Yesterday I had a really important mission: find a blanket. My aunt is coming to visit us for the holidays, and while we have a comforter, we feel a second blanket for a little extra warmth is a good thing to have. I can’t count on her having arctic/alpine animal… Read More »Irrational Dislikes and a Mini Project
Or Happy Birthday to Me Yesterday I spent the day on my own personal little yarn crawl of Berlin for my birthday. I started the day with a list of 4 yarn shops and a general plan for the order in which to hit them. I made it to three… Read More »Berlin Yarn Crawl
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
As I mentioned on my post yesterday, I’ve (despite a slow start last week) made good progress on the blanket. In fact, yesterday and today I made my targeted 12 rows per day and then some. I may even get a couple more rows in today. So I let myself… Read More »Rewards for good behavior…
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
In just a couple weeks I’ll be back in the states. I want to buy a book on textiles/crafts to bring back to Germany. Just one though – I don’t need too big a stash of books as getting them back again will become more difficult. I think I have… Read More »Self Control
It is too hot. By too hot I mean 91F (33C). I know, I know, there are many places where it is in fact much much hotter. But Germans are allergic to air conditioning so there is no respite. And I’m a wimp about the heat. It is also messing… Read More »Too hot for bunnies…
This is, of course, why it’s illegal to try to bribe or coerse public officials and the sort in most countries. And while I generally believe myself to be an upstanding citizen who would obviously turn down a bribe in any professional setting…. well, I am totally suseptible in my… Read More »Bribery Works
Last Wednesday TheEnabler and I headed off to the Netherlands via train. A key part of packing for any trip is determining what craft projecs to bring. My approach? Bring just a little too much because you never know. I speak from experience from the time that a quick overnight trip… Read More »Going to the Netherlands – How much to bring and buy?
