It is a weird and wild place, that's for sure... lol.
Original Message:
Sent: 06-25-2025 12:44
From: Nicole Milliken
Subject: What outdoor festival would you create?
I love your brain so much, Amy! "Summoning of the Skeins..." LOL
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Nicole Milliken
Senior Online Community Video Specialist
Original Message:
Sent: 06-25-2025 12:21
From: Amy Sessions
Subject: What outdoor festival would you create?
Stitchwitch: The Enchanted Yarn Revival
Location: A mossy glen in the Pacific Northwest, where it always smells like rain, pine needles, and impending magic.
Festival Theme: A mystical-meets-cozy celebration of all things yarn, fiber arts, and witchy whimsy. Think: knitting meets folklore meets cottagecore chaos.
The Traditional Summoning of the Skeins
At twilight, participants gather in a giant spiral pattern made entirely of colorful yarn trails. As a collective, they chant the "Sacred Frogging Rhyme" while unraveling one regrettable project to release its energy back into the universe. Then, with great ceremony, they re-cast the yarn into something new-literally and metaphorically.
A random attendee is then crowned The Stitchwitch, donning the Cloak of UFOs (unfinished objects), and is tasked with blessing all new projects begun at the festival.
Other Wild Highlights:
Yarn Bomb Hunt: Entire forest paths are secretly yarn bombed overnight-your challenge is to find the hidden crocheted familiars (tiny foxes, cryptids, or frogs in sweaters) for prizes.
The Speed Hex-a-ghan: Teams compete in crafting the weirdest magical granny square blanket before midnight. Bonus points for glow-in-the-dark yarn.
Fiber Séance: Sit in a circle with a psychic spinner who claims to channel the spirit of Elizabeth Zimmerman through a drop spindle.
The Cozy Catwalk: Strut your finest handmade garments while a panel of dramatic grandmas and goth knitters judge your work and throw glittery stitch markers in approval.
Why Should You Go?
Because you deserve a weekend where frogs wear scarves, shawls have mystical power, and the act of casting on a new project feels like casting a spell. Also, where else can you chant in a fiber circle and feel both ridiculous and holy?
Plus: hot mulled cider served in hand-knit cup cozies, yarn that smells like lavender and ambition, and a nighttime screening of Practical Magic under a quilted sky.
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Amy Sessions
Division Manager, Utility Customer Service
City of Clearwater
Original Message:
Sent: 06-25-2025 09:50
From: Nicole Milliken
Subject: What outdoor festival would you create?
It's vacation time for a lot of folks, which means new places, experiences, and fun! While I was creating the new "Outdoor Festivals" Trivia Tower contest, I read about a lot of strange outdoor events that I just had to put on my bucket list. That got me thinking:
If YOU could invent an odd outdoor festival, what would it be? Tell us the name, strange traditions, and why we should buy a ticket!
Answer this question and play in the trivia, and you'll receive THREE (3) extra points on your total score! And trust me, those three points always dictate the winner. So have a little fun, learn something new about global outdoor festivals, and let your imagination run wild with this bonus question!
Best of luck.
#Events/Contests
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Nicole Milliken
Senior Online Community Video Specialist
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