Archive for June, 2007
Today must be Thursday…
And as Arthur Dent once said, “I never could get the hang of Thursdays.” Let me see with the Thursday roundup: the poker game just didn’t go well, my driver’s license got left in the wrong place (has since been located), it trash day which is always an extra morning chore and my [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on June 28th, 2007 tagged stitching | Comment now »
The one that got away
Our last dinner in Santa Fe was at The Shed and I had the grilled shrimp plate. The shrimp were delicious (I didn’t think about how far away I was from any shrimpy body of water), the Spanish rice was delicious, and the veggies were delicious. One little shrimp decided to make a [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on June 26th, 2007 tagged stitching | Comment now »
Travel, part 2
From Denver, we drove south to New Mexico, heading to Santa Fe. We drove the back roads for some extra scenery and through Taos (although it was late and everything was closed). If you’re driving that way, and you’re not sure which way to go, this sign along the road may help you:
This [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on June 25th, 2007 tagged travel | Comment now »
Some D’oh, some Closeups and some travel
First, the D’oh: I was going to post pictures of the way fun class I taught last night at 3 Stitches, the LNS. Unfortunately, the camera is in back of the car, along with the remains of my supplies from the class since I got home so late. Pictures tomorrow, I promise! [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on June 22nd, 2007 tagged stitching, travel | 1 Comment »
Columbus – final thoughts
All in all, Columbus turned into a great show. It was a tough job getting everything ready given family obligations and travel, and not everything did get done, but that just means we’ll have more for later! Snowfight: Yellow didn’t quite get finished (sorry Faye!), but will be ready in early July. [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on June 18th, 2007 tagged TNNA, travel | Comment now »
Columbus Deconstructed
It is always an amazing thing for me to find a Cross Eyed Kat design “in the wild”. Here is Emily who took my class on Thursday night and had the project stitched and finished by Saturday! And was wearing it on the show floor – doesn’t it look terrific!
Here are previews [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on June 7th, 2007 tagged TNNA, stitching | Comment now »
Columbus Days 1-2
Arriving in Columbus for TNNA looks something like this:
Which little hints at the mass invasion of needleworkers and yarn groupies that is occuring. In fact, we were a small invasion on our plane, which hosted a cross stitch designer, a thread dyer, a needlepoint designer, and a yarn shop owner. And that’s just [...]