My visit to the states is just about done. I head to the airport tomorrow morning to catch flight 1 of 3 to get back to Berlin. I made my chief craft goal: the socks are done, and handed off to their recipient – AwesomeE’s mum (who is also pretty… Read More »Finishing up…
We had a packed two days in Chicago: Field Museum – lots of cool textiles Shedd Aquarium – devoid of textiles Yarnify – surprise! This is a yarn store Deep dish pizza – key textile tip: eat carefully so as not to get it on knitting but bring your knitting… Read More »Chicago – It’s Textile Scene
We moved to Germany and suddenly there were future babies everywhere. By everywhere I mean three. But this is a lot of babies for my life to date. So in April TheEnabler and I took a critical trip to one of the local yarn stores, Tolle Wolle, in search of… Read More »Baby Things
When I left Potsdam, one of the items in my suitcase was a project bag stuffed full of yarn goodies for others, whether finished or yarn for fellow knitters. I’ve now delivered the cowl to its intended recipient (my brother, who just announced he’ll be in Hawaii for the next couple… Read More »Bag of goodies getting smaller…
As I start this it’s 5am, and I am at Berlin Tegel airport. At 3:30am I got in the taxi with my stuff, which I think is pretty compact for two weeks. The purse and backpack are carefully packed. Heavy things (eg laptop, camera) and stuff I won’t need on… Read More »On the road
Somehow this happened. Be honest, the colors are a bit too subtle aren’t they? And yup, that’s another pair of socks on the needles. I went two whole days between finishing one pair and starting the next this time. That’s more than twice as long as last time. And yes,… Read More »Well that didn’t take long…
First, the good ends… I finished my socks! On Monday night I was just 12 rows, a heel and a toe from the end. And last night, in the sweltering heat, I finished: Which leads to the bad ends… As I contemplated the final step of weaving in the ends… Read More »Good Ends and Bad Ends
One of the last things my husband and I packed up before leaving was our artwork. We both come from art loving families, and each brought a fair bit of artwork to our marriage, whether it was pieces collected by family members over the decades, or (especially on my side),… Read More »Home Decor, Orange and Pink
As you recall, I don’t play yarn chicken. No, I use tools like my scale, my calculator and MATH to avoid the stress that is yarn chicken. But if I had been playing yarn chicken, I’d just like you to know that I would have won. By 7in. No, 7in of… Read More »I made it…
First, yes, I did have to eliminate those other rows I was eyeing. It was clear I wasn’t going to make it if I kept them. But now I am solidly past the half way mark, my cowl still looks good, and I’m on track to use 112g of my… Read More »Math is on my side
