tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41862917211125909762024-02-07T10:22:25.943-07:00Sheep on a Springconnecting the continentsDaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186291721112590976.post-24997915172275862662014-04-24T14:47:00.002-06:002014-04-24T14:47:41.656-06:00bucket list<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Do you live close to me? Do you get to peek into my knitting bag? If so you probably know that I have made many of these little shrugs. I have knitted them on vacations, from different yarns, in many sizes for sale, you may even own one that you have purchased at the open house at the studio tour. </div>
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My daughter owns them in all colors of the rainbow just because. And you can't beat the versatility when you live in a place like this - it can be super hot during the day, but cools down quickly, when the sun sets.</div>
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And they are cute, right?!</div>
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This one I finished on a New Years getaway to Palm Springs in 2012, glitz was added to celebrate the occasion!</div>
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Whenever I made one I planned to put the pattern into perfect a format, so that I can eventually sell it.</div>
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I kind of did, when I made this version two years ago for a knitting class, but it needed some polishing. Before I could get that done one of the used yarns was discontinued, so it was all wrong. Again back to square one.</div>
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Now finally just a few weeks ago I found the perfect yarn to combine with the lovely Blue Skies brushed Suri Alpaca, which works so well for these, it's Colorando by Plymouth Yarns. </div>
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I knitted the new version within days and corrected my original pattern. Bam.</div>
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<a href="http://www.theyarnstoreatnobhill.com/">The Yarn Store at Nob Hill</a> carries it now and this latest green version of the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/enchanted-shorty-shrug"><span style="color: #351c75;">"Enchanted Shorty Shrug" </span></a>hangs on their wall as a visual teaser!</div>
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Happy sigh.</div>
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And if you would kindly share my joy….I have mad<span style="color: #351c75;">e <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/enchanted-shorty-shrug">the pattern</a> </span>available for knitters through Ravelry, which is a dream come true. </div>
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I am now a designer on Ravelry. </div>
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Another happy sigh and a happy dance! It's such a great thing when dreams come true!</div>
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I sure hope that your week was as successful and happy as mine!</div>
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Encouraged by some kind fiber enthusiastic friends on Instagram I spent the Sunday afternoon handling fluff, taking pictures, indulging in colors, naming color ways and sorting wool. </div>
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Which was a good thing, considering our heat system failed on us and the only current heat source is the fire place in the living room. *sigh*</div>
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So my Etsy shop has been updated with lots of colorful fluff, some of the last mystery pencil roving, a blend of all kinds of fiber from alpaca to yak (you never know exactly what you get, cause my New Mexican fiber mill doesn't tell me!) and my personal current favorite, Churro lamb, which is fluffy with a bit of fuzz and squishy and super soft. </div>
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Thank you to all of you sweet folks who already took the chance and shopped! One of the braids named "Ice queen" will even be traveling to Norway!</div>
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Now if I could just go and snuggle up in the wool like Ike until the plumber comes…!</div>
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It is a beautiful thing to watch your kids grow, but I am the first to admit how nice it is to leave certain little-kids-stuff behind (no, I will not get into diapers, tantrums and such).</div>
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However, one of the things I never get tired of are the picture books and we will never let them go either. Again so many good memories and so many of them we have read many many times. </div>
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Let me introduce you to Farmer Brown, a definite favorite, which I have read countless times with my kids as well as for school classes, because it is a very educational journey from sheep to shawl. </div>
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A simple and sweet story by Teri Sloat with super cute pictures and it is even told in rhymes!</div>
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You know that this whole process is what I love so after careful consideration of the various options for my niece's mittens, I decided on this:</div>
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Kinda like Farmer Brown I gathered my mohair, carded, spun and knitted the mittens.</div>
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I already mailed them and they got there on time to go with my niece on a ski trip!</div>
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They are perfect. And very fuzzy!</div>
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While I crank out a ton of fingerless gloves and other stuff every year to sell at the <a href="http://www.highdesertliving.net/highdesertliving/page.html?page_id=200">High Desert Studio Tour</a> and whatever other event I attend, what delights me the most is knitting for my kids. </div>
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One item that tops the list are wool mittens.</div>
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I admit that I didn't make any for my children when they were little (*gulp*), all to quickly was I convinced that "purchased in a store" meant "of higher quality and better warmth". </div>
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I am not sure what convinced me, I guess at some point I must have made some and when the kids used them it was the total lightbulb effect. To this day I am so delighted by this wool-mitts-miracle, that I have to document it every chance I get ("hold on kids, I gotta take a picture real quick"):</div>
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Crusted with ice and snow, yet dry and warm on the inside</div>
