We arrived in Portland last Monday, and although anywhere probably would have seemed great after Kansas City, Portland far surpassed my expectations. Portland is another one of those cities, like Minneapolis, that I always suspected I would love, and I can confirm after almost two weeks of being here, that I LOVE Portland.
I had the [...]
Entries from August 2007
August 30, 2007
Falling in Love with Portland
August 26, 2007
Lotus Blossom Tank
The Lotus Blossom Tank from Interweave Knits is finished. I used Rowan 4-ply soft – about 4 balls. I used size 4 needles for the lace, size 3 for the stockinette section and size 2 for the finishing.
As for modifications, I added some length to the stockinette section, and also added one pattern repeat to [...]
August 20, 2007
KC Baby
Kansas City itself ended up not being so bad. I did far more in KC than I did in Rochester or Tulsa or some of the other b-list cities we’ve hit so far on the tour. Once my suitcases arrived and I felt more settled, things got much better.
Our hotel, the Hotel Phillips, was really [...]
August 15, 2007
48 Hours of Spamalot
Monday, August 13, 2007:
7:00am: I leave the Galtier apartments and begin the schlep with all my bags and cat in tow to the Hilton three blocks away where the bus awaits to take us to the airport. I inadvertently lock suitcase #2 and said cat in the apartment building lobby while taking suitcase #1 out [...]
August 13, 2007
Goodbye Twin Cities!
I really liked Minneapolis/St. Paul. The three weeks would have been really stellar had I had access to a car the whole time, but even so, I was able to see enough that I really cultivated quite a little crush on the Twin Cities.
I loved my apartment with its lovely little balcony, though unfortunately I [...]
August 9, 2007
Puff-sleeved Feminine Sweater
Here is the “Puff-Sleeved Feminine Sweater” from Stefanie Japel’s Fitted Knits . Knit with Knitpicks Merino Style in Hollyberry on size 6 needles.
This was a really quick and fairly simple knit – I began during the load-in in Tulsa and finished the first week here in St. Paul. It probably would have only taken me [...]
August 1, 2007
Feeling Minnesota
I had always suspected that I would like the Twin Cities, specifically Minneapolis, and in the short list of top places where I think I could live, for some reason Minneapolis has always been near the top. We are currently playing St. Paul, Minneapolis’s twin city – they are about ten miles apart. When we [...]
