Franklin Habit At Knitty City––The Itch Scratcher Book Tour!

You Know You've Hit The Big Time When…

(You Have Your Own Colorway! Companion yarn to the book, by Lorna's Laces; all pics enlarge.)

Franklin Habit's appearance at Knitty City last Sunday was definitely the place to be, as  you can see from the looks of this pic. In the midst of this crowd, the Lord of Lace himself was giving a presentation of the Print o' the Wave stole, that he knitted in a color so sexy––I wanted to stop any current knitting to completely devote all my attention to it, finishing in time to wear at a cool, summer latin jazz night at Willie's Steak House. I can't believe Franklin uses this stole as the project for his Intro to Lace class! But hey, once you can knit this, a night of dancing salsa Eddie Torres style in the back yard of Willie's, will be easy!

 (Franklin flossing the sexy stole; below, lace detail.)

The Hullaballoo, and The Hoi Polloi

Now you know what makes an event like this so much fun, are the knitters who come out. So let me not continue this post, without paying homage to the knitterati! Kisses and hugs to eternally fabulous Phyllis Howe, producer of the events at New York City's nicest yarn shop; yes this was definitely a biggie!

The ever-bouyant Pearl Chin  proprietor, holding it down. I heard on the Q.T.*, that books earmarked for Franklin's appearance, sold out 20 minutes before he arrived––talk about fabness! Many thanks to Annie & Co., the chic shop on the Upper East, for supplying more books.

(Right, a rouge spinner.) I always find it so––rad––when you see the one person at a knitting event, spinning.

Now Here's Where I Insert The Plug

Friends, do get this little tome, and then kick back with a cup or glass.  I tell you, Franklin had to be a fly on the wall, to create these cartoons. You'll know why they're funny––or you don't knit enough. And his essay on immortality as it pertains to knitting alone, is worth the book.

Almost Famous

Before I sign off to comptemplate whether to have Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Mexican, Dominican, Pakistani, or Middle-Eastern take out (Mr. K complains about the lack of food choices in our neighborhood––talk about jaded), I'll leave y'all with this frightening pic of myself, in the company of the illustrious illustrator.  Maybe some of his fabulousness will rub off on me! LOL!

* Q.T. means Quiet Time, for those of you too young to remember.

Comments

[lisa daehlin]

Hey Sahara! Is that the photo I took of you and Franklin. You are SO photogenic! Be well,
-Lisa

[Wanda]

Not frightening at all. you look great, as usual. Thanks for your commentary on Franklin's visit. I had not purchased the book, but I will obviously have to remedy that situation.

[cici]

The book IS fabulous and oh so funny♥ Lucky you, for being able to attend such a cool event and getting to meet Franklin.

[Chante]

I absolutely love his book and that colorway. Sounds like you had a great time.

[Chris]

What a fun picture! :) I much enjoyed reading It Itches, as well as having the chance to meet Franklin last year as part of 1000 Knitters.