This past weekend was the TNNA show, which is the trade show for the fiber arts world. It's held in Columbus, Ohio, which is, incidentally, quite a cool city.

Several of our knitting authors were at the show to do book signings, so I got to hang out with them, which is always a treat.

Stefanie Japel was signing Fitted Knits and giving away a free pattern from her next book, Glam Knits, due out in October of this year. Read about Stef's experiences at TNNA here.

Hannah Fettig was also there, signing her book, Closely Knit. Check it out—it just got a lovely review on Knitty. Hannah blogs here.

Also signing was Cosette Cornelius-Bates. Her new book is Knit One, Embellish Too, and it just came out in the past few weeks. It's beautiful! Cosy blogs here.

AND there's more! A few other F+W authors were in attendance as well, including Shannon Okey (Alternation) and Krause author Jane Davis (too many titles to mention here). Shannon blogs here.

Karida Collins and Libby Bruce, co-authors of the upcoming book Pints + Purls, were also there. Karida runs a yarn company called Neighborhood Fiber Company. Look out for more on their book in the coming months (it isn't due out until November 2009, so it's still in the early stages!)