Last night my friends--Barb, Sally, Eli, & Linda--went to Borders to see Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, aka The Yarn Harlot. Ms. Pearl-McPhee writes knitting humor books that are completely hilarious. (In case you aren't a knitter: for those of us who do knit, getting to see her in person is roughly equivalent to a visit from the President or an audience with the Pope.)
She came to promote her new book, "Things I Learned from Knitting...whether I wanted to or not". The Yarn Harlot gave a highly entertaining speech (we laughed 'til we cried) that was also very educational. Knitting is actually healthy activity, just like exercise (in a way). According to the scientific study that Stephanie cited, knitters actually go into "The Zone", just like athletes. The highly repetitive action of knitting puts the brain into Theta waves, where the most creative and positive thinking is done. No criticism, no doubts. Bliss. How cool is that?!
Here's Barb, Sally, and Eli while we waited for Stephanie to come out:
Here is a photo of Stephanie with Emily and Dana, from Threaded Bliss:
Barb showed up very early at Borders on Monday morning to make sure we all had copies of the book and to get the slips of paper that made sure we would get the book autographed. The Yarn Harlot was impressed that Barb had slip #1 and she even took a picture of her:
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