Karen's Craft Odyssey

As promised, here’s a glance at what I bought at Rhinebeck:

As you can see, mostly fiber.  On the top we have Romney lamb (85%) and tussah silk (15%) in the Painted Desert colorway. Immediately below, in bright rainbow colors, is 50/50 tussah and baby camel down.  Clockwise from there: 60/40 Merino/Bamboo (vegetable medley colorway, braided); [...]

No, we’re in New York, and it’s COLD!!!!!
We landed in NY late on Wednesday night.  Thursday it was cold and raining.  But we didn’t let that stop us.  We arranged to meet up with Frank’s nephew Robb at Grand Central Station and walked around Times Square.  We stopped at Brooklyn Deli for a HUGE American [...]

We’ve had a great time in Spain.  We spent the first 4 nights at Hotel Palacio San Martín, formerly the US Embassy (some time ago, I’m sure).

The hotel is situated in the old part of town, between the Opera house and the Puerta del Sol.  The streets there are mostly narrow and they head off [...]

I’m starting this as we sit at the airport waiting for our flight to Madrid. Berlin has been great, other than the lack of internet connectivity. We made it to countless museums and palaces.
Highlights:
Pergamon Museum – here they have reconstructed ancient monuments starting with an ancient temple from the town of Pergamon. [...]

The internet in our hotel is a real pain. Many pages don’t load at all. So, uploading pictures will have to wait. Meanwhile, I’ll do text-only posts for a while.
Friday we took the free walking tour from the Brandenberg Gate. It operates on a tips-only basis, so the tour guide does [...]