on at the end the young Japanese girl in front of me turned around and looked at me completely horrified that her clothes were now covered in red stains - I just reassured her that it would come out in the wash.
And Darin even made some new friends after the show.
hahah, oops. i would be pretty horrified too! but that's pretty funny.
look at you up there in front of everyone! wow kat. i would have had a heart attack :)
Posted by: gleek | October 30, 2006 at 11:14 PM
You are such a knitting star!
Great photo of peaches. Have you ever seen Gwar? VERY different music, but they also shoot out all sorts of unmentionable pretend bodily fluids into the crowd. It's hilarious.
Posted by: Amy | October 30, 2006 at 11:51 PM
Peaches is great, I saw her 2 or 3 years ago for the 1st part of bjork's concert at bercy in paris. She was alone on stage, Bercy is a very big place; she was incredible. I saw her two other times in two different places, it was different each time and so stong.
Posted by: sof frankenstein | November 29, 2006 at 08:55 AM