Category Archives: Fiber

Puerto Princesa

Posted on 2023-11-18 by Holly

And yes, we are still in the Philippines,  The name derives from Spanish Influence. It is our last port. And no, it is not anywhere near the earthquake in the region that hit yesterday afternoon. I checked in with the … Continue reading →

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Philippine National Museum

Posted on 2023-11-15 by Holly

This is an addendum to the regular post and has only a limited email distro. This wasn’t all that long a day, but I had pretty much wiped out after walking around and three floors of the museum. I had … Continue reading →

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Hirara Port

Posted on 2023-11-08 by Holly

This was not the original plan. But, due to another inbound cruise ship or so we were told, our overnight in the port was cut short. When I looked at various port schedules, I could see our ship but no … Continue reading →

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Sunrise on a Sea Day

Posted on 2023-11-03 by Holly

The sun came up this morning as a ball of red fire   which only started appearing what we think of as our yellow sun when it had climbed into the sky. Seeing it explains both why Japan is the … Continue reading →

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Too fancy for postcards

Posted on 2023-10-29 by Holly

As our youngest appreciates postcards (I sent them to her while she was in the US at University and I was traveling) my payback for taking me to the airport at  ungodly hours is re-establishing the habit of collecting postcards … Continue reading →

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Too large for hats

Posted on 2023-10-24 by Holly

We had this brilliant idea, the Eldest & I, of putting a couple of Lev’s favorite character on hats to help encourage him to wear said hats. I found out very quickly that even using waste canvas, stitching on a … Continue reading →

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Four quilts and an Otter

Posted on 2023-10-15 by Holly

I think it was back in June when I promised the Eldest that I would convert four pre-printed panels into quilts as she had friends having babies. No problem, due dates were July to Sept. And then there was this … Continue reading →

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Figs!

Posted on 2023-10-11 by Holly

Remember when I mentioned (ok, so it wasn’t all that) that it took forever to get through immigration in Seattle? The lovely couple standing behind me in line turned out to live in Oakland less than 20km from where I … Continue reading →

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Black is 310

Posted on 2023-10-09 by Holly

In DMC floss. I have two current projects that have more 310 than anyone would want to have. There is “All Hallows Eve”  a SAL by Tiny Modernist in 4 parts. I pretty much knocked off July, Aug & Sept … Continue reading →

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Radiance OTS – final day/sea day

Posted on 2023-09-28 by Holly

This cruise is extremely short for me. Seven days – one of which was the boarding day – three ports and three sea days. The cruise companies may be mercenary, but even they are stupid enough to attempt to count … Continue reading →

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Pineapple Luncheon

Posted on 2023-09-23 by Holly

I should be polite and call today’s invitation only luncheon by the proper name of “Cheers with an Officer.” This particular event used to be, prior to Covid – Luncheon with an officer and you actually had one of them … Continue reading →

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Arms too short

Posted on 2023-08-21 by Holly

There is always the slightly wry joke about one’s arms being too short to easily read a book as one ages and the eye’s lenses no longer are as flexible. And then there is the challenge of having both cataracts … Continue reading →

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The Four

Posted on 2023-08-17 by Holly

and I finished Winter Dog this morning. So here are the four seasonal critters from Barbara Ana – each runs about 1200 stitches. Meet Winter Dog Autumn Cat Summer Dog and Spring Cat They might just fit in the five … Continue reading →

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Do the eyes have it?

Posted on 2023-08-16 by Holly

It was not particularly fun to be woken up at 0300 with serious pain in my right eye. Literally eye watering pain. This is not what happened with my left eye, and it was neither expected or desired. Over the … Continue reading →

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Fourth of four

Posted on 2023-08-15 by Holly

And yet another project that has been languishing in my project pile for well over a year. Background – a long time ago – at least a couple of year before Russia decided to invade the Ukraine, I had purchased … Continue reading →

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Stuffed Pals

Posted on 2023-08-14 by Holly

Ok, I probably have more switchable stuffed animals that anyone could possibly need. I keep saying that I going to embroider names on them. If I was really smart, I would have a number of the smaller ones in reserve … Continue reading →

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Ducks are Done!

Posted on 2023-08-10 by Holly

Let me introduce you to “Born to be Wild” art by Gordon Fitchett and the chart from Heaven and Earth Designs. This is one of the smaller charts and is charted without background. The fabric is reprinted Aida called Sea … Continue reading →

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Two left feet

Posted on 2023-08-09 by Holly

That is literally what I had in my hand as I headed for the door early this morning. Or rather – two left sandals. Since, obviously that was not what I intended it caused yet another trip up the stairs … Continue reading →

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Ship a’sailing

Posted on 2023-08-08 by Holly

Part 7 of Treasure Island. Managed a few stitches on it yesterday.  After putting in almost 200 stitches on the Ducks (see below) I decided that this part needed to be done so that I don’t have to think about … Continue reading →

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Picking a Botanist

Posted on 2023-08-06 by Holly

The most recent Greenhouse of Oddities (#9, released this past Friday) provided a choice between two men as a botanist; George Washington Carver or Charles Darwin. Both are interesting, I went with Carver. Partly out of interest and partly to … Continue reading →

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