looking for inspiration

I have been feeling misrable the last several days lamenting over the loss of my photos. The depression was affecting my blogging and my thought processes. This morning, I stared at the computer and opened the “finder” file, hoping to find anything, just anything…just a blank folder.
I am moving on now…back to blogging, [...]

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I just don’t feel like blogging because…

533, that is the number of photos that are located in the regular folders of my computer. I have searched through every folder in my computer in the last 48 hours.
Did I back them up on a separate flash drive? NO. Did I burn them on a DVD or CD? NO. Are [...]

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Milan: a tourist’s perspective…

Milano: the fashion capital of the world…
There is some debate whether it is London, Milan, New York, Paris… I have been to London and New York, and now Milan.
As a typical tourist, I made my way to see…

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what’s on my stix?

I am using up some of my Canadian stash…

I boarded the Air Coach bus last Friday and worked on Hans.

The original pattern is written to knit these fingerless gloves on two needles; I decided to knit them using the magic loop technique since i did not want to sew up the sides.
Once I got to [...]

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don’t let the name fool ya…

The Spouse and I spent the weekend in Belfast.
While walking about in the city centre, I came across this….

Why on earth would anyone name this shop The Spinning Wheel when they is not an ounce of yarn in this store.
I only found some cheap fabric, really not worth buying.

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knitting in the news…

The Spouse found this news snippet in the newspaper yesterday…

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a lesson learned…

Last weekend, I had the opportunity attend the Spinning Beyond the Basics workshop, held at Birr Castle.

First of all, I never got “beyond the basics”, because once the class started to play with the raw fleeces, my eyes started to itch, swell and water, then my throat started to feel scratchy.
I now, realised that I [...]

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a weekend away…

It was a weekend away from the family and the big city to attend a spinning workshop. The weekend workshop was organised by the Irish Guild of Spinners, Weavers & Dyers. This two-day course, Spinning Beyond the Basics was taught by Anne Field, author, spinner and weaver.
This was my first time attending a [...]

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