Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

If you’ve been reading you know about the boat ride. This was a $60 one day mini-cruise from Seattle to Vancouver. This is Part 2 of the great yarn crawl/cruise adventure. To wrap up the yarn crawl, you’ll be amazed that I exercised great self control. My recent criteria for yarn purchasing is either that I’m desperate for yarn to finish a project or that I have a project in mind and the yarn is at least 40% off. This trip enhanced my stash by a few of the Annie Blatt kits at $17.50 and the three remaining skeins for Lady Eleanor.

Prior to boarding we took some photos from Jeff’s apartment’s roof garden, which has spectacular views:

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Gotta love the Pacific Northwest in the sunshine! And of course, a son who’ll vacate his apartment for two yarn crawling moms. On board the ship there were more views of Seattle in the sunshine. I feel so privileged; people pay good money to see Seattle this time of year and never get to see the sunshine, much less Mount Rainier:

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Img_0209_3Eleanor_on_board_1Finally, my travelling companions: me, Marsha, her son Jeff, her husband Dave, his friend, Bill and of course, Lady Eleanor.

I’ll be posting the winner of the blogiversary contest early in the week.

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8 responses to “The boat ride”

  1. Sharon Avatar

    Lady Eleanor is fit for a queen…not just a princess. 🙂

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  2. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    Hi Li: Did you get my other e-mails? Looks like fabulous views and great fun. Alice Rosasco may be coming out to visit me from Eugene, Oregon. Tony and I have tons of frequent flyer miles so he is in process of getting a passport. We will take a trip in November or December but aren’t sure where yet. It may be England.
    Rosie

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  3. Melody Elzy Avatar

    love the pictures. More, more, more!

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  4. Uli Avatar

    Gorgeous pictures of the awesome weather we’ve been having around the west coast. It’s not so great today but it’s been just wonderful. Your yarn crawl sounds like so much fun. I enjoy living vicariously especially since I’m supposed to be resting.

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  5. Lynne Avatar

    How elegant of Lady Eleanor to come along for the cruise. I got the poppy seeds today, Li…thank you so much! I can’t wait to give them a try in some new gardens in the spring!

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  6. Daisy Avatar
    Daisy

    I just discovered your blog and am enjoying it. I will probably be in Vcr visiting family at Christmas. I’m going to search your archives to see if you write about the new yarn shop on Main Street. I like lots of photos of works in progress and scenery photos and photos of family which I see that you have. Kudos! Hey, did you buy the Socks that Rock in Vcr?

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  7. Rebekah Avatar

    Looks wonderful, glad you didn’t go overboard (in water or with yarn)!

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  8. Debbie Avatar
    Debbie

    Hi, I just found your blog while searching for scarf patterns. I’d love a copy of your herringbone rib pattern if you are still offering it.

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