Since somewhere around Fall of 2002 I has been harboring some red, green, and white wool and some white soy silk in my spinning supplies. On May 3rd I was invited to a gathering of spinners so I got out my spinning wheel and dusted it off and began spinning. Both fibers have now been turned into yarn and await a new fate. Hopefully I can knit the wool yarn into a small blanket. The soy silk is still waiting for inspiration. -Karen
On our recent visit to Canton I saw the red, green, and white wool gracing Dave’s living room sofa. I knit it into a small blanket as we were traveling the country in the Fall of 2008. The soy silk is still a ball of white yarn sitting in the second drawer of the chest in my studio….
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
On our recent visit to Canton I saw the red, green, and white wool gracing Dave’s living room sofa. I knit it into a small blanket as we were traveling the country in the Fall of 2008. The soy silk is still a ball of white yarn sitting in the second drawer of the chest in my studio….