under dutch skies

The University of Stirling is a stunning campus.  Everywhere you look there are trees and rolling hills and mountains in the background.  It kind of reminds me of the university I went to, back about a hundred years ago, Humboldt State Univ. in northern California.  That campus is also full of hills and stairs, concrete [...]

One of the main reasons for going to Knit Camp is to take classes and learn more about knitting, or fiber crafts in general.  For this event we were asked to sign up 9 months in advance and then to sign up for classes 7 months in advance!  There was of list of teachers and [...]

Where have I been all this time?  In Scotland of course!  Last week I went to UK Knit Camp, held at the U. of Stirling campus.  What a week it was!  The event started last Monday, 9 August, but I didn’t get there until early Wednesday morning.  I didn’t manage to get the whole week [...]

Above is a photo of my stash enhancement from the trip to Zwolle yesterday.  What’s in Zwolle you ask and why would anyone want to travel by bus and train with a gimpy knee and crutches to get there?  If you are an American living near any major city you will just laugh at all [...]

On Saturday the 30th, 9 of us went to Kortrijk Belgium to the Atelier of Bart & Francis.  In the Amsterdam knitting crowd they are known as “The Belgian Boys”.  I first saw them at Zwolle last year and bought the Gimp that I used to make my iPhone case.    Not only do they [...]

This past weekend I was in Stockholm.  Man was it cold!
I had to go to a meeting for work on Monday so I decided to go for the weekend and see something of the city.  My bum knee (which I will get around to writing about at some point) kept me from walking as much [...]