Fluffbuff

After almost seven years, I finally visited my brother in London. I got back on Easter evening and am still struggling with jetlag. I don't travel well; still waiting for the "beam me up" technology that will free me from the getting there part of travelling. It was great to almost forget about work for ten days, see the family and all that, but I am so happy to be back.

While I was there, I managed to indulge some of my fiber addictions. Took a color-knitting workshop at Loop in Islington and made several visits to Liberty's. In spite of the severe downsizing – they closed down the front building on Regent Street last month – I love the remaining Tudor building and spent some time in the needlepoint and yarn department. Their needlepoint section is amazing; I've never seen that variety of kits anywhere else. Of course, I didn't make it to Erhman Tapestry so I can't compare, but there's nothing like that in Los Angeles. The yarn section is primarily a Rowan-Jaeger affair with negligible representations of a few other brands, but then Rowan and Jaeger are my favorite brands so who's complaining?

I fell in love with Rowan Scottish Tweed 4-ply and bought quite a lot in four colors to make my first Fair Isle sweater, or so I thought. More about that later.

I am still in catching up mode, both on the house and work front, and I am setting up this blog so ta-ta for now.