After flying through the socks for my aunt, and then working at consistent and fairly rapid pace to complete TheEnablers’ Zauberballe socks… I am working a bit more slowly on my own pair. I’m getting a few rounds done here and there, and they aren’t sitting idle for more than… Read More »So Many Fluffies, so little time
Cliffs of Moher – some background On Sunday I finished my Cliffs of Moher needle felt piece. I’ll show it to you in a bit, but first I wanted to give you some background on the Cliffs of Moher and what they mean to me. As I believe I’ve mentioned… Read More »Change in Approach
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
I promise that tomorrow I will put up a post of my new yarn treasures, what I have been knitting, and how Tour de Fleece is going. But we just got home from Amsterdam, and I have a kitten to pet. Or she says she will be claiming more than… Read More »Tomorrow
I’m totally running behind on my blog posts. So prepare for a bit of catch up over the next few. First, my knitting from the past week or so: I’ve made a nice bit of progress on my Melaine cardigan. This has been aided by temperatures cool enough in Germany (down… Read More »A bit behind…
It’s been a trip full of travel time – Germany to Chicago, Chicago to Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh to Fort Wayne… This is generally good for crafting if you can get out of being the driver. Which didn’t even come up. Thus, on this last leg (4+ hr drive from Pitt to… Read More »More progress and an easy win
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
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
