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Sweater-Fest at The Eight10

  • The Eight10 810 Churchill Street Waupaca, WI, 54981 United States (map)

It is undeniably SWEATER WEATHER! Join us this Saturday at The Eight10โ€”the historic site of the Zwicker Knitting Mill. For decades, this very spot turned many a spool of yarn into wooly warm winter-wear.

๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€:
We are seeking the best of the best in five distinct categories:

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: Best Handcrafted or Creative design.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Best Vintage or "Old School" find.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ: The most unapologetically "HINDER-style" sweater.

๐—ญ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ญ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ด: Got some actual Zwicker-made swag? Letโ€™s see what ya got!

๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜: Enter you most festive hat, scarf, mittens, or other knitted item!

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ & ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ:
Entering is easy, but winning takes a little "fluff."

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Show up in your favorite sweater and tell our staff youโ€™re in!

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ฝ: Weโ€™ll give you a Shot Glass Necklaceโ€”this is your "ballot box."

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—บ-๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น: Partygoers earn one plush pom-pom "vote" for every beverage purchased.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€: To vote for you, friends and fans must drop their pom-poms into your shot glass!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— 
At 8:00 PM sharp, weโ€™ll call all contestants to the stage to tally the pom-poms and name our winners.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
Each will receive an H.H. HINDER Gift Card.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜: Our category winners will face off for the ultimate title: The Zwicker Sweater Sovereign. The Champ will be decided by the loudest roar of the crowd and will walk away with a knit HINDER hat or headband, plus the eternal respect of the Mill!

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜†? See you at The Eight10: 810 Churchill Street in Waupaca, WI. Saturday, Jan. 24th - 5-10 PM.

Later Event: January 24
GRABO at H.H. HINDER Brewing Co.