Blog post brought to you from Heathrow Airport as I wait for my flight to the US. Headed to one of our company offices for several days of work meetings, but then going to visit family and friends including AwesomeE for a few days before I fly back to Germany.… Read More »Headed to the States again
I’m sitting in the airport ready to start my trip to Shetland, so I have a bit of time to give an update. Earlier this week, I completed the critical task of project selection. I’m gone for over a week, and feeling really really restrained because I only packed two… Read More »Project selected and packed
If you’ve been following the blog, you know I’ve been working on spinning yarn to use in a brioche scarf for TheEnabler. However, we only found one of the colors needed back in April at the Wonderwool Wales festival and because of the multi-colored nature of the top, we wanted… Read More »More fluffies
So there are only two days left in Tour de Fleece, and let’s just say I’m hardly going to have the most impressive results. Neither Rumpelstiltskin nor the king would be impressed. But then the miller’s daughter wasn’t working a full time job as well. She probably didn’t let herself… Read More »Some progress with 2 days to go
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
In many things in life, including crafts, people talk about determination, grit and pushing through to get to your destination. Don’t give up, don’t give in. But sometimes, it’s important to know when to stop, take a pause, and rest or review your strategy. I do not, in fact, think… Read More »Knowing when to stop
I finised my Ergane cowl, in time to go with fall colors. We’ve had colder nights, bringing out lots of lovely oranges and yellows on the trees. At the same time, it’s been up in the 70s (around 23-24 C) during the day with plenty of sunshine and a fresh… Read More »Fall colors and a small case of “startitis”
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?
