My daughter and I just returned from a trip to San Francisco. We chose the location so we could attend Stitches West, but we also spent time being tourists. We had wonderful weather and enjoyed ever minute of the trip. Vogue Knitting Live or Stitches? For the past several years, some of my daughters and […]

“Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.” — Peter Hoeg

On my trip to Paris in 2015, I thought I’d check out the yarn shops. I had been knitting for a few years and liked to see what kind of yarn is available in places that I visit. This trip was the first one where I documented my yarn shop visits. A post of this […]

The hills are alive with the sound of music. Sound of Music

You may not be “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” but if you are a fan of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, you will recognize this familiar gazebo. The gazebo, and other Sound of Music filming locations, are in Salzburg, Austria. A few years ago, I visited Salzburg with my daughter – we were able […]

“God created the world, but the Dutch created the Netherlands.” —Dutch Saying

As I mentioned last week, when I travel, I look for yarn shops in each city or town that I visit. I search the internet, clicking on links from Google, Ravelry, and ones that other bloggers have posted. It is frustrating when the links don’t work and I find a “page not found” notice. Yarn […]