Yeah, all right. So I went back to Stitches…. Sue me. You woulda, too. Right?
And I bought a BEE-YOO-TEE-FUL drop spindle and a bunch of Good Stuff. Hey! Good stuff is cheap! Compared to yarn, I mean. And I met a tremendously helpful woman at the booth (will attribute seller as soon as I remember who it was) who spent a good ten minutes with me, showing me slowly how to park and drag. Anything that involves parking is quite a thrill for me. This includes both my ass and my car (just did the best parking job ever a few minutes ago — so good that I had to take a picture, I’ll show you that the next time I dowload pics).
And this part was way cool — I was crossing the Market floor, missing my blog buddies, wishing that I had someone with me to drool over things, to tell me I wasn’t crazy for buying puffy pre-yarn wool, and a woman walked past me, then stopped and kinda doubled back. She said, “Are you Rachael? You don’t know me but….” She was a reader! How thrilled was I? And even MORE thrilled when she introduced her girlfriend (who is not a blog-reader and was obviously kerflummoxed as to what was going on) and said that they had met on Planet Out. My immediate knee-blog-jerk response was to stammer rather stupidly, “Can I get a picture?”
Meet Laine. Hi, Laine! (And Marie from comments yesterday, yep, that was me at the spindles! Hee.) Yes, I’m wearing darling Greta’s Fred. She had left him in my care when she decided she wouldn’t need him for a while, and I thought she deserved a piece of herself at Stitches.
And when I got to (old) home, look what I found:
It’s from JoFrog as part of a valentiney gift exchange, and the best part is she made it big enough for my huge head! I love it!
Still miles more to do in the packing/unpacking/cleaning area. Sigh. I still hate this part. But I’ve had so much fun this weekend that I’m well fortified for it. And Sex and the City was great last night, no? I cried. Did you?
I swear I feel like a blog stalker … you just posted … and i know this!
By the way…your friend Laine … did you know that the word “Laine” in french means “wool?”
I thought that was kind of cool for a knitter to be named “wool.”
I hate to do this to ya…I know you in the middle of moving hell…but is kerflummoxed actually a word? Don’t get me wrong I love it! I’ve never heard anyone use it before and was giggling to ‘hear’ you say it. So I looked it up to find…nada. I found kerfuffle (meaning to stir) and flummox (of course) and kerf and flummadiddle and flummery and flump…So now I’m really interested. BTW I am using an unabridged Webster’s 3rd ne international dictionary from 1986. Any takers?
Oh yeah, I am great at parking too, butt included!
I wept hysterically. My husband thought I ahd lost my mind. I was too tense to even KNIT !
How exciting to meet someone who reads your blog? You’re famous, girl! The hat is so, so cute.
And yes, I cried at Sex and the City..am getting chills thinking about the end when they’re all in the coffee shop…love it love it. Why does it have to end?
You went back!! I had a feeling you would not be able to resist the magnetic pull of Stitches …
Glad you had a nice time, and hey, the hat looks great!
Glad you got the spindle! And glad you didn’t come away from Stitches empty-handed. That is pretty neat about meeting Laine. 🙂 And I didn’t see Sex in the City. Boohoo. We don’t have HBO anymore.
Allo, c’est Laine. My gf was embarrassed that I stopped Rachael, but how could I not–it was like seeing my own personal celebrity–but poor gf is still blushing from when we ran into Danny Glover & I like a big GOOBER said “Danny Glover!” Anyway, Rachael, so fun to meet you. And I lovelovelove the new hat.
Good parking is an art. And dang, if I’d had the camera with me the time it took me TEN minutes to get out of a space at the LYS, I’da documented, too. *Millimeters* between me and the Lexus SUV that pinned me in.
Okay, Famous Girl, back to work. We want you settled and happy and knitting away on somethin’ gorgeous!
Oh yeah… I woulda went back. Wanted to. VERY bad. I had a bad case of shoulda-bought-it remorse. I think next year I’ll have to go two days. Plan a “safety” day to go back and get what I wish I had bought!
Ooh, I really wish now that I had stopped and said hello when I recognized you. Oh well. I too was on my second day (I gave in to the “wish I had bought it” impulse. The show only happens once a year, right?)
How’s the spindle spinning going? I know a great spinning guild that meets in San Jose if you’re willing to drive that far…
I am so happy Carrie came back to NY … she was SO giving up her own identity to be with the Russian. Why is the show over? *weaping* Why? Why?
Cute hat!
Hi Rachael, I learned how to spin with that same $10 CD spindle. 🙂 Need a lesson?
I have that over-caffeinated need-sleep thing going on, so alls I can think to write here is: you rock. Kerflummoxed should so totally be a word.
he he he Oh Yeah. Spinning is cheap. he he he You’ll save *so* much money. he he he
So, what spindle didya get? Inquiring minds and all.
That Jofrog hat is so awesome! I seem to recall you saying at some point that hats don’t look good on you. LIAR! And Greta’s sweater is so pretty, too.
Hi Laine! Good for you for stopping our Rachael — one person in a relationship with composure is enough, I think. 🙂
Kerflummox? Absolutely! I looked it up in the Official Personal Brainylady Mental Dictionary (OPBMD, 3rd ed.), and it actually refers specifically to the feeling that Kermit the Frog would have when he was trying to hide from Miss Piggy.
I’m so jealous. First you got to go to Stitches (of course you went back!) and all these folks are getting to meet you. I parked my butt in front of the tv on Sunday night and SOBBED. I did not even knit because I was glued to the screen. Please let there be a movie or follow-up in the works.
You so do not have a big head. I don’t know why you think that. How cool to bump into another blog-reader. See, you really are famous, and it’s for a lot more than 15 minutes.