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And then they end up in a wet sheep smelling bundle on the bathroom floor until they are dry for the next time!</div>
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The lightbulb-moment-mittens and fingerless gloves are a favorite gift for my kids. They are a fast knit (except when you go overboard and make something like this out of lace weight hand spun…)..</div>
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I have some yarn requirements though, it has to be somewhat fuzzy yarn or they are just not right!</div>
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While I gladly give away most outgrown clothes, I have to keep the gloves and mittens. They all tell a story, you know, like the single one, whose brother got lost on the subway in NYC last spring.</div>
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Then out of the blue it hit me the other day - I have a nine year old niece in Germany, who has to walk to school every single day for HALF AN HOUR…at least! She is freezing, suffering, crying, hurting from frost bite, because she has no wool mitts!! I got frantic, pulled out the stash, pulled out the left overs, nothing! Oh what to do? I'm thinking "fuzzy fuzzy" until I remember the generous amount of mohair samples from <a href="http://www.kidhollow.com/">Kid Hollow Farm</a>, one of my favorite Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival vendor.</div>
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I got to work and finished a first beautiful colorful oh-so-fuzzy bat, that just begs to be spun into mitten perfect fuzzy yarn!</div>
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Never mind that later the same day I found this very fuzzy loveliness in a basket in my bedroom!</div>
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I'm going to have a really hard time to choose! All I know at this point is that there will be lovely and very fuzzy warm mittens soon!</div>
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While I may be whining about being done with the cold and ready for spring this sudden surprising relapse into winter finds me happy and excited. </div>
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Our beautiful New Mexican desert is transformed into a winter wonderland! The clouds were chasing over the mountain, everything looked so fresh and bright and somehow full of promise! I guess you can call me a desert rat now - after seven years in New Mexico! Moisture - be it snow or rain - promises growth and flowers in the spring - soon!!</div>
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I am so pleased with how it turned out, but I must confess, the hand stitching annoyed the heck out of me.</div>
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The hooking part was really fun - a managable size and just letting go with various materials and enjoying the play with colors.</div>
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I had dyed the red and purplish grey for the backgrounds and the rest is a mix of strips, yarns and various fabrics, whatever I found that worked together! </div>
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If you have never worked with other materials in your rugs - I can highly recommend it!</div>
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Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to the fireplace! Be well, friends!</div>
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Picture paperdag, all warm and cozy in a comfy chair, while it's cold and not cozy at all outside. </div>
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I was happily working on this new sweater and I can hardly put it down, cause this yarn is just so soft and lovely to work with and the fabric I'm creating feels so yummy and looks so pretty.</div>
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I resisted until today, when I opened the teak chest which holds this. Tosh Merino from NYC.</div>
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Right next to it the Araucania from Eureka, which I had almost forgotten. Almost. </div>
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Some touching and petting and contemplating happened. Before I could take a closer look at the gorgeous ball of alpaca in the lower left corner I closed the chest (can you see it? Pink and purple!). </div>
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Now I wonder how long it will take until I give in and cast on with the Tosh Merino. Or maybe the Araucania after all? Oh wait, or will it be the super soft alpaca?</div>
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I had purchased five of these generous skeins, dyed by Plain&Fancy Sheep&Wool Co. at the Taos Wool Festival in 2012, plenty for a sweater. </div>
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There was swatching, measuring, calculating, sketching, more calculating. Then I re-calculated (*sigh*, yes, way too much math, if you ask me), I cast on and voila!</div>
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As I went through my pictures I stumbled upon these from Christmas. There are always some hand knitted gifts like the dark blue and purple cowl that I made for my mom using some supersoft Malabrigo merino yarn from a yarn store in Hawaii. </div>
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What really means the world is a gift that my daughter gave her Oma. Because this girl started knitting just last year! </div>
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It was really for the longest time just a piece of knitted fabric, that she kept working on to practice her new skill until just a week before Christmas. That's when she decided that she had to turn this thing into a Cowl/Neckwarmer/Miniscarf - capitalized, yes! - for Oma. With the obsession of a determined mind she went to work and finished the second half of the scarf just in time and she did it all by herself, even casting off! I only contributed by sewing on the button for closure - the girl had to sleep at some point!</div>
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That she chose to give her first ever knitted piece to her Oma meant so much to me, because, you know, that's where it comes from! The art, the knowledge, the wisdom of the working hands, it comes from the generations before us, from the women, who preserved it for us, the daughters and grand daughters.</div>
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Oma was a lucky woman this Christmas, but in fact we all are.</div>
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Daghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186291721112590976.post-57354265311837071212014-01-20T16:01:00.002-07:002014-01-22T15:54:39.117-07:00On Knitting and suchTime flies when you're having fun, gulp. I will try to ignore the date on the last post and pretend I've kept you up with the happenings in the sheep's studio. Shall we?!<br />
