And now we are in switzerland

beautiful switzerland!

we are in the town of Murten...its small and charming and has a town wall that goes all the way around the city center. we will be going to lake geneva tomorrow and doing a boat tour if the weather holds.

David and i actually have a gigantic bathtub in our room, so im heading off to enjoy that.

btw, sorry about the few capitals and no quotation marks. the european keyboards are in a different order than the us ones and can be confusing.

miss everyone. will write again when i have free internet...maybe tomorrow.

Greetings from Baden-Baden

What a wonderful time we're having on our trip.

In Paris we visited Sacre Coeur, the Tuilleries, and Les Invalides, where Napolean is entombed. Wonderful beautiful day. Will have pictures when we're back (as I forgot the cable to hook up my camera).

The Rhine River valley is beautiful. I want to go back someday. We visited two castles (Rheinfels, and Eltz) and two towns (Bacharach and Trier).

We are now in Baden-Baden which is a spa town. it's raining which has hampered our wish to go to the mountain nearby and lookout on the city so we will be shopping...

I promise wonderful pics when I return...

2 Scarves...the last for a while!

Since I'm going on vacation TOMORROW (!), these are the last scarves I'll make for a while. They were both woven on the same warp using Berroco's Trilogy yarn. It's a combination of wool, cotton and nylon and is shimmery, soft and very pretty. The scarf on the left is woven with Berroco's Softy (dark green) in the weft. It is amazingly soft and wonderful. I would love to make a blanket from softy, but it would cost a fortune. The scarf on the right is woven using Southwest Trading Company's Phoenix Soy Silk (natural) in the weft. Th vertical stripes reverse on the "wrong" side of the fabric. I think this one turned out very swanky and pretty--better than I imagined when I designed it. (that's always exciting).

3 1/3 towels

I LOVE these towels. They are made with cotton in an M&O pattern (no idea where the name comes from). Unfortunately I didn't measure the warp length correctly and ended up not having enough for the final towel. It'll be fine as a tester for home use...

Update on my Ears...

Went to the dr. today to check my ears for flight-readiness...both tubes had fallen out and were just sitting in the bottom of my ear. So, he plucked those out and put in a medium level tube in my left ear. It should stay in for about 2 years. The right ear drum had 2 perforations in it (tiny holes) and he didn't want to put a tube in for two reasons: first, the holes act as pressure ventilation tubes and will keep my ears from hurting and second, by inserting the tube before the ear drum has completely healed, I could end up having damage that wouldn't heal. So we'll wait a while and see how it does.

So, now I'm ready to fly--of course, I'm a little sore, but nothing major...

Happy Mother's Day and 2 Matching Scarves

These are the wonderful gifts from my working daughters. All bought with their own money. The scarves are gifts for David's brother and sister-in-law. They are wool and woven in a houndstooth pattern.

Alpaca Scarf for my Trip

Because we will be in the mountains and it may be cold, I'm taking this alpaca scarf on my trip. It's made using grey alpaca in the warp and a "tweed" of grey and brown for the weft. The embedded diamonds woven throughout are subtle but give the scarf a movement and interesting play with light and shadows. Of course, it's amazingly soft.

Fleece Scarves

These scarves are made from the left-overs of the baby blankets. They are, like the blanket, soft and cuddly--I think they'll be perfect for teenagers, what do you think?

A Baby Blanket

So very soft and cuddly and perfect for a baby. I'm very pleased with this blanket. The only thing I'm not terribly happy about is the seam--I definitely need to work on making that more smooth, but it's servicable and not bad for my first attempt. It's made using Knit One Crochet Two's Fleece yarn and only took me two days warp to finished product. Cool!

23 Coasters

Or Mug Rugs if you're hip...there are 23 of these, I've only highlighted a few t show the colors. They are really cute...more will be on the way, but I've had to take a break becuase I got a bit bored!