In which firecat is a curmudgeon about the popularity of knitting

[firecat]

I just got the brochure for Stitches West in February this afternoon. Class registration doesn't even open until October 6, but the hotel attached to the convention center is already sold out.

I might still take a class or two, but so much for my making a vacation out of it. I'm not interested in going to an event that's so crowded the hotel is sold out before the event is announced. (Wiscon doesn't count, besides, they send out notices when the hotel is about to sell out.)

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[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

Sadly, that doesn't surprise me, not after the mess that was Sock Summit--which featured people booking hotels and flights months before registration opened and then getting butthurt on Ravelry when they weren't able to get into any classes. In their slight defense, the server crashed hard when registration opened so there was some confusion over class availability, but the butthurt was still epic.