2006 National Mixed Curling Championships
This has been a great week! Whitehorse Curling Club was host to the Canadian Mixed and we've been volunteering our time. Of course this means we've spent the week up at the curling club or running...
Machu Picchu
One of the most famous of all things Peruvian! Actually there are many many things Peruvian that are fairly astounding. The diversity of natural things and historic events make for great reading and...
Workshop Three
Braiding with Nilda Callanaupa. This sounds simple enough ... well it wasn't! It is a lot mind boggling to understand the different ways one can manipulate any number of strands to form a single length...
Cusco
The city who's name in Quechua, means 'navel of the world'. It was the capital of the Inca Empire and so I'm excited to be going there. As we fly in from Arequipa the colour of the ground has been...
Workshop Two
More knitting ... but that is what I so thoroughly enjoy doing so why not? Actually when we arrived back in Arequipa from the Colca Canyon, it was just like returning home after a holiday. Very weird...
Colca Canyon
Manuel is our guide for this three day trip from Arequipa to Colca Canyon and back again. He says he learned his English watching HBO and some of what he says is very funny as usually the context is a...
Workshop One
Starting day 6 is our first workshop. Rufina and Inez are my first teachers. They are wonderful ladies who have an extraordinary amount of patience for our clumsy attempts at learning to knit...
Arequipa
Both Jean and I have managed to catch colds ... drats!!! Neither of us will stop though, just pass the kleenex and lets get on the bus or plane or whatever. Actually the flight to Arequipa is pleasant...
Lima
A city of 8 million people ... way too big to really comprehend. Our flights here are uneventful though not particularily comfortable. We are met by Eduardo and wisked off to Villa Molina where we settle...
Finished Rogue Sweater
This sweater is wonderful ... I've worn it many times and feel super comfortable in it, think it looks pretty nice too! I'm now not surprised that there have been many knit-alongs for it.
The day before the big day
Most everything is done and I'm amazed that it is only one more sleep before Jean and I leave for Peru. How exciting. I've a busy day ahead but most of it is fun stuff. My dear friend Carol gave me an...