important crow-eating update
The record must absolutely show that when I gave ellen_fremedon the list of people who had contributed for yarn for her Sekrit Birthday Socks, I neglected to mention meri_oddities, who was therefore of course not included last night in Ellen's post of extreme squee. This is my fault and not anyone else's, and I know Ellen will correct the squeeage as soon as she sees my flailing note to do so, because Meri should be worshipped right along with those other guys, but I did want to make this note of abject apology. I'm really very sorry, Meri; the omission, as the Duke of Plaza-Toro says, was not intended as a slight; it was a moment of mental vacancy, and I'm very sorry it turned out to sting you. :-(