A whole lot of Harlot

As you may have already heard, the Yarn Harlot was in town on Tuesday. On the weekend, I heard that they would be collecting hats for a local homeless shelter. I wasn't sure if I had time to get one finished, but I decided to cast one on and try to get it finished. Late Monday night, I was getting close to finished, but wasn't there yet.


Felix was feeling generous and decided to "help' me out. He loves to knit.

A little while later, it was done and I was ready to go see the Yarn Harlot.

I got there nice and early so that I would have time to change in to my lovely KOL shirt and be able to get a good seat. I wasn't the only one who showed up early- look at the line-up.

A short while later, some hotel staff with looks of disbelief upon their faces let us into the room. And then...............

Ms. Stephanie Pearl- McPhee arrived. Her speech was incredibly entertaining. It's no easy task to keep the attention of a room full of people, but she did it with grace. And she was so funny at times that I had to stop knitting.

Here's a photo of some of the KOLers waiting around after the speech to get stuff signed.

After all the books were signed, a group of us, Ms. Harlot, and Master & Commander of the Tall Ship Silva headed over to the Victory Arms for a drink.

Much gabbing knitting and laughing ensued. Hey- that's what KOLers are good at! A good time was had by all (especially Henry).