Sounds like a good time! Regina looks faboo with her new messenger bag! ;)

I messed up and pressed "save" before I had the pictures straightened out. Drew, do you see the close-up now?? And ellen loved your patterns so much she started making one already. It's like you were there in spirit, I swear!

Way to go girl! you are brave. Someday I will try new things too. You give me courage and laughter. Here's to Crazy Aunt Purl. Sociable!

Yep, I see the closeup! Very cool!!

Whoops I had the link wrong for drew. I am sucking at the internets today. Plus, I'm trying to do this all in my 5 minute lunch break. All fixed now!

Yay, Laurie! Isn't it great to get out of the house and find like minded souls?
I don't get a sweaty, oops, *glowing* forehead. I get sweaty armpits when I get nervous. Those big wet patches are sooooo charming! So is the nervous blther, but it'll settle down - it usually does for me!

Hey, no one carries the Yarn spaz bag around L.A. I think I have to give you one so that you can take it to the S&B and then Drew and I will both be there.

http://www.cafepress.com/onlyyarn.11962920

J.

Laurie!
We all had an awesome time last night at the WeHo SnB. YOU, my dear, have done alot to publicize our little group on your faboo blog. Thanks again for Drew's patterns. I made the sunflower doily already!!! I'll e-mail him a photo. I just think it's so cool that we're all connected to other crafters across the nation!

Oh my gosh, you are totally convincing me to trade my acting class night and get my ass over there. Sounds like you had a great time...glad to hear your bonding with the group.

Nice progress on the hat, by the way!

I always worry that something good will disappear. Always.

Looks like much fun. Wish it didn't take a day and a half to get from Torrance to WeHo during the week.

Did you get my email, with directions on how to get L.A.'s wang, and what to bring....and shit?

Oh, and do you EVER answer your phones on Friday?

Looking forward to tomorrow.

You ROCK, sista!

I am the SAME way at new SnBs... gabgabgab, sweatsweatsweat, and makenoprogress.

But, here's to finding a lil' community! Otherwise my co-hermit an I are all about "um... leave the safesafe house? for the *scary* unknown?? ahhhhn, no."

The hat is coming along nicely, I mean, fall is still months away... so why rush?

i am a new knitter. i joined a SnB a month ago...too embarressed to go. when i mention knitting,or yarn,or spinning to my(20 something,glassy-eyed,hungover) co workers they say.."god, you are sooo old!"

ah, for crapssake. I just noticed that I spelled our blog addy wrong. What a fucktard I am!

Hey Laurie!
You described the night perfectly. My first ever stitch 'n bitch was a total smash because of you. I'm totally wicked psyched for Sunday, dude!

Hey, thanks for posting a pic of me looking like a GODDAMN drunken Rastafarian! :)

It was very nice to meet you and thank you for cheering on my "mancho." Now you've got me wishing I was knitting something orange. See you next week!

See? That is how I feel about the blogs! Which--not so much with the real-life knowing people, but imaginary internet friends who like to knit are almost just as good. Right? Or should I leave the house? (seems hard.)

Wow...I can totally relate. I hate going out to events to hang with ppl I've never met. But at the same time I too crave that bond with women. And these days it is harder and harder to find real ppl. It's all about being "cool." Yup...like F'ing high school.
Perhaps I should try a local knitting group. Thanks for the idea!

I wish there was a knitting group around here.

And that I got off work before 8pm so I could go to it.

Thanks for having such a great blog to keep me entertained during the day!

It was an awesome night! Everyone was absolutely so friendly and cool! Wooohoooo!

Can anyone go to the WeHo SnB or is it by invite only?

Esme -- ANYONE! I'm not even from the cool side of town (literally -- I live in the valley where it is an INFERNO of hotnessin the summer) and they still let me come. Please come next week!

OK.

1) I am still at work

2) I was hoping to go to Unwind after work at meet Barbara

3) Should I call Unwind and ask for Barbara? I don't have her cell number. Is it more rude to call and ask for someone who doesn't work there OR more rude to not show up?

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

I saw that Knitty Gritty! Wow, you know a celebrity. I'm inspired :)

I do the same thing when I get talkin' - drop all Gs, say "y'all" way more than is appropriate, and start tossing in odd Southernisms ("like a duck on a June bug", for example - can y'all believe people think I'm being FUNNY when I say something like that? Hmph. I just think they all talk boring!).

So yeah, I guess I'm right there with you, except I'm in the upper half of the state. ;)

hey you hit it right on the head, and I quote:

"Maybe things have been going wrong for so long that I don't know what to think when something goes so right."