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Now that this is settled I want to wish you all a Happy New Year! Yes, that is still okay, after all it's not February. Yet. Maybe I'll look back just a tiny bit into the past year, too.</div>
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2013 held a lot of knitting. I had a love-hate relationship with this cardigan, such fine yarn, so soft, such a perfect color for me, but sooo many stitches that tested my patience. I just finished it, sigh.</div>
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I made stuff for friends, f.ex. this alpaca cowl that went to my dear friend Ulrike in Virginia.</div>
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I got this lovely cotton ribbon yarn in a tiny store in the town where I was born in Germany. I loved working with it so much and the gradual color changes look so pretty, that I bought another color way: pink-orange! I'll keep you posted.</div>
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Then there was Christmas knitting and I made two of these hats for my nieces in Germany.</div>
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They are real popular in my daughter's grade and she has sold quite a bunch right out of her backpack!</div>
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One of my personal highlights was the first time ever participation in a Fiber Festival! In November I went to Silver City, NM with two friends, where we sold as ZiaWoolz! Lots of dyed wools, yarns, knitted garments and materials for rug hookers and we had a blast!</div>
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Death Valley, ghost towns and New Year's in Las Vegas with lots of yummy food, it was great!</div>
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I am looking forward to more knitting, spinning, rug hooking, dyeing, traveling and never boring family times! And I can't wait to find out about your adventures, too!</div>
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If you have ever laid your hands on japanese craft/knitting/crochet magazines or books, you will know how lucky I am to have a friend with a kind hearted husband, who brought me a whole bag full from a business trip to Japan. </div>
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The books are packed with beautiful pictures, awesome projects and the writing.. ah well, looks lovely, too, even though I don't understand a single word! (In most cases I can figure out how to work from the pictures, crochet charts or sewing patterns, so it really is okay!)</div>
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I found out that he very much likes scarves and with the new year and the whole UFO thing, I finally got on to it, picked up the project that I had started a good while ago, but dumped for tremendous ugliness. </div>
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Literally just the next day after I started working on the scarf I found out from my friend that her husband is leaving for a temporary job in Switzerland THIS friday! Yikes - it sure still is freezing cold over there and people not just wear scarves, they NEED them.</div>
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I pushed the red emergency button and put that knitting into high speed gear and I am almost there, it's about 4 ft long already!</div>
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Now if you'll excuse me, have a great day, I gotta get back to my scarf knitting!</div>
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I discovered them on my online photo site Shutterfly and at some point Shutterly must have changed rules for users, because - what used to be not possible - I could get them back from the site to my computer.</div>
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Lewis at the time was into nature, specifically bugs and had watched this little guy transform from caterpillar to butterfly! </div>
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I really enjoyed looking at the "old" hand knits, too.</div>
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My mom made this cardigan and it was a favorite for a long time.</div>
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The earflap hat grew with Fiona, lol, I believe she wore it for 4 winters - would you believe it?!</div>
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I loved this sweater - made from space dyed hand spun merino wool, I still remember how soft it was! I believe it was one of my own early dye attempts!</div>
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Makes me realize that our lives are not just measured in years that pass oh-so fast, but also in what we create and what we are passionate about, may it be butterflies, tricycles, spinning, knitting and oh yes, definitely pictures as well!</div>
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A little while after I was done with my dyeing yesterday I found some forgotten strips, that I should have thrown in with everything. In the end this turned out to be a good thing because it gave me the chance to really compare the old to the new strips. </div>
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When I looked at the mellowed out wool pieces on the drying rack I was initially disappointed because besides evening out the shades I had also tried to go altogether lighter and I thought it did not happen.</div>
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But once I compared them side by side - above two strips are the new blues (one of them originally a houndstooth) - I found a real distinct difference!</div>
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I am very happy with the result!</div>
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Do you as an artist feel like one day you will be There? You will have achieved your goals and your work will be perfect? I seriously doubt that there is one of you out there who answers yes to that question. I am sure that even the teachers among you will be the first to tell me that they never stop learning. </div>
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Since I started my journey into rug hooking three years ago a whole new world to express myself has opened up. I fell in love. Rug hooking gives me a creative outlet where I need to slow down. I have to pace myself, think about my visual goals and how I can achieve them. And oh boy, is there much to learn.</div>
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I wanna tell you about my biggest learning experience in 2012, which at first sight may seem minor, but makes a world of difference. check out the two pumpkins, ignore the different frames. Anything click?</div>
