The rumors are true
It’s all true, what you’ve been reading on the other knitting blogs. The mighty Yarn Harlot did indeed make an appearance at the theater at Lord & Taylor last night, and there was indeed wine involved. I don’t drink, so I got to sit there and sip my water with lemon and observe the many ways in which knitting and wine don’t really mix.
No…kidding…no serious stitches were dropped, no fights broke out over any Koigu. No one had their Clapotis snatched (but EVERYONE was wearing one. Kate, you’ve singlehandedly accessorized the knitters of New York. I think it’s official now. Confession: Cassie and I hid ours in our bags when we saw all the other Clapotis. It was just a bit too much, everyone draped in the same knitterly uniform…). It was a lovely evening. Stephanie couldn’t have been funnier, or smarter, or more charming. She’s also really little. Especially when she’s at the front of a roomful of like two hundred knitters and you’re at the Drafty Ladies/LES Splinters combo pak table in the back. Here. Look how tiny. (It’s a tiny Harlot. Awwww.)
Don’t worry. She’s full-sized up close. Here. (There were a lot of bad photos taken last night and precious few good ones. I seem to only have mediocre so you’ll have to suffer with me on that count.) This is Em, me, and that woman we were all there to see:
And here’s what you get when you combine wine and photos:
It was really exciting, being in a room with so many other knitbloggers. Mindy started climbing on the furniture at one point, but she’s cute enough to get away with that kind of aggressive photography:
I wish I had a photo of our whole knitblogger gang. Here’s who was there with me (as if you didn’t already know from the other blogs. I know, old news). Going around the table in my mind and then inserting the folks who came over to say hi from other tables…: Mindy, Cassie, Valentina, Jackie, Sarah, Regina, Em, Anne, Irene, Melissa, this other Cassie, Cara, and that other Cassie.
It was a very Cassie evening.
Oy vey, that was a lot of linking. Next major yarny event? Norma and Carolyn visit on their way to Maryland!
I had to resist the urge to do Cassie1, Cassie2, and Cassie3 in my post.
Your pictures are NOT bad at all, and I like the one with heads chopped off. Way better than my pictures.
Posted by: Cassie
Yes, I agree: The one with heads chopped off threatened to be a really great photo! Look at those colors, those lovely skin tones, and NO red-eye. Oh, yes, well, there’s no red-eye coz there aren’t too many eyes in the photo. But still, it WOULD have been a really great photo. Glad the event was so wonderful. I’m not even jealous, coz it just feels good that you guys had such a good time. Seriously. And I have new orange luggage. CAN’T WAIT TO MEET YOU!
Posted by: Norma
I had to resist the urge to do Cassie1, Cassie2, and Cassie3 in my post.
Your pictures are NOT bad at all, and I like the one with heads chopped off. Way better than my pictures.
Posted by: Cassie
Yes, I agree: The one with heads chopped off threatened to be a really great photo! Look at those colors, those lovely skin tones, and NO red-eye. Oh, yes, well, there’s no red-eye coz there aren’t too many eyes in the photo. But still, it WOULD have been a really great photo. Glad the event was so wonderful. I’m not even jealous, coz it just feels good that you guys had such a good time. Seriously. And I have new orange luggage. CAN’T WAIT TO MEET YOU!
Posted by: Norma
It looks like it was so much fun, I’m glad you all had such a good time.
Posted by: Faith
It was so nice to meet you in person last night (at that awesome party no less…), and I am flattered that you SPELLED MY NAME RIGHT. (Unless there was another Anne at the table?)
Posted by: Anne
Apparently what you get when you mix wine and photos is hot knitter action. Oh, yeah. Woot! And soon, my pretty….
Posted by: Rachael
You are all so cute, I can’t even stand it.
Posted by: claudia
So GLAD we got to meet! What an amazing event. I will definitely be heading out to The Point next week – and hopefully subsequent Fridays as well. Good luck with your deadline. Til we meet again!
PS – Thank GOD other people took pictures. I was starting to feel really bad I left my camera at home.
Posted by: Cara
Love the almost headless picture. I’m still walking around in a daze. It was such a nice evening. Tsk tsk. Hiding your Clapotis.
Posted by: valentina
That may be the best picture taken of me yet.
What a fun night it was!
Posted by: jackie
Oh, I love reading all of these NY accounts. I just can’t wait for tonight; I can’t wait!
Posted by: Colleen
HEY – I took that heads chopped off photo. I would like to take this opportunity to defend myself and my photography. I wasn’t that drunk, yet. I was hit from behind as the picture shot and it took the camera 2 hours to get up the gumption to take another shot. That is why I took the extra pictures with CassieR’s camera, which turned out great. Don’t think you can be trash talking me over here just because I don’t blog. I’m always lurking, baby.
Posted by: melissa
It looks like it was so much fun, I’m glad you all had such a good time.
Posted by: Faith
It was so nice to meet you in person last night (at that awesome party no less…), and I am flattered that you SPELLED MY NAME RIGHT. (Unless there was another Anne at the table?)
Posted by: Anne
Apparently what you get when you mix wine and photos is hot knitter action. Oh, yeah. Woot! And soon, my pretty….
Posted by: Rachael
You are all so cute, I can’t even stand it.
Posted by: claudia
So GLAD we got to meet! What an amazing event. I will definitely be heading out to The Point next week – and hopefully subsequent Fridays as well. Good luck with your deadline. Til we meet again!
PS – Thank GOD other people took pictures. I was starting to feel really bad I left my camera at home.
Posted by: Cara
Love the almost headless picture. I’m still walking around in a daze. It was such a nice evening. Tsk tsk. Hiding your Clapotis.
Posted by: valentina
That may be the best picture taken of me yet.
What a fun night it was!
Posted by: jackie
Oh, I love reading all of these NY accounts. I just can’t wait for tonight; I can’t wait!
Posted by: Colleen
HEY – I took that heads chopped off photo. I would like to take this opportunity to defend myself and my photography. I wasn’t that drunk, yet. I was hit from behind as the picture shot and it took the camera 2 hours to get up the gumption to take another shot. That is why I took the extra pictures with CassieR’s camera, which turned out great. Don’t think you can be trash talking me over here just because I don’t blog. I’m always lurking, baby.
Posted by: melissa
Heh. I almost took my clapotis along, but made a last minute call that it might feel like we all bought the same prom dress.
Posted by: Juno
I’m so sad I missed the Harlot NYC visit! Looks like a fun bunch…maybe I’ll have to start looking into this blogging thing for myself, instead of this passive observation.
Posted by: sarah g.
I was going to post something about how awesome the drunken careening photo is, but I don’t want Melissa to think I’m trash talking. She’s like half my size, but I think she could take me.
Think of the awesome Sea of Clapotis picture we *could* have taken…
Posted by: Em
What fun! You are so silly putting clapotis in your bag. I can understand though, who wants to show up at prom wearing someone else’s dress? hehe
Posted by: Vicki
Heh. I almost took my clapotis along, but made a last minute call that it might feel like we all bought the same prom dress.
Posted by: Juno
I’m so sad I missed the Harlot NYC visit! Looks like a fun bunch…maybe I’ll have to start looking into this blogging thing for myself, instead of this passive observation.
Posted by: sarah g.
I was going to post something about how awesome the drunken careening photo is, but I don’t want Melissa to think I’m trash talking. She’s like half my size, but I think she could take me.
Think of the awesome Sea of Clapotis picture we *could* have taken…
Posted by: Em
What fun! You are so silly putting clapotis in your bag. I can understand though, who wants to show up at prom wearing someone else’s dress? hehe
Posted by: Vicki