My friend Christine and I went to see the Yarn Harlot at Powells. The book store really doesn't get how many knitters are going show up. Last year they put Stephanie at the small Powells Book Store on Hawthorne. They set up about 75 chairs. They were overrun with knitters everywhere.
This time, we got to Powells at about 4:30 p.m. There was not a chair in sight. The info person said they weren't setting up chairs until 6:00 p.m. and she was speaking at 7:00 p.m. How dumb is that. She was going to speak in the Pearl Room on the third floor. They finally set up chairs at 5:30 p.m. but there were not near enough to accommodate. There were knitters stacked on top of knitters. Every book aisle was filled and it was a hot box, but it was so worth it. Stephanie is just hillareous to listen to. I forgot my camera, but fortunately, Christine remembered hers. Air conditioning was lacking. It was a sweat box, I wouldn't have missed it for the world!!!
Afterwards, we waited in line for a long time. When I got up to meet Stephanie, she remembered me from last year.
I decided to give her two skeins of my handspun shetland. She was impressed and said how much she appreciated handspun yarn. I was impressed that she was impressed. What a thrill!!! Stephanie said she was going to make mittens out of them. I really feel honored!!!
I got to hold the traveling sock, and Stephanie held my yarn and Turkish Spindle.
How cool it that!!!
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