Before the plane had even touched down, we’d seen our first Welsh sheep dotting the hillsides of the fields outside Cardiff airport, an auspicious start to a trip centered around a wool festival. We took the bus from the airport into Cardiff, had lunch at a chain called “Bill’s” (quite… Read More »Arrival in the Land of Sheep
We had a lovely four day weekend for the Easter Holiday. Ok, so I had a lovely four day weekend, TheEnabler had some work to complete before we leave for Wales on Friday. Because I appreciate his sacrifice in working more this weekend so he won’t have to work during our… Read More »Stash tossing and trip planning
Over the Christmas/New Years’ holiday, my aunt, TheEnabler, and I made it to some museums. I’ve been a bit behind on telling you about some of the textile craft things I saw. First, some stuff I don’t have any pictures of. At the Bode-Museum, the Byzantine Art collection included some… Read More »While we were in Berlin…
My work trip was good, but intense so as suspected, I didn’t get to see a lot of London. We’d leave for the office just as it was getting light, and get back well after dark (it is December – it gets dark early, by 4pm more or less.) I did… Read More »Back from London
I am headed off to London today for a work trip for the week. I’ve flown through Heathrow before, but this will be my first time actually stepping foot in London. Unfortunately, “work trip” means not a whole lot of sightseeing, so odds are very much against visiting anything cool… Read More »London Calling
Two weeks solid of a parade of guests it turns out is bad for blogging time. If I wasn’t hanging out with friends and family, I was working (it’s a bit too busy at work at the moment for two straight weeks off – and I want some time left… Read More »Guests are bad for blogging
Last Sunday was not, as you may remember, a good day for fluffies. The entire train ride was consumed with detangling yarn. The week has since been better. On Monday, TheEnabler, his college buddy and I took the local train down from Cologne to Bingen, and from there took a… Read More »Cologne and beyond
We’re on our way to Koln (Cologne) and I was looking forward to a nice 4hrs of crochet on the train. Instead I had a major case of yarn barf from my nice cake. We have 10 min left and I’ve finally untangled it (with some help and moral support… Read More »Well that was frustrating…
Our last museum stop on Tuesday was the Chicago Art Institute. As I was feeling pretty museumed-out, I headed straight for the one wing and exhibit I was interested in – the Textile wing with it’s special exhibit “Music and Movement: Rhythm in Textile Design,” which is frankly buried in… Read More »The Chicago Art Institute – Music and Movement
First, let me say I am torn about mummy displays in museums. On one hand, we can learn an immense amount of information about past peoples and cultures from mummies. On the other hand, so often they feel pretty macabre. Putting long dead people on display can feel, well, invasive.… Read More »The Field Museum Chicago – Peruvian Mummies
