Baby Sweater

I've just finished this one. Doesn't it look like sky and earth?

It was fun to do, because the variegated yarn makes an unique design as I knit.
It is also very smooth, ideal for baby skin.

Guess what?

I made two more scarves!

In fact I made three, the third one with the fat needles as Susan calls them, but I did not take the picture.
Indeed, I was booked for a two-days training near Paris at the beginning of the week. I took advantage of it to spend the weekend with my family up there. I just had the time to finish the second fat scarf before taking off.

I had a lovely shopping session with my eldest daughter. The weather was mild and dry, and the Xmas shopping had not yet started. Her significant other had the good idea to treat us to a nice restaurant in the evening. He thought we would be too exhausted to do any cooking (he would have cooked with us, mind you).
On the next day, we went to see my sister and brother in law. Thanks to Skype, we "had lunch" with our respective daughters from abroad, one in Vienna, one in Barcelona. :-) How nice is that?

I hope you had as nice a weekend as I did (and also a week, by the way).
Take care!

Another Scarf

Hello to all,

The answer to Neki's question about the mold can be found here.
In short, the glass is inflated into the mold. But do go and read the details.

This week has been rainy and windy, calling for some knitting.
For lazy knitting in fact:
This yarn is Plassard Tricotine, suggested needles are 20+, I used 25.

To give you an idea of the needles size...

About one hour later:

2 ball of yarns make a 6 stitches wide and 115 cm  long scarf.

This is a long weekend in France, with the sun shining here.
I hope your weekend will be a good as mine...

Glass blower

Still in El Poble Espanyol, I saw these strange molds on a wall:

I suppose they are used to mold glass.
While we were there, this gentleman was demonstrating his craft.
He could make a horse in just a few seconds from a glowing drop of glass. Amazing. It looks so easy, but I'm sure it is hard work.

Have all a nice week!

El Poble Espanyol

I'm glad you liked the graffitis from Barcelona. Thank you for your comments.

The day after, we went to El Poble Espanyol, an open air museum that gives a glimpse to the architecture found through Spain. It is also a craft village, and a place with restaurant and shows.

This is what the TripAdvisor says

The Pueblo Español is an enchanting village on Montjuic that was built