So, on Saturday we took a bus tour up to Inverness and the Highlands of Scotland. This is the area that folk always think of when you say Scotland, more mountainous and rugged. And beautiful, it’s really, really pretty up there. We went to Urquhart castle on the banks of Loch Ness. It is …
you see these everywhere, and a few of these too. Thursday I spent most of the day wandering the streets of Edinburgh. And of course I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t hunt down a few yarn shops! The first one that I went to was called K1Yarns. They had a ton of interesting, …
I realize that I haven’t been very good of late of showing or telling what I’ve been up to since I got back from the US. So, I am going to have a monster blog entry to try to show you all the fun and exciting things that have been going on since my return. …
Today I am having one of those days where just one thing spins you around a full 180 and before you know it your day is going in a very different direction than you anticipated. It all started with an e-mail from my mom asking if I was still interested in driving to Alaska from Iowa. …
It has finally turned grey here in the Southern end of England and sort of cold. In fact, if I didn’t have a calender on the wall I would think that spring is now going backwards except for a few things. One is that the peonies are getting ready to bloom. I love peonies. My grandmother …
So, I teased you several posts ago about the super secret thing that I am working on. Well, here it is: Yep. I learned how to knit. (Gasp! Shock! Oh the humanity!!!) I heard a good review of a book that taught how to knit continental style. I’ve always thought that continental style made more …
What a fun day. Today I went to the S.O.C.K.S. (South Orlando Crocheters, Knitters and Spinners) 5th annual Distaff day. It was a blast and the first time that I have ever gotten a chance to spin with other people. It is also the first time a photo of me spinning has been taken. The folks …
This is what I did last night after the Happy Hookers meet-up. I started spinning up some of the rovings that I bought at Rhinebeck. The name of this colorway is “Sage” and I only have half a pound of it. It is (I believe) 100% merino wool. I am not sure that I like spinning …
Today at work I walked by a bench of marigolds and they reminded me of my grandmother. She always grew a hedge of marigolds in her garden, near the road. They were the open pollinated type, tall, hedgy, small pungent flowers. She would collect the seedheads in a paper bag that she kept in a dark …
I have an urge. An urge that involves a dark blue sharpie, the cover of darkness and a small flashlight. Oh, and a sign on someone’s front lawn. Have you seen those McCain-Palin signs everywhere? When I very first saw one I thought that it said McCain-Pain and I though, “Heck yeah!”. Then …
Sarah Jane Humke 