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Omg - first go (above) I hooked a solid brown stem. Nice enough. Teacher told me it does not work, because I have a dimensional pumpkin, so I pulled out just a few loops, added some checkered brown (below) and 'bam' - there it was, my biggest "yes, I get it!" of the year - such small changes lead to making it right - wow! Can you tell that I am still in awe..?!</div>
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(yes, this is one of my UFOs and I will transform the pumpkin soon into a little pillow!)</div>
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At times I knit, spin and sew more, but the urge to pull some loops is great and grows with time. The internet feeds to that. When you browse the blogworld, you see so many beautiful creations that inspire, just look at my bloglist on the side!</div>
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The other day I threw all of my three unfinished rugs on the floor so that every time I walked by I got the visual input and was reminded to think about where I wanna take them.</div>
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In the end I focused on the large rug with my kids drawings. I dyed up blue woolens for the background. Not sure if the color would work I started working around my first finished motives.</div>
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This morning in our small rug hooking group we discussed it, because I just wasn't sure.</div>
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Turned out my blues were too busy, as a background too distractive from the kids designs.</div>
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So we jumped into action and went from piles of woolen blues, some white and a tad bit of green...</div>
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Shades of a more uniform lighter blue!</div>
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I ended up "marrying" all my blues and yes, I did pull out what I had previously hooked.</div>
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Now I am not-patiently-at-all waiting for my new colors to dry so I can pull the blues!</div>
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It has been two weeks since my mom left us after her longChristmas visit and flew back to Germany. While I so much enjoy having her around, I do not get a lot done during that time.</div>
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It is typical for me, that I get into this crazy clean up mode, not just for cleaning up but also to distract me because I miss her!</div>
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Would you believe it... front and back done, sewed together, neckline finished, one sleeve half done. What in the world happened here for me to abandon this, I have no clue. It took me just 2 days to finish the sleeves even though I had to do some unraveling and re-knitting to make the half done sleeve a bit wider. It also took me two tries to get the cap sleeve right and to make it a perfect fit. The biggest nuisance was that it was too short! you do not want a wool sweater to end at waist length, especially when you have plenty of yarn! </div>
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Since I am not the only one who does some de-cluttering in January I ended up with some bags of lovely yarns that a friend gave me (thanks, Marcia!!). One of the large wool balls really gave me an itch... no, I did not turn allergic to wool! - The yarn was colorful, but pale, muddy and boring even though it had many different colors in it. It screamed for me to over-dye and that's what I did. Nothing of the former dull mud is left, that's what a bit of magenta and purple and a half hour in the oven can do! </div>
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I'm looking forward to warmer spring temperatures, when I can wear it!</div>
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An empty desk is achieved, which is always a good sign... just some more letters need to be written!</div>
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<br />Daghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186291721112590976.post-7514154551509086732013-01-13T22:54:00.000-07:002013-01-13T23:18:58.220-07:002013 This is a good number, don't you think? 13 has always been the family lucky number: got married on a Friday the 13th, Lewis was born on a 13th, so good things are sure to come.<br />
The year started off with a nasty cold/flu though, that held us in its grip for 2 weeks, so life can only get better now!<br />
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But before this we ended 2012 real nice. Right after Christmas we left the kids with Oma and the husband took me and my Nikon D80 with a new badass lens to California.<br />
Hollywood and Palm Springs, enjoy some of my favorite impressions.. just keep scrolling!<br />
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I tell you I was NOT close to this bighorn sheep - thank you, fabulous lens!</div>
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Joshua Tree National Park - truly enchanted!</div>
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We got back on New Years Day. Since then the kids happily started school and we are all working on getting completely healthy. No resolutions have been made - I never do - however, I find myself digging out UFOs and finishing unfinished knitting projects. The power of the subconscious, right? </div>
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Be well friends and a happy and lucky 2013 to all of you!</div>
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No, this post is not about Thanksgiving, ah well, maybe just a bit, but mainly I want to thank all my sweet, kind and wonderful friends! Your encouragement, your time and last but not least your support by shopping at the studio tour means so much to me! You blew me away - thank you from the bottom of my heart!</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The truth is that just a few days ago I have sold the last pair of my circle of fingerless gloves, would you believe that? And we are still two weeks away from Christmas! That's a first! </span></div>
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For the Thanksgiving Holiday we went to Tucson, Arizona and that meant quite a drive and quite some knitting time. Fiona had asked for a new pair of fingerless gloves and since the hand dyed and hand spun alpaca yarn she had picked was so yummy and the color way so much fun, I used the rest for a pair for myself.</div>
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Wow, another year has passed and I am participating for the third time in our community Studio Tour. Very excited about this, you may remember, it is one of my dreams come true.. *sigh*</div>
