Yarn and Paper: May 2010

Some Finnish finished objects!

Well, not all Finnish. This is the unblocked Lace Leaf Shawl that was the project of the lace class I taught this summer at the Yarn Lounge. It's a great project.

Here is the blocked version. The stitch definition is much better.

These are Finnish socks - Finnish yarn and a Finnish river pattern - the designer writes "Kalajoki socks reflect the Kalajoki river which winds its way through Finland and empties into the Baltic Sea." The yarn is from Leena with Riihivilla. I bought it on our trip to Helsinki. I love the right and left socks!

These mittens are also yarn by Leena; the pattern is writtern by her mother. The yarn is fabulous and the pattern is delightful. One is a wee bit bigger than the other (oops!), but I love them. Love them.

Yes, I'm still not able to negotiate the new blogger very well. Blast.

Pittsburgh!

Okay, let's see if I'm better at managing Blogger today. It got the best of me last round.

So, we're on our way to Pittsburgh! Views from Mount Washington (I think).

We had dinner at a fabulous sandwich joint.

I highly recommend pepperoni and a fried egg on a pre-race sandwich.

A view at the start line (all of the misalignment is blogger, not me).

A guy juggling four - yes, four - balls!

A post-race meal at Deluca's. Highly recommended.

That's a happy man with a four-meat (ham, sausage, bacon, and the best pepperoni ever) six-egg omelet. The order of pancakes (no short stack here, full stack please) is hiding on the side.

Yay Pittsburgh! We'll be back for another round soon.

Our Parkersburg adventure!

Robert and I had a fabulous adventure traveling through western Virginia, West Virginia, a bit of Ohio, and Pennsylvania this weekend. All on the quest for food with the excuse of a half-marathon - for him, not for me. I'm the support team.

We drove through lovely mountains - Monterey, the Tygart Valley, Elkins - on our way to Parkersburg, WV. We stayed at the beautiful, historic Blennerhassett Hotel.