A great time was had by all

I had a wonderful afternoon yesterday at Loop. Tom and the kids dropped me off, and then went off

photo by Elvis

for lunch and haircuts (for N. and Elvis).

photo by Elvis

In the meantime, I was left to peruse the yarn

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photo by Elvis -- Noro -- see? I trained him well

photo by Elvis

I brought some BBF yarn with me, and it was artfully arranged:

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Then the fun started.

So many great pals showed up! Like Anne Marie from Philly, the leader of Norristown's most kick-ass S-n-B group:


She wore her Dolores shirt in honor of my recent trip to Chicago...

And Linda, who was working on a terrific sock from the book:

and lervely Bridget and Laura:

and Ed, and Jim, and my other Laura (and her beautiful M-I-L) and Aileen and Eileen and Bridget's former boss (God bless Beth, she put up with Bridget for 5 years and lived to tell the tale) and Madame X. (just in case you are on the down low) and JoAnn and Sherry and I'm forgetting the rest! And I made new friends, too. Update: like Elinor! who is a blog-reader and now I got to meet her in person!

The socks from the book arrived and were available for perusal (it was the first time I saw them all together in real life in one spot!)



and then Tom and the kids returned:

N. guarded the lollipops so that nothing untoward happened to them:



and Little Miss was, as always, adorable:



and Craig was charming and a perfect host, too!


Thank you to everyone who came by to say hello and a huge thank-you to Craig and his staff for offering to host me and asking me to bring BBF yarn!


I was feeling the love, just like old times....