As I mentioned in the last post, I am headed for Europe! When? Oh, tomorrow. Have I packed? No way... I haven't even finished unpacking yet. First stop will be Tübingen, Germany for about 3 weeks to work in the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems on a human behavioral/robotics project. Just before I started this blog, I was there from July through December, so it will be nice to go back for a little bit and see all of my German friends again. Plus, after being away from Michael for 6 months, 3 weeks will be a breeze!
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| Sheep in Tübingen |
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| My neighborhood in Tübingen |
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| Lemberg in Autumn |
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| Me at Rhine Falls in Switzerland |
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| Neues Rathaus in Munich |
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| My dad and the view from Schloss Lichtenstein |
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| Michael and I on FaceTime and just so happened to be wearing matching shirts |
One of the best parts about staying in Germany is that I have so much extra time. Where I stay, I don't have to cook meals or clean... basically no responsibilities besides work and knitting. During my last visit, was when I really started playing around with designs, including the two hats I freestyled.
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This project was dubbed the "German Ski Hat" because of the colors.
This pattern requires using 3 strands at once... so I'm thinking of publishing an easy
and advanced version of the pattern with different numbers of colors. |
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| Thanks Apollo for modeling! |
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| This one is the "Swiss Hat" because I made it for a Swiss guy. How original.... |
This time around, I want to write these patterns up! Plus come up with a few more :) After Germany I'll be off to Valencia, Spain for one week of conference and then one week of vacation, which Michael will join me for. I'm sooo excited for this! I just happened to find this
blog post listing all of the yarn stores (tiendas de lanas) in Valencia. But besides perusing yarn, Michael and I plan to enjoy some relaxation time biking along the coast and drinking wine.
Right now, the most important thing I need to think about in terms of packing is what to bring on the transatlantic flight... that's some good quality knitting time. Currently, I'm working on the
Caramel cardigan I'm working on, which I need to get some progress pictures of. I also thought I would bring along some yarn to play around with designs. And by some yarn, I mean almost all the yarn I bought last week. Maybe that's too ambitious, but I think it's better to be over prepared than to be stuck on a plane with no knitting.
I'll have one more post tomorrow, Favorites Friday, in New England. I better be packed by then!!
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