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I have dyed yarn.</div>
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There will be fingerless gloves galore, made from wool yarn, the above hand dyed alpaca yarn and for the first time a significant amount of what I call "the Sheep's Finest"- those gloves, that are made from hand spun yarn from hand dyed fibers.</div>
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I have made a few shorty shrugs, since everyone seems to love them.</div>
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Have I ever mentioned that I love my button collection? Believe me, you have not seen the half of it!</div>
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Last but not least another crowd pleaser - zippered pouches!</div>
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I sure hope I will see you on Saturday! Do stop by!<br />
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What a busy summer it was! It feels good to be getting back to normal life and to slow down!</div>
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School is in full swing, thank you very much, and after three years that I have not seen her, my dear friend Doris is visiting - yeah! </div>
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A day spent with friends, meeting nice fiber folks who share the same passion, you get the picture...!</div>
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Doris even started working on a little hooking project, a heart, and did very well!</div>
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I badly wanted a special project for this special day and finally started my large rug after drawings by my kids. Hopefully I will soon be able to show more.</div>
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I so fell in love with this rug, pattern designed by Darlene, one of my local guild friends.</div>
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While our annual summer visit in Germany was most of the time too chilly, making me wish for my woolen sweaters and sox, there were still some fun outings, involving barbecue and adventure.</div>
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Oh boy, we went zip lining!</div>
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After taking off the gear/when we were done we felt great and were all relaxed. That's when a friend took these special pictures of the boy and me and I am grateful! Rare photos that I will treasure!<br />
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Barbecue at my brother's house. Yum.<br />
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This one blew me away, the mobile coffee bar at a garden fair! Good stuff!<br />
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Surprise, surprise, there is a wonderful new little yarn shop, Wollzauberei, in the small town where I was born!<br />
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As usual I bought way too much yarn. But I knitted a lot, too. This is my favorite new summer shirt, finished while I was there, though I could only wear it once thanks to the crappy weather.<br />
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What do you know, now it seems that the Albuquerque weather is trying to make up and fries us.<br />
I take it any time, just please no more wild fires!Daghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186291721112590976.post-18778633293335234682012-04-19T17:58:00.005-06:002012-04-19T20:20:36.506-06:00Life happens<div style="text-align: left;">Where oh where to start.....</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, since the last post was about Rudi, let's continue with my after-Valentine's Day rug hooking project!</div><div>Once there was a little heart, which was hooked for a little girl...</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMZoYFyNiHHmPaW-rkJ2qNnAdeLtQFMXzh9rszCJJuj7CFOjrPWsOPkjCX0lDTQ-ufuDFApRQVbkol4HPJhwoF_j4jfU33jKbsHX1lZxMF00gvsXR-fClYWI_Mq9pmhMq56Q9eQjrOfol/s400/DSC_0128.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733267423551732498" /><br /></div><div>The little heart was made just after Valentine's Day and the little girl loves it very much, because she collects hearts. She put it right on the little cabinet, where she keeps all her other little hearts.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqT26hyphenhyphen85ZGZV4qf25OvOejCwrODTIoD3c3GgVRU5i88EwUdlWnaFDjIBYV_FFHyEy9C0RdTLPmKgU2U0TkGbycces-umMQCPuFapqhm1Q660hNgwig1cTgx23Z_Pme6VLC3YOi9G40VE/s400/DSC_0131.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733273462924238866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>Not the end!</div><div>I made another heart, this time a small mat measuring about 7 x 7 inches. I added a little bit of mohair and sparkle, but still - not my typical colors, can you tell? I think it turned out great!</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsN4fCY5t8kXTMAuBRl7UqlD5Pjm3MgVrm8VFf5pR-oPi_g5zK4dJc9FttupvBBfeo7hZfda0uXV_ccLe22RpXkXUGVvJ7Co-trooDsyvqShSlydXcRVpKV_Di8pCZi1M6qEZ0e7htTrAr/s400/DSC_1127.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733267431176729986" /><div><br /></div><div>My teacher-guru Cathy named it heart of my hearts.<br /></div><div>The little loveliness will travel with us to Germany in May. A perfect little Mother's Day present for Oma!</div><div><br /></div><div>As you may remember, I have been teaching some knitting classes. One of them for this lacy shrug made of Be Sweet bamboo:</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRFGGjPCPqWl_OJJHOKvWaiurhHIAnMKVsVY-uLbV-iV3nd_VStv4V5MkThTi5K6_uda5kncDHuvKZccF6AgQ36PJTMB-7cO4e8MSobQwNfneExjhGmGmxT5p-Qr4OV_fNdbZwRIGNG5X/s400/DSC_0106.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733267435906344450" /><br /></div><div>Gorgeous, right? - No, I am not just talking about the shrug. Lisa is my favorite model, she is fabulous!</div><div><br /></div><div>Another class coming up is for this ballet wrap, but finally ladies' size! It is not quite finished, but it will look just like this! It is knitted from softest alpaca silk and I cannot wait to wear mine! </div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRqLbPXcq-gijrP4LoE-Ac89hcHngAghcbzZW8JAa-qeHttOiH6ma4JkQMjcXRzEvyW-ot7rUR3MdAaVahInXw_LDOHN8pcaiafI1suZYDd05T6oIRhb-dE9GR3vBr7Sancvn8qCxVynE/s400/DSC_0034+cropped+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733267444143084210" /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you are in Albuquerque and you are interested in this class get in touch with me! There will be two sessions of at least 2 1/2 hours on Tuesdays, May 8th (11.30) and 22nd (11.00) at the Yarn Store at Nob Hill.</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Happy knitting and happy spring!</div>Daghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186291721112590976.post-4558060276794782352012-02-22T08:25:00.003-07:002012-02-22T08:33:25.893-07:00RudiHe landed in the snow this morning!