And the Games Go On

I'll be off next week in Sweden visiting my sister and her family. And watching the olympics. Excessively. It's turining into a bit of a tradition, as we've did this four years ago. I was stitching on 'The Minstral' from Teresa Wentzler back then and finished it while I was there. My sister, courious, started with her own stitching project and the bug was passed on again ...

This year I'll be probably mostly knit, though I have a quilting kit I want to try and my sister has done quite some lovely quilting so far, so she may be able to give me a few pointers. But for TV watching I'll work an a new pair of socks and also bring my Aran Afghan project, to work on some more squares.

Yesterday I've finished the Lily of the Valley shawl and, gosh, it turned out beautifully.


This picture was done pre-blocking (isn't is great how the shawl hides my big butt?)
I was a bit reluctant how the silk would block, but there was no reason to fear. It turned out great. I blocked the whole thing this morning and it got even more lovely then it was before.


You see what I mean?

Last night was a lunar eclipse over Germany, so, of course I tried to capture is with me camera. The 300mm lens did get some cool pics. I did play around with exposure times a lot,

I did try to caputure the famous red glow, but was not as successful as I hoped I'd be.
That's the best I've got.


Yesterday was also our traditional BBQ in the Hundsrück. Looks who was there ...

1st Communion

My middle nephew went today to his first communion. So the whole family (except my sister in Sweden) and friends came together to celebrate this event. In the restaurant we sat out in the garden and after a while everybody started to search for the shade - it's the middle of April, but it was already over 27°C (80°F). If this isn't global warming I don't know what is. It is certainly not normal for April.

The Easter feast I've prepared for the family went well and (at least I didn't hear anything different) everybody enjoyed the food.



On the needle craft front, I've finally made some progress on King Tut


I've did all that background stuff right side of his head and am now back to the mask itself (which is more fun)

So, gotta run. Still need to pack for the next couple of days and I haven't watered the plants yet.