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quicker stitch

Today was what I love to have as a weekend day – other than a brief run to get a fancy latte and get George to an appointment (we left home right after 0800 and were back by 0915) I … Continue reading

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Broomstick Lace

Back in my old University of Minnesota days I managed to keep myself awake in some of the classes which had “class notes” by working on afghans. This was especially important for those 1300 in the afternoon (right after lunch) … Continue reading

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Akureyri

Somewhere between our cabin and the gangway I managed to misplace George. Thinking he was right behind me, I had grabbed my bag and camera. I even remembered to take my room key. Once on the pier, I realized that … Continue reading

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Down memory lane

last night I finally downloaded the 2007-2015 content from proseknitic.de in preparation for cancelling the site.  Should I bother to tell you how many spam comments I had to kill. I found them, of course after I had done the … Continue reading

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To the ends of the earth – or my garage

Driving to Wallhausen is fun, especially when I do it with someone else. We had a good time there and back. A stop at my house involved Nana and the kids books. And some old shirts for wearing, painting, crafting … Continue reading

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Muir Woods

Drive up 580. Cross the Richmond Bridge (past the refineries that were voted closed by the city council last night due to safety reasons). South on 101, out California #1 and through switchbacks, double backs and really hairy hair pins … Continue reading

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Off! and done….

I felt my self become lighter and lighter as I managed to get off the Oasis in spite of there being no directions and no signage. Now I can understand why they don’t print the Gangway the night before – … Continue reading

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Bags!

Luggage, Suitcases, duffle bags, whatever. They had been located yesterday, escorted to a Lufthansa flight and directed to behave themselves till disembarking in Frankfurt. Lufthansa has a delivery service. My bags will be brought to me. Bags? Yes, two. Normally … Continue reading

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itchy bumps

It has been an extremely wet year which may explain why I woke up covered in mosquito bites. Well, no, the reason I have been bitten has something to do with the current German temperature and the appauling ignorance of … Continue reading

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California Handweavers

Sometimes you can just be in the right place at the right time. My luck ran that way today. From what I think I read, it was the annual convention of the California Handweavers complete with classes, banquet and fashion … Continue reading

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Stash Building

It is not like I needed more yarn and I showed you most of it the other day. I had mentioned alpaca on cones that were my share of the treasures brought back from Bolivia to my friend Carmen. With … Continue reading

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Sunshine and Straßenbahns

Heidelberg Meddac personnel are just incredibly helpful. The security guy is going to check and find out why I need to do another set of fingerprint cards. If actually required, he will help me get them off to Ft Sam. … Continue reading

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Loot

Since today was a totally boring day, I will, instead, admit that I bought a few things at Ally Pally. A pack of discontinued colors at a great price (14 skeins) A bright and cheerful scarf kit The new Hanne … Continue reading

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Volunteers and the rest of the stash

So where, you might be thinking, is the rest of the stash?  It is tucked in here. Seriously, this closet contains the total and complete UK stash not including WIPs and the sock yarn. I have a sweater envelope with … Continue reading

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Sock Yarn Stash

I don’ think that I mentioned cleaning, organizing and moving the furniture in my bedroom. Or maybe I did, with apologies for my lousy memory. As part of the straightening, Ms Soprano and I moved all of the fiber related … Continue reading

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a find

We are all booked into the Hotel La Florida on the hill over looking Barcelona. It looks like it is right above the city. In reality, we are a bus ride to nowhere with polution obscuring the view of the … Continue reading

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Not bad

Trees Is it the hard part or the easy part? The vest is complete. Except for the steeks and the ribbing. About now is when my brain goes out to lunch and wants to move on to other projects…. Scheherazade … Continue reading

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Added yarn

I don’t often admit how much yarn I have much less when I add a few balls more to the collection. Or skeins in case that is the option. So I will just explain that I bought the sock yarn … Continue reading

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Redwoods

If you want to understand where you really fit in the size of the world – go to Muir Woods National Monument.  Walking along, being dwarfed by trees while traversing the occasional ray of sun which makes it through to … Continue reading

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TP

I know that you have heard this rant before. There absolutely has to be genetics involved. Or at least the absence of a Y chromosome and age past teen years. You would not think it was such a hard thing … Continue reading

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