Oh also...

While I was in Indy to see the Harlot, we swung by the Knit Stop yarn store to browse and kill some time.

I bought some soft cotton yarn to make my baby nephew some sort of summery sweater...


(Debbie Bliss Pure Cotton) Pretty!!!!!

Also, in the back of the store on the floor... we saw a GIANT BOX OF DREAM IN COLOR SMOOSHY JUST SITTING THERE UNATTENDED.

My plans to drag it secretly out of the store didnt work, but I definitely wanted to climb inside that box and bathe in the beautiful colors for awhile.

I settled for a hug. :-)


Sigh....

Harlot n Me

ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Yes... that is me and the one and only YARN HARLOT! Look, we are totally in a picture together like we're buddies!

She came to Indy on her book tour and I was SO GLAD I finally got to hear her speak in person and meet her!!!!! She is SO NICE and freakin' hilarious!!! I barely stopped laughing during her speech!


Here you can see her signing my book, and you can see the beer I brought her! Its a Mad Anthony beer, brewed right here in Fort Wayne. Woot woot!

Also I have started my first "real" pair of socks, and I took it with me that day to meet the harlot and get "sock pics" just like she does... lol...


Sock on left, Harlot on right. ;-)

I freaked out over the size 2 needles initially but now they aren't bad at all!!!!

Anyway it was a great trip to Indy and now I have my very own signed book, and some great pics. Hope any other harlot fans out there get to go see her!

OH! AND I want to give a shout out to my first random blog fan, JULIE! HI Julie!!!!! Apparently she knows my knitting guru and coworker Cynthia, and they ran into eachother at the Harlot signing. Julie made a comment wondering if "Knitting at Lunch" was around... of course Cynthia knew who that was! I was totally amazed that I had blog stalkers!!!!!!!!! :D

I also got to meet Rachael, who ive met through Ravelry... we both made it to the harlot signing and BOTH made it (our pics) on the yarn harlot blog, Rachael for her washcloth and me for my first socks! See if you can find us!

http://yarnharlot.ca/blog/

Anyway, TGIF, hope everyone has a great weekend... I know I am sure ready for it!