Multicrafticity

Well, I’m finally getting around to posting about seeing the Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee at the Barnes & Noble in Carmel, IN (Indianapolis). You can read her thoughts on Indianapolis here. You will also notice in the photo’s of those who presented Stephanie with washcloths my friend Patti, who made her a Colts cloth (which she finished while we were waiting!). She is the second photo from the left on the top row. Stephanie was on tour promoting her new book, Things I Learned From Knitting (Whether I Wanted To or Not), which you can see on Amazon.

I met Patti on Ravelry in the Indiana Knits group. She lives in Muncie, which is only a few minutes down the road from me. She works right next door to my bank at the Dialysis Center (she’s the boss!!) and we began chatting. She emailed me & asked me if I wanted to go–Duh! of course I said yes even though I’m not that familiar with the Yarn Harlot. I’ve only been knitting a little over a year so I’m still learning all the different levels involved with knitting that go beyond the mechanics of how to knit. Patti also wanted to stop and check out a couple of LYS’s (local yarn shop) on the way. I’ve never been to a “real” yarn shop before so I was thrilled. Needles to say, they lived up to my expectations of yummy, drooly goodness in yarns.

The first one we visited is fairly new in Noblesville, IN, only a year old this month, and is called Always in Stitches. The also offer quilting items–yes, I drooled over those as well since I’m a novice quilter and long-time sewer of clothing & other items. There was a group meeting while we were there & one of the ladies had the most beautiful accent. We think she was Irish–very beautiful, lilting voice. I bought a ball of sock yarn there. It is Cascade Ziggy DK weight in a 100g ball.

The second shop was in Westfield and had TONS of temptation! It was everywhere! It is called Stitches & Scones and they had every kind of yarn you could think of (& in every price range). We must have fondled just about everything (had a good time doing it, too!). Patti spent quite a bit here since she was looking for something to send to her exchange partner in Canada.

Needless to say, we got to the B&N early, about 3:30. The book signing didn’t start until 7:00, with tickets for the signing being handed out at 5:00 (hence our early arrival, plus Patti needed to finish her cloth). There were already other people there so we weren’t the absolute first, thank goodness. They were setting things up and here’s some photos so you can see what they did.

This was posted at the entrance to the kid’s section. Patti & I got a laugh out of this (so did Stephanie). Also, we thought his writing tool (pencil/crayon?) looked more like a knife, especially with the way he is holding it.

Someone graciously loaned their sock project for the frog display. Stephanie seemed to like them–took photo’s with the sock. However, we totally befuzzled her when the front half of the crowd did the wave when she came out. Her face turned an interesting shade of red.

Here is the required photo with the sock and one of the crowd behind us in the section we were sitting in.

I have to say that it was very interesting. I didn’t quite know what to expect since I’ve never read her books–although I have perused them at the library. Needless to say, I will be reading more of them now that I know how funny she can be. She’s a fantastic person & I was very glad I went. Photo with sock

Happy crafting (& reading!)
Sherry