Although I currently am non-religious, I grew up going to an Episcopalian church, which this also happened to be, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed being in the familiar setting, with the smell of...whatever it is that makes churches smell the way they do (candles? wooden pews? I don't know). I was also surprised that even though I don't really believe in the stuff the church believes in, I still considered the sanctuary a sacred space. I really took offense to a woman in my pew who was eating her fast food dinner, and to the fact that they were selling books inside the sanctuary. Interesting that I still think these things are important.So since people were eating and books were being sold, you may have guessed that this was not a normal church service. In fact it was a reading by the Yarn Harlot herself!
We're going to call this photo "artistic", ok? I am not the best multitasker, and my limit is 2 things at once. The two things here are knitting, and being in the presence of knitting celebrity. Photoing fell by the wayside, unfortunately. Anyway, that is Stephanie there, holding up her sock and photoing the audience.
She was charming, funny, very real and touching. She said one thing that really hit home with me, that when you feel like a total loser, knitting tells you that you are a competent person and you can make great socks. Right on, sister. She was promoting a new book of essays, Free Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again, and a page-a-day calendar, neither of which I have yet but will be picking up shortly from Porter Square Books, who hosted this event. If Stephanie comes to your town, you should go. It was a good time.
6 comments:
It's funny how I also found the fast-food eating blasphemous, until I read that it was the yarn harlot speaking. Well I still think it's awful in a church. And I am about as un-religious as the next girl (meaning you).
Am I a bad reader? Did you say which church this was at?
No, I didn't say the church. St. James Episcopal in Porter Square, I believe it was.
I think the book selling was worse than the eating. I mean, they have communion and that's eating, so there's sort of a precedent. Sort of. But I think even the Big J himself weighed in on money changing in the temple. I think he overturned a table because he was so pissed. I'm not sure though. This is why we should have read the NT.
On second thought, St. James here in town probably is accepting of all sexual orientations, while my hometown church was not. So selling a book is not the worst thing you can do in a sanctuary, in my book. har
Two things:
1) did you really just call him 'Big J?'
2) It's true, I guess eventually we should read the NT.
3) I'm not sure how to read your second comment - are you saying that people with other sexual orientations are more likely to do blasphemous things in church?
1) No, I just made that up right now.
2) We should discuss with Lauren. She mentined yesterday that she also regretted that we did not get that far. We can have a ravelry or facebook convo.
3) Sorry, unclear. I meant that in my mind, it is a worse thing to be unaccepting of someone becaues they are gay, than to sell a book about knitting.
1) edited. I thought you were asking if we called him the big J back in the day. But Yes, I did just say that.
Is there a way to edit comments? Because I am having issues here.
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