Shannon Okey learned to spin in 2002 after many years as a knitter and artist. She has appeared on the DIY Network’s Uncommon Threads and Knitty Gritty, and HGTV’s Crafters Coast to Coast. Her books include Knitgrrl (Watson Guptill, 2005) and Knitgrrl 2 (Watson Guptill, April 2006). She is a city coordinator for national indie craft show Bazaar Bizarre and lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

• Visit Shannon's blog: www.knitgrrl.com
• Listen to a podcast interview with Shannon
• Meet Shannon in person
• The Blog Tour has ended, but you can still catch up with any interviews you may have missed.

Meet Shannon Okey on Tour

October 27-28, 2007
Felt School at the Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS
Explore the wonderful world of felt with Shannon Okey and Nikol Lohr. Get hands-on experience through a series of workshops, and go home with an assortment of glorious finished projects, a goodie bag of fun materials, and a signed copy of Felt Frenzy! It’s a full weekend of fun in a restored Kansas schoolhouse — you’ve never looked forward to back-to-school this much before!

January 9, 2008
TNNA www.tnna.org
Long Beach, CA (Trade only)
12:00-3:00 p.m.
Nuno Felting

3:30-6:30 p.m.
Felting Five Ways