I hereby declare myself...
Friday, July 22, 2011 at 3:48PM
Yarnista

The Official Baby Holder of Three Irish Girls.

It was a tough competition, but I decided that Boy Aaron's facial hair situation was just too precarious, that any moment things could go horribly awry in a Unabomber sort of way.  Besides, he's better with the preschool crowd. He can make giant soap bubbles with his hands, and his spitballs are the stuff of legends. Or nightmares, depending on your perspective.

I do like me some babies. This one, Miss P, belongs to Victoria Rothenberg, the owner of The Yarn Spot. I got to hold her to my heart's content on July 4th, when I was there for a trunk show.

Look at that look on her face. Blissed out, snuggling with her mama.

Also, look at Victoria's sweater. I would have stolen it, but she probably would have revoked my status as Official Baby Holder.

There were other babies at this fun party -- twins Nora and Liam, whom we last saw here.

And then, there are my yarn babies, which I also love holding. And I love seeing them adopted by competent, caring moms and dads like these fine people here.

Initially, I thought July 4th would not have been a popular shopping day. But Victoria assured me it would be, because people usually have the day off, and most festivities don't begin until the afternoon. And she was right.

The Yarn Spot gave away prizes. If you wore red, white, and blue, you were entered into a drawing once. If you wore a red, white, and blue hat, you got entered twice. It was fun to see people's creations -- I wish I'd gotten more pictures of them.  (Love the ensemble!)

Here's a baby I gave birth to four years ago. I've held her.

And another who just turned seven. Held her too.

She's such a sweet ballerina. Just beams the entire time.

And this nine year old blondie who's eating me out of house and home. Probably because he's trying to grow a skeleton that will be 6'8". Takes a lot of calories to go from 22 inches to 80 inches in a few short years.

I try to hold him sometimes and fall over. Which he thinks is funny, so he asks me to do it all the time.

Boys are weird, with their spitballs and their lack of affinity for grooming.

As the self-proclaimed Official Baby Holder of Three Irish Girls, I would love to meet you (and hold your baby) next weekend (July 28-31) at Sock Summit in Portland. I'll be in booth #808 anytime I'm not teaching.

Places I would also love to hold babies:

Loops South in Tulsa, OK on August 13th.

Windy Knitty in Chicago, IL on September 17th.

Yarn Harbor in Duluth, MN on September 24th.

Amazing Threads in Maple Grove, MN on October 15th.

Serendipity Needleworks in Tuscaloosa, AL on October 29th (No, the Crimson Tide are not playing that weekend -- we checked!)

I'll bring yarn, you bring yourself and any babies you can manage!

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