I’ve been so, so bad about blogging. I know. You noticed, didn’t you? No word from me in ages. My excuse, and I’m sticking to it, is that I prepared to be away for a month, I was gone for a month, and I’ve been recovering from having been gone for a month. We were busy while we were gone, too. We found that it was actually cheaper for two people to drive to Columbus, Ohio from southern California than it was to fly, so we drove to the annual TNNA trade show there this year. Since we were going to be out on the road anyway, we decided to see a few people we hadn’t seen for a while, and to make a sort of side trip to Portland, Oregon on the way back. I was going to give you a basic blow-by-blow of our trip, but frankly don’t have the time or energy at the moment. There are still way too many things circulating in my brain.

That doesn’t mean that you don’t get to see some of the pictures we took while we were gone. Dave took most of them. I drove the whole way, and most of the photos were taken while we were moving, making Dave the main photographer. The pictures I’ve processed are in the Portland by way of Columbus gallery. They’re in alphabetic order by filename. Kind of awkward for viewing sometimes, but I did what I could. I’ll add more photos as I get time to sort through them. As a bit of a tease, this is a photo of me (center) with my dear cousin Jeannette (right) and her daughter Megan (left) who just finished her first year of college. We had lunch with them one day, and really wished we could have stayed for a longer visit.

I’ve released two new patterns since returning home, Spanish Dancer and Kumasi. Spanish Dancer is a scarf pattern that starts and ends with just a few stitches, but widens then narrows through the middle. It’s available through my normal channels. The printed pattern will be in shops soon.

Kumasi is something I did especially for Bijou Basin Ranch. It’s a large shawl that starts with a provisional cast on in the middle, and works to either end. You can purchase the pattern through them.

I hope to get more of our trip images online soon. Keep your fingers crossed.