<div>There is still quite a bit of snow in our shady backyard, so this was the perfect backdrop.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJZYFTccPS-TnkXbv9fdRQtHa_TynUVs38VINcFNz0-oJdswJLgNz4duxRpRfIVT-UpKwZ9OVdYJvf3y2JympzfTvL0B3uTLKe29lI_88wG9nC9gKHGbEYnXpS0XXrr9yyCnaAT8hF8Y6/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJZYFTccPS-TnkXbv9fdRQtHa_TynUVs38VINcFNz0-oJdswJLgNz4duxRpRfIVT-UpKwZ9OVdYJvf3y2JympzfTvL0B3uTLKe29lI_88wG9nC9gKHGbEYnXpS0XXrr9yyCnaAT8hF8Y6/s400/DSC_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711981734841309714" /></a><br />Hooked in mainly #8 strips he rises to the occasion, measuring glorious 21 x 18" and thus being the largest mat I have hooked so far. </div><div>He will be a Christmas wall hanging and I will probably get him out of storage in September and keep him up until pool season, LOL.</div><div><br /></div><div>But... isn't he adorable?</div><div><br /></div>Daghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186291721112590976.post-10767582621283476242012-02-21T09:00:00.005-07:002012-02-21T09:19:42.949-07:00coming in for landing<div>Can you imagine my delight when on Sunday I went out to the garage to check the yarn stash for a suitable match for the binding and found this little treasure?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7KoZcrLLQtpo_p8EoZdxDTSC5Kxb7WmPWnnnUjiy3R-sdHgMWhi4Zx8MkX_Y5V5yzpICCJOxPnqVrwRBpBxbY385Q6WJ5ayOcDPVsbx9MPxM5LGswtaSEBE6E8xQyQhxcI1lcilv8u2C/s1600/DSC_0014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7KoZcrLLQtpo_p8EoZdxDTSC5Kxb7WmPWnnnUjiy3R-sdHgMWhi4Zx8MkX_Y5V5yzpICCJOxPnqVrwRBpBxbY385Q6WJ5ayOcDPVsbx9MPxM5LGswtaSEBE6E8xQyQhxcI1lcilv8u2C/s400/DSC_0014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711622195238766818" /></a><br /><div>It almost looks as if it was dyed in the same dye bath with the wool for the antlers! </div><div>Took me about three hours to do my stitching all the way around, but now Rudi is blocking! I'll give him until tomorrow to rest, then you'll get to see him in all his off-seasonal glory.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1olY5V6rAUX6sCOQGE3ZbSDBTLzjjHUA4TtJ6JvKRVvnzTL5g372k255FG1gw9Ptu0GMucjOSJNjxd293z4ZmHYPVzKXuOchJgN2KQLEg7Lql7f8awlJjJ_iRGOiqIONU7__pPN6FKYh/s1600/DSC_0019.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1olY5V6rAUX6sCOQGE3ZbSDBTLzjjHUA4TtJ6JvKRVvnzTL5g372k255FG1gw9Ptu0GMucjOSJNjxd293z4ZmHYPVzKXuOchJgN2KQLEg7Lql7f8awlJjJ_iRGOiqIONU7__pPN6FKYh/s400/DSC_0019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711622190419871330" /></a>Until then, just one more shot with sweet Ikie, okay?!<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YEhfFPiNyDEw1hKYKt1D8xtNvewfVEs5wA8EduhNdX_b8urbabi2iYnenfXtGrAa_aEfZXRJ2yfkzE1Ul1irzeSlpwMtLZbqTotUrDU8vljfkmGsduzLN_bYuhQ62EEjCZEYNTBuA_t9/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YEhfFPiNyDEw1hKYKt1D8xtNvewfVEs5wA8EduhNdX_b8urbabi2iYnenfXtGrAa_aEfZXRJ2yfkzE1Ul1irzeSlpwMtLZbqTotUrDU8vljfkmGsduzLN_bYuhQ62EEjCZEYNTBuA_t9/s400/DSC_0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711622178605686594" /></a><br />Happy Tuesday, friends!</div>Daghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186291721112590976.post-64900609715965722102012-02-17T11:44:00.003-07:002012-02-17T12:17:21.644-07:00for the love of wool<div style="text-align: left;">Does this ever happen to you, that you have to laugh about yourself? It sure is what I am doing right now! </div><div style="text-align: left;">I knew this was going to happen... I should have been working on Rudi's edge. My teacher-guru-mentor-hero-friend Cathy showed me a new-to-me technique, beading, and it was coming along nicely. The girlie was very approving, too!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcQ0xNcwfELY7R3YOl1C8ts-MpL_09OdWr5qofK6E-p7meD_AQ3AVude0an4z6YqJQRv4kMhS_rG2OL52hrFELQJYPPT1K9K06ceneogB0uGHTWqvm9RbQPW2m9lJfkEbNaG1jG4xIH2C/s400/DSC_0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710178203665408274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But then there was Valentine's Day and the day after that I took a class with Cathy and started...well, I bet you guessed it - a heart!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGMXDRuDEer7I8ra083S1xOdA3dPldX0-svgp2etM6mqgn4kG2_ap92y2rj6IVqMBT_P1pV3fUuzJG5w-o6klV_GgcqiMIURYJGnEnKSLnpxxo_R3DicqTjbxqO4OmT6s3WqcyW8g2tOO/s400/DSC_0010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710178217678550514" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am still learning, so this was again an interesting process, seeing what the red checkered fabric would look like once it is hooked.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BDtpuyUHd8uagJFdHTl4Qw540-_LRynO7poIvpdGRy4y7fqDjM95j3EK7WDo09XnnQSWhH0PsGfpLVKVKDD7ufEpkVBeF5GmDJPQt8FCtniIuwIne1poj-zgX9ZjpkREn1iJi2vVMCoM/s400/DSC_0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710178206278714626" /><br /><div>What will it be? It's a surprise for a certain girl in this household, who has a small collection of hearts. So, psssst! I will show you soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have also been knitting. This has been a bit of a procrastinated project, that should have been done earlier since I will be teaching a class for it: </div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVlQ-zR60E3cF9zBS_au8I8d-wkXxr_A8yoFYQQP6A1asPnUyAfXTsm6Gzfc3yf8GZYpQ7mRTNb5wqt15b28bFZuyNRRGMGIkwN-so6mWjhDEcdwkSwSVQ0MS6unm4xW7zxV3S8SHHHN6/s400/IMG_3697.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710178228878173314" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have named it the Uber Earflap Hat, because it has such a nice fit that covers your head where it should and looks nice, too. I will teach this class at the Yarn Store at Nob Hill (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/theyarnstoreatnobhill"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cc33cc;">here</span></a> on Facebook) on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600cc;">Wednesday, Feb 29 from 11.00 to 1.30.</span> </div><div style="text-align: left;">If you fell in love with the hat and cannot live without knitting it: I designed the hat and have the copyright for this pattern. It will be available for sale at the yarn store at Nob Hill after I have taught the class. You can also purchase it from me for $ 3.-, just pop me an email! </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!</div>Daghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186291721112590976.post-2125460962461184632012-02-08T08:06:00.006-07:002012-02-10T12:40:45.121-07:00fanclub<div><div>If you are allergic to cats you might click away at this point, because it is all about my furry friends today.</div><div><br /></div><div>They do share my passion for all things wooly and sure look adorable in the fluff!