The Great NY Knit Out

What a FABULOUS day I had at the NYC Knit out yesterday!

First off, I got to spend the entire day with my two beautiful daughters, Vanessa my avid knitter and Ariane, my newbie knitter who honestly had more fun in nearby boutiques shopping for clothes. To me it was like mother's day in Sept.

Besides all that, I got to chat with many knitting celebs...LILY CHIN kindly rembered me from taking her class in Philadelphia as I await her new book so that I can make her fabulous tunic/skirt set...NICKY EPSTEIN who I'm thrilled to report will be giving a private class for our upcoming London group...CANDI JENSEN the brave women uniting knitters and crocheters everywhere. Of course I was too busy schmoozing to have my camera with me during these meetings. Thankfully my daughters appreciate their mother being scatter-brained (ok they thrive on it but that is another story). Vanessa was ready with camera in hand when I finally got to meet one of my very favorite knitters... THE YARN HARLOT!!!

Just in case some of you have been asleep, out buying yarn or just not paying attention, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is the author of At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too MuchYarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter and Knitting Rules! The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks as well as a wonderful blog on her website. If you haven't read her work yet, make friends with Stephanie!!! My yarn sister Kate gave me a copy of The Yarn Harlot. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down (OK, my husband yanked it out of my hand one night as I was laughing out loud while he was trying to sleep so I was forced to put it down for a short while).
Then my travel agent pal Suzie recently showed up on our trip to Mexico with a very sweet gift...a copy of At Knit's End which I enjoyed while under a shady palapa on the beach (or plop-a as Suzie and I call them...cause it's where you plop down with all your stuff).

Fans of her blog will know that poor Steph has been at wit's end lately juggling deadlines for her new book, a computer crash and her whistle-stop tour. You've got to admire a woman that can do all this and still keep on smiling and knitting. For all the enjoyement that she's given me I wanted to do something nice for Steph. I made her the pin that she's wearing in the photo designed by my other yarn sister Clara. Stephanie graciously signed my books and SURPRISE...Vanessa lended up winning a copy of Knitting Rules as one of the door prizes at the Knit Out! Steph bumped Nessi to the front of a VERY long line of fans and signed her new book too.

Steph said she'd like to do a trip with us...so stay tuned! Hopefully if the yarn gods are smiling, the stars align and Stephanie schedule allows it, it will happen.

Also, maybe it's the wire framed glasses and matching knit pin, curly hair or that dazed look that comes from traveling long distances and spending WAY too much time in front of a computer thinking about knitting but do you think we kinda look alike?... or is it just me being weird?