time out with friends

vero was in barcelona for, among other things, the patchwork festival in sitges  and i tagged along.

you'll see all the greats in her photos because i was so dumb as to leave my camera home.
some pretty good works were exhibited among them those of carol taylor which were hands down my faves.

i wanted to go back after lunch and revisit them, but too bad the shows wrapped up at lunchtime which is 3 o'clock here.

 not being a quilter myself i  got some quilt education from vero as she was pointing the strong and weak points of some of the works. in one of the venues a gentleman was doing some knitting with a very exciting yarn and a hoard of ladies were hovering around shamelessly slipping back into 12 year old mode. the mode at its most gracious included taking endless photos posing using him  as a prop ( the prop) and  at its worst uncontrollable giggling. i was overcomed by a feeling of pity and spanish shame ( shame on behalf of others) and as i speak english

i decided to  approached the table fielding the mass to liberate him for at least a couple of seconds.

kaffee fasset patchwork

 i had some questions about the yarn which he graciously answered talking for a while about knitting yarns. i asked the naughty question about machine knitting and we chatted briefly about that. i walked away feeling virtuous and informed. when i reached the girls( my girls) vero pointed out the gentleman was the kaffe fassett guy.  DUH! the venue was showing kaffee falsett patchwork quilts so i could have inferred it. such is life for the ignoranti!

after that we then left vero's daughter, amandine, parked with a book and an aperò and went on to try to do our share to help the economy at the vendor's hall. i again left feeling very virtuous because of my modest purchases.
the day was a blend of glorious early spring weather, good food, lots of visual stimuli, inspiration  and great company. no one can ask for more. except perhaps  for world peace.

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weaver's delight

Manipulator from R & A Collaborations on Vimeo.

via donatella ,thank you!
have a good weekend.


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the whys of never saying never

yesterday's weaving was going well albeit boring. my mind started pondering what ifs and i changed the treadling  somewhat making it more open and lacy- photos tomorrow.

once my mind starts on a what if mode it  becomes difficult to set limits. 

in short: i had refrained from joining ravelry until yesterday because i  already was in too many communities. but somehow looking for instructions on a knitting pattern i came upon the  ravelry portal and without doing much thinking i clicked the enticing join button.

my intention is not to go the handknitting route the basics of which i learned while living in italy, thus knowing how to knit ony in italian. i intend joining one of the machine knitting groups and see if i can forward my skills. 

meanwhile knitting digitally with fractals.

however, no, i won't join neither tweeter nor pinterest.

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