</div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjejDgQ0zw8EyOLvCdsEZLFEXXayoah0nqOp9kZxCWd4Zbrurq3bUbrXW_sG3fKanevKImaIugtHdmBW56TPYtUMvBaU79VWGX4YRNegSliIMS4EKUUTuPnTaYXdDUYGyZ_TB5xI7V68yQ/s1600/DSC_0006.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjejDgQ0zw8EyOLvCdsEZLFEXXayoah0nqOp9kZxCWd4Zbrurq3bUbrXW_sG3fKanevKImaIugtHdmBW56TPYtUMvBaU79VWGX4YRNegSliIMS4EKUUTuPnTaYXdDUYGyZ_TB5xI7V68yQ/s400/DSC_0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707249287088765010" /></a>Munchkin and Ike take turns with their naps in the pile of dyed roving on the couch.<div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvsnNTef-6MbzSFYSCsLT7qSB9qy6EkzfeSRxB77hKi60rPUZaij2eJJ39B2clasNtkIFmFpkwHObJxUvJ37Jxeb9yMbe5d9-BrEiqkkz-vWkZcw1yi9MCiLXOr-f1tobcqqndaPoT3rJ/s400/DSC_0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706798807216909090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /><br /></div><div>Ike never fails to find new wooly nap spots - skeins of yarn in the studio in this case!</div><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUalHPtx3fXKgE3GTrDJTxZYVH7Wx0j8-5yzdbUw9tqi5qq-PWzdg0gH0eA9J7WN8Aj8zbc9OKsPj227xnnSUTb9lkuSzCkSo8wFanlwWeXv65MpPVoD7GVxAeoVEbDAjsolb22Nlm4BJx/s400/DSC_0022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706804964754502210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-lCuYlBNiPGCiQuAB9Yxy9V9XbftahOc_UB6vV38LPWaL1VIoVL_A1TGg0h8N4rDNH-QjsW7b-2WUB3B5JkiFSr9ImbJkGCM68pZeGapIlM5zfh800y4Jjf-K7xBp75UfTbR_JtEtn-c/s400/DSC_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706818983122147378" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And then there is hooking - looks like an almost finished hooked mat is irresistible.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T8httIxZ9ghvFFBRUWAOsi-LR8XjsXm8PpG-rOLKJTvxq3BWNSHMGPmC-pDuOxJ2-Be9KHClCInkGBvZ6llPcBFYr4fDull_62HLB8fUPJ5MiqeAonlsPATNEPC7OVfeyb7GShSd5KFo/s400/DSC_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706818955208649970" /><br /></div><div>Lots of floor space, but it's got to be the mat!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Zkc7e4IIoIVdmnwK-0_B0nsDYUCavzQ7PE2TiLhN-TGYCP8sn_XTMQcBXes4V3TW_PHrCUTXjZ-fizOad97rrRje63QlZjWiV4bfLp4kMHnuT80rLyV3Zkj_SLIZ4NAJ93Kgu6lg7jjs/s400/DSC_0019.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706818990548596802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /><br /></div><div>The mat is on the frame? Who cares - let's get on it!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlXr0hu7cPRD3nr6A9vxTFI3PRiXtlM-ZQss5fWUa2haqcosSi_PqIQU0YRvkgZbxb9EopsyMJxxRKIWvkOQWfIaiaHcttY9U00hqRJPBCqDKeVk9sjtU1Ca_5fikKN4woOA-fp4TK3nN/s400/DSC_0013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706798801995648050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " />You get a glimpse of Rudi - I am working on the border now and I am getting close to the end - patience, my friends, picture will follow when I am done.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FGEq5MqCRVD8sls1GGuQs5N7ewHgFwtvwba2z5Ghsc7-6QUdD4SHDi5_Jtm0t5cqz5HE3lbkOqPI7Sdtiu36SHVkZ5nrbmdNIIZuM9ZD0Hqr-fAA32VjgVt-XVxQrwgJcAqj9O7OkQAN/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FGEq5MqCRVD8sls1GGuQs5N7ewHgFwtvwba2z5Ghsc7-6QUdD4SHDi5_Jtm0t5cqz5HE3lbkOqPI7Sdtiu36SHVkZ5nrbmdNIIZuM9ZD0Hqr-fAA32VjgVt-XVxQrwgJcAqj9O7OkQAN/s400/DSC_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707249283267540130" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">The other day I got a treasure chest in the mail. Well, actually it was a package from my friend Ulrike with belated birthday gifts (lots of wonderful wooly goodies!) and again the furry guys were all over it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3TtaRG7dfClXPDm6z-6HPBX2imR8G4H6uVIEJ24jaCjnROxgPqR7Bs6fq_yWEb5KLN4LJMpvclR3JWeJ39yBL-VhrnX3Qx3HEfuTKPjx1CJz8cNQVarEFcTEqClQs1TGizQrQaMLVnI1/s400/DSC_0006.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706798823759590322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /><div style="text-align: left;">Silly Ike even stole one of the cute little mohair chicks - I guess he took it for a mouse!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNP-nuuEWHLPNH9dOzF_thwv6JeRyxf5l0atPCv6GFpGnjPbgiUxo8zyzb4RAckgkX6HkiylkCUmbs-IdaqCwbMKlFM200dhDVxcluR68Ux32AvMW46BO2YxFJCQdSi3VfC-rbLorlYsW/s400/DSC_0052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706798831196889874" /><div style="text-align: left;">Last, but not least some hooking without cats! Here is my eye of New Mexico.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcAOgspvdIhZdmBCGi1xFkgT8FgHgu7TP7hvZPwvzR7v5oKBj4IcCtN8WGjB9ToDHg42rhx8eZ1iXp78ItMHXYx2pETD7ue70IAMrBOJQlPWd_GZG9PRLsL8PFcsjpt5oVoGGq7NMH4Kc/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcAOgspvdIhZdmBCGi1xFkgT8FgHgu7TP7hvZPwvzR7v5oKBj4IcCtN8WGjB9ToDHg42rhx8eZ1iXp78ItMHXYx2pETD7ue70IAMrBOJQlPWd_GZG9PRLsL8PFcsjpt5oVoGGq7NMH4Kc/s400/DSC_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706798813995416402" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">You may remember that I am working on a response rug project with my friend Amy in Virginia. When I had completed the addition to her mat, I had to start a mat that will be mine in the end. (Finally I can talk about this here because she has received the package with this.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I wanted to incorporate something about New Mexico, because we both not only share a love for rug hooking, but for the Land of Enchantment as well. We see New Mexico with similar love, through similar eyes, this is how my idea evolved. I am very happy with the result.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!</div></div>Daghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186291721112590976.post-29156168301082432702012-02-01T08:47:00.004-07:002012-02-01T09:19:04.831-07:00colors and loops<div>This is what I have been spending my time with. I have dyed loads of spinning fibers for the yarn store at Nob Hill. Didn't my bathroom look pretty?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiwWkGUzqg-ooxdSk1sQ5sxPzBzBykQ9ukFzfNDYr9Dd_s4T3qffVZ3PwTcpQvMBT7CQOAGbaifPlHe7q5OEHWNkx1ZCmJZwS6TF2C4WMUphxMWaUi3u97S0Zj7AGv9Y_X6E69DuOOAwZ/s1600/DSC_0010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiwWkGUzqg-ooxdSk1sQ5sxPzBzBykQ9ukFzfNDYr9Dd_s4T3qffVZ3PwTcpQvMBT7CQOAGbaifPlHe7q5OEHWNkx1ZCmJZwS6TF2C4WMUphxMWaUi3u97S0Zj7AGv9Y_X6E69DuOOAwZ/s400/DSC_0010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704195241327572786" /></a>The first load has already been delivered, mainly rambouillet fine wool, and there will be some more mystery roving coming, that I still need to bundle up and label.<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEErpfZxlBLTOzcoLJ3mzuljlgAv2gBV8jFWN4BRlecglgH329zdTPo0WpXMkEqDCN8k6YNd51jrGFBUu0Yls9BoU9DgqSP4jenh5URK5Zw5AmdlgTrDwprZE_S5eIaqvQqjPpHHCwOCJ6/s1600/DSC_0392.