AMEN MY BLOGGY STALKER!! I felt just the same once I woke up from my divorce fog. So you just enjoy the SnB and let it open new worlds for ya. I love our local SnB's for all the same reasons - no one is cooler than you but they're all dorky just the same as you :)

wow i am so proud of you- yay for getting out there! if i can ever muster up the courage i might make it out to weho someday. for now i'll just stay in the safety of burbank, but the snb looks like loads of fun! :)

I admire your get-out-and-do-it-ness. My local SnB meet right across the street from my house, practically, but I'm still to shy to join in.

Thanks, Laurie. I live near you on the hot side of town. I don't think you were asking me specifically about whether to call Unwind and I'm sure it's too late (although if it's not, I say call). Hope you met up with Barbara...

I don't knit (yet) and I don't think there is a local stitch and bitch, but you make it sound like so much fun! I guess I should get out more.

Your lawyer. Excellent.

Hey Laurie!

I was the other newbie, who stopped on the way out and said that I thought I had emailed you. I remember why I emailed. Because I was the other, valley girl with the anxiety about going to my first get together over the hill. Hee! It was nice sort of meeting you! We'll have to sit a bit closer next time. Seems like I missed out on some saucy conversation!

I remember that Knitty Gritty! It was the one on Aran knitting, I think. Did he ever finish what he was working on? lol

Reminds me of the SnB I used to go to. I never made much progress, either. To busy talking.

I used to think I was shy until I read your post and the responses. Wow. I just take a deep breath and jump in, so to speak.

Every time, before I'd go to SnB, I would tell myself I was going to be quiet and NOT monopolize the conversation. My resolution would last about 10 minutes, and then I couldn't shut myself up. Like you say, you get excited and you're so happy to be with a bunch of very cool, intelligent people.

*Sigh* As soon as I get time, I'm joining the one here. I sure miss the company.

Either that, or I'm starting one at the university here. It would be fun to start some newbies on the yarn habit.

I'm so glad that you had fun! You've got me so excited to go to the Dallas SnB.

the weho snb meeting looked really fun!! i've just joined the sm snb end of march but couldn't attend their tues meetups yet due to other obligations on the same evening... hope i'll be able to enjoy a group knitting meetup in the near future! still a newbie, started picking up the yarns and needles late jan this year... =) ur site's really interesting! i'll sure stop by again!

Yay for awesome fun knitting groups! Love your blog!

i totally know what you mean. SnB is like my entire social life.

This is exactly how I feel about my SnB - the best part is that it's extending past Thursday nights - these people are a part of my day to day - whether it be a quick email, a phone call, blog stalking - whatever. I have fun people whose eyes dont glaze over when I start talking about the Vintage Bubble Bag I can't wait to start once my current WIP is done, and who got excited when I made plans for us to ride the Yarn Bus (http://www.flyingfingers.com) in a few weeks. (To be fair though, I have somehow convinced a non-knitting friend to come with us, and if our evil plan goes right, she will be knitting by the end of that day Mwahhhhahhhahahahah)

Bottom line? You're having fun!! ENJOY, and don't waste precious time worrying about how long it will ast. Life's too short kiddo =)

"don't waste precious time worrying about how long it will ast."

Or LAST - your choice ;-)
(Coffee probably should have come BEFORE commenting I suppose)

Crazy Aunt Purl you are the best. You have completely summed up my feelings before going to my first stitch and bitch. I still get nervous and sweaty (I wish I could call it glowing). I think you are a very funny person, and reading your blog always makes my day brighter. Thank you!

One of the reasons I'm starting up a forum is tp connect with other knitters without having to actually, you know, see them. You make the SnB sound like a real blast. Glad you're having a great time!

Please, please, please keep on blogging!

I think you bring a lot of giggles to blogdom and nods of 'that's exactly what I thought!'...says a girl who was covered in red blotches the first few weeks of SnB...and spent most of the time frogging (really. I DO knit. It just seems to go ohso badly in public.) Knitters are just the coolest people, SnBs and bloggers alike!

Thanks for sharing your humor and strength!

Like your blog. Do you just show up with yarn and needles? I'd like to try sometime, although my one and only previous experience with yarn was disastrous - I tried to crochet a tube top for my dog, (tube top b/c a sweater seemed way too ambitious)and somehow it turned into a really sad cape.

i have the hello kitty vibrator. my hubby gave it to me as one of our first dating gifts. as long as it doesn't come out of it's protective box, it doesn't matter what it is. right?

I think I missed something: why are we not supposed to talk about porn at stitch 'n B?