Yarn Harlot visits Pittsburgh

Robin send me these pictures taken with her cell phone. Robin with Stephanie and a shot of the crowd while Steph was speaking.


Saturday at the yarn shop was a little slow. It is after all the last day of the month and some retirement checks cannot be cashed till Monday. Business should pick up next week. Being it was one of the first nice days of spring not many knitters were out hunting for yarn today. I expect a lot of knitters were out in their gardens looking at the daffodils and pruning their roses and whatever else you do in the garden in Spring. I would have been happy to be in my garden this afternoon but the store hours must be kept. I did have several knitters and one weaver visit and buy yarn. We also had a friendly group of knitters at the table enjoying knitting at the store and seeing each others creations. Joan stopped by to show off her socks from Margarets Sock class. and another knitter brought in her new finished Crystal Palace Merino Frappe Jacket. Judy needed help choosing yarn for a baby blanket for Kim. Robin and her Mom came by to knit for awhile. The time flew by. I am exhausted.
I could not even think about cooking. I picked up Chinese food on the way home.
I am really wipped, I am just not used to staying up late(2am). Last night Margaret, Robin and I went to Pittsburgh to Joseph-Beth Booksellers at SouthSide Works to see Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. I bought her new book and had her sign it. There were lots and lots, maybe a hundred or more knitters there for the book signing. Her lecture was great. She is very perceptive and funny. It was exciting to be with all the knitters. I forgot my camera but Robin took photos and promised to email them to me . I will post them when I get them. You can read about Stephanie's impressions of Pgh on her blog Yarn Harlot. It is a really cool blogg. Check it out, You will be delighted. Her New Book, Casts Off the Yarn Harlots Guide to the land of knitting, is a hoot. I love her impressions of the knitting world. Enough for tonight. By the time we got out of the booksigning it was after 9 and since we left right after work, everyone was starved so we went to a cool restrauant at SouthSide Works. It is over an hour drive from Mercer to the city so it was very late when I got home. I was so energized from the big night out in the big city, I could not sleep. Now I am the walking dead so goood niiiight. I will try to post more often this next month. I am still learning how to do this.