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEErpfZxlBLTOzcoLJ3mzuljlgAv2gBV8jFWN4BRlecglgH329zdTPo0WpXMkEqDCN8k6YNd51jrGFBUu0Yls9BoU9DgqSP4jenh5URK5Zw5AmdlgTrDwprZE_S5eIaqvQqjPpHHCwOCJ6/s400/DSC_0392.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704195229259760930" /></a><br /></div><div>Ike always enjoys when the fibers are out. He picks a napping spot right on top of the fluff. Always.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBARWAfstTydQSu7vn7yuePVvSLbSbkck8VBwlFOwhlPty8bZRZ-8a9ztRO_u3JocCG5GAkxw_CK3HZt1n_q9o82_OE9C1ubPancHMAuzltmWVih4V2O2eys864JGJBAD7pP9O75hB6We/s1600/DSC_0401.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBARWAfstTydQSu7vn7yuePVvSLbSbkck8VBwlFOwhlPty8bZRZ-8a9ztRO_u3JocCG5GAkxw_CK3HZt1n_q9o82_OE9C1ubPancHMAuzltmWVih4V2O2eys864JGJBAD7pP9O75hB6We/s400/DSC_0401.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704195216098997826" /></a>Dyeing the fibers brought me to another UFO, which slept in the closet since last Christmas season, yep, twenty-ten.</div><div>Somehow this is a repeating pattern in my life... I get to a holiday and wish I had started hooking a holiday theme early enough to be done by then, but I have not! I had started Rudolf about 2 weeks before Christmas and put him away when I took down the Christmas decorations, nose and face only were done.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have decided to finish him now and dyed the purple and blueish white woolens for him.</div><div><br /></div><div>Last night Lewis asked me, why Rudi's antlers are purple, choosing his words quite carefully (he did not want me to be offended and/or think that he doesn't like it). I told him I chose an unexpected color to add that extra interest. - That he asked showed that it is doing its purpose, right?! </div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yWwbgwCw-PXMeEJkn2AbWaqeWOJGhYIRPTEpf0-i5j6ivY_eaWxu2PPr9Uq6aIgLyhnXCpkS1W8bKB8B_KtyN95xWjhpf0aBEedjtfzZNBo2btbnOqJe0ic1SEY2tJEKPjIytCZV0u_q/s400/DSC_0007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704195209065838274" /></div><div><br />Rudi will be ready next Christmas. Maybe I will hook a little Valentines mat in March?<br /></div>Daghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186291721112590976.post-43627167878297963922012-01-31T10:19:00.008-07:002012-01-31T11:06:40.501-07:00a few more<div style="text-align: left;">My thoughts still wander quite a bit to this special little trip to Germany.</div><div>Just a few more pictures before we get back to regular business, okay?</div><div><br /></div><div>The actual birthday party was great. </div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJekphxT3xgTWa4JOEmoBGTKbeKzNsBP7K95cZYQwfhAwGIIO3lt5x2Ee5FEuEgcFLMFEAQMFND-pSd0hH-rI8XWlYL5g8YSVipxtF5ZR0aVfzPit7OvwdL-cz8S6skE_RpuQ9P6M-FYq/s400/DSC_0216.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703852592315598082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /><br /></div><div><div>For some weird reason my outfit matched the table decor. And no, I have no clue what I was talking about when my brother snapped this picture.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSE2GNZjwKsE5AKc8quFvMJPjzxshmaQdluaMAY1xJn9drTVrogCbxxYQN4WneoXklULrUy2NxNw5wERoxLpRX_l1QsBBVe4BOxTO5kCtiylzDcsAR4TdAbnzharopXCstlVCLPZYpX8E/s400/DSC_0111.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703852582126206370" />The food was delicious, from appetizer to dessert.</div><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6QXFGZLHNysejky26g1On7TQ5J07Y00NCcrt_B64cRfCrnjLe7KRaS108QiLz-Vf8dj8iFNLfwI5OoSAP3VFylofW2o759AocrCF_Xn1RdI41-5J1pHsQVxTjpU2jeoJFFfUDlJDMn-k/s400/DSC_0064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703852575696326194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /><br /></div><div>It was really cold, so mom had no excuse and wore all her new hand knits when we went for a little walk!</div><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGAfN2er3q2NfXvmHltFcG4EEeaumzWqowadIyFF1tUV2dpURz-dwfP_xFFik5_d7PKVQajW6t24SRyLWaSWD7lPBjMXWisOUc8FKFkI0yPvufi-eLxNNllaGwIl6G3QnVZNs5Aa2DBrL/s400/DSC_0257.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703852568981179138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">We met my brother to get her actual gift - a new bicycle. When it is not pouring or freezing she runs all her errands by bike!</div><div><div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTm9gfPAjuNw5lrGlU9tqtD6gzHH2zXuTh3Dj_6l9nRfXWyKCNFgA2r1qvfiHPWWtfyDsRuNwLG6qerhs7u3LAOCEiZOw4F574Bc1633UqVQvoe_zVaryNJvh3ehn-CscU3CFpXCsTbL2/s400/DSC_0292.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703848102391527746" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3ME5dT-XZ1PYoqCbj3sUqIkfYjwfkwXH_mxGnW91TtCLrZBf-4HS-g6OZmiVDfW66t6Q1uo54OGNTDyuwI6AqtylwInOt4NwiOhRnHvIKWa-aJp_ZrsycWd6X-ttoGy3Huxi_VaJVDHE/s400/DSC_0302.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703857014426448098" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " />Wyatt and the kids sent flowers.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DiH6tjNxi2Q_Xpd7xVe8AxznF23pEo3Q7ZBwKP09PQxkzS8gjSf-c1erAKQlkC-l2Ts1CXuxrsv7jgU59pufUxHWWCY2kQOQ6myQAYVlWtnITbyOcjarpE7rBoo6iG-tbfCqMClLvZvT/s1600/DSC_0316.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DiH6tjNxi2Q_Xpd7xVe8AxznF23pEo3Q7ZBwKP09PQxkzS8gjSf-c1erAKQlkC-l2Ts1CXuxrsv7jgU59pufUxHWWCY2kQOQ6myQAYVlWtnITbyOcjarpE7rBoo6iG-tbfCqMClLvZvT/s400/DSC_0316.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703848089956929042" /></a>Of course I visited my local yarn store and shopped just a teeny bit. I made four cowls in two days, two of which I ended up giving to my nieces because they liked them so much, one I kept for myself and one will be a birthday gift for a friend - modeled here by mom.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfShaWlLd4oH6pzWBKPZZPfgNM3-UCG4mKKsl4Q9ep6DGM6TFDc6XBXGxy_Lg5SIhVB71fX5zDfebzNnLhxV0GxoS-iXJCwB3aw-7Xv8rAd2h-o3lzeT0Ir7_qZ9Kr2QcFJdbEm17aO5Ym/s1600/DSC_0333.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfShaWlLd4oH6pzWBKPZZPfgNM3-UCG4mKKsl4Q9ep6DGM6TFDc6XBXGxy_Lg5SIhVB71fX5zDfebzNnLhxV0GxoS-iXJCwB3aw-7Xv8rAd2h-o3lzeT0Ir7_qZ9Kr2QcFJdbEm17aO5Ym/s400/DSC_0333.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703848076658141810" /></a><br /></div><div>It was all good.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceAuz9bMa9MhhScy3AT0Dug1lj-_YErqYnkHkm2YlW1E-RiYQV8X4monqeSkfqXBh3xc4B7MQrfeW91e3wrENbBWF-ZTukJkz_mSTk4IhzsedAdwGy0xf2ASwQRMoiiGkGQJX0WzTP5aJ/s1600/DSC_0369.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjceAuz9bMa9MhhScy3AT0Dug1lj-_YErqYnkHkm2YlW1E-RiYQV8X4monqeSkfqXBh3xc4B7MQrfeW91e3wrENbBWF-ZTukJkz_mSTk4IhzsedAdwGy0xf2ASwQRMoiiGkGQJX0WzTP5aJ/s400/DSC_0369.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703848071562618754" /></a>Don't you agree, she looks fantastic and not her age at all!</div></div>Daghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762404661152482225noreply@blogger.com2