See, the secret to Typepad is to compose your blog posts whenever you want and then just time them to launch whenever you like. If I write this post right now, this Thursday afternoon, and have it show up tomorrow morning, I’ll be golden till Sunday. I can’t post from work, because I can’t download PICTURES at work. But I want to write right now while the skies are recovering from a massive downpour (what are the odds of that? In a week of sun, pneumonia-girl goes out in the rain?), with the heater on, both kitties washing themselves, the promise of Zachary’s pizza in my future. Much better writing now than in the morning between phone calls.
Without further ado, may I present:
(red-eye reduction by reader Steph – thanks!)
This is Leslie, of Nake-id Knits (and of the p.12 piece in the new Vogue Knitting! Whoo hoo!). Just how cute is she? We got the chance to get together today. (I mean yesterday, must remember posting time….) We had chai, and knitted together (her Must-Have really is a must have, in Arucania burgundy), and did a little yarn shopping at my LYS, Article Pract. Always a great store, it was made even more fun when checking out and the counter-person said, “Are you Rachael?” Well, she had heard the owner, Christina, say hello to me when we walked in. Okay. There’s that. But she HAD put me together with my blog, and she also reads Leslie’s, so it was a fabulously fun moment. Hi, Amy!
And Leslie gave me this which I LOVE:
(Digit likes it, too.) It’s Interlacements Little Toes, color 216, and she got it for me because of that gorgeous orange in there. She knows I’m into orange lately.
I don’t know if she knows HOW into orange I’ve been lately:
She’s just like you’d imagine, sweet and funny and smart as a whip, and it just goes to promote the Not Weirdness that occurs when like-minded bloggers meet. For some reason, Oakland seems to be a knitting hub of an odd sort, and I’ve been lucky enough to quite a few of you. But I want to meet all of you! Can’t we have some big knit-blog party somewhere? (Say, Fiji?) Where we all sit and drink and knit and laugh. That would be a party, all right. What I liked was that a bunch of her family members were with her when I picked her up, and I shook everyone’s hand, and then when it got to Leslie, we hugged and said “Nice to meet you” at the same time. I’ve never met a knit-blog friend and NOT hugged immediately. Nice, that.
Physically, I’m feeling better. The outing with Leslie was just about at my limit, and I came home feeling pretty worn out. But happy. As I hope you are. Happy Friday.
Orange?!!!! And just when I was starting to think we could be friends… 😉
Glad you are feeling better.
There’s pink in your cheeks! Brought out by Olallieberry ~ and the lovely Leslie. Now, let’s get crankin’ on that retreat; stateside’s even fine with me. I think it should be at TBFA. They’ll have room for us to sleep over at that warehouse — right, Rob?
Mmmm…orange! You know I’m with ya on that one. So glad you were feeling up to an outing. You look well in the pic, my dear. Also very excited to think that soon I too will get to meet you in person! (Woohoo!)
Okay, I didn’t know that Lesley-who-wrote-the-artucle-in-Vogue was the same Leslie as Leslie-of-Nake-Id-Knits.
Duh.
YES. to all of the above.
yes to Orange, yes to meeting knit bloggers, yes to Leslie is adorable, and YES. FIJI, Lordie, YES indeed.
oh, but most of all?
Typepad.
YES.YES.YES.
Great pic of you and Leslie. You are having so many blog meetings–so cool! And the blog notoriety is incredible. Didn’t that happen at Stitches too? I hope you are feeling well.
Ohhh, Fiji! Count me in!
I’m so glad to hear that you’re feeling better.
It’s always so much fun to read of your meetings with other bloggers, and the kitty pics lately have been just adorable! Thanks for sharing!
Fiji = far
Zachary’s = close! You could try for a meetup with the best pizza and I do “believe” they serve beer…
Glad you are better. What a great outing!
And I think I am really starting to like orange yarn. Love the pics!
NO ROOM FOR YOU AT SHOP—-it’s all yarn, all the time.
Room for friends at house when shop leaves……
hurrah for orange!
my 1st sweater was in colinette’s “red parrot” color… red, orange, yellow, a little green… i looked like i needed to be hosed down! it makes me really happy. good for you to have some good knitting time with a new friend and get some color into your cheeks! 🙂
How adorable you BOTH are! Oh, how wonderful. I love meeting knitbloggers in person. And I’m with ya on the orange too.
Ooo.. ooo… a blogtogether. How many Bay Area bloggers are we? We should set a date!
Put me on the list for the meet-up!
Giant blogger-party you posit? Have you forgotten about MDS&W? Giant. Blogger. Party.
I know you are still not feeling well….but I also know that your eyes are much prettier than what shows up in this latest photo. If you don’t mind, I’ve got a way to correct the red-eye in your picture…which, in spite of your love of orange, makes you look a bit rabid. 😉 Would you like me to send a corrected file that lets the true beauty of your peepers shine through?
Stephanie — who sometimes takes her work at Adobe into other realms…..
Oooh, is that the same orange Koigu I got?
gotta know: in the second orange yarn photo, what are those orange/pink hanks next ot the fur yarn?
You got to meet Nake-id Leslie! Great photo of the two of you. I love your other photos, too, especially the paws in the shot of orange yarns. 🙂
Hey, I want to meet you all too! I’ve actually been meaning to email you about it. I’m in South Bay and *sniff* so, so, lonely. I haven’t been able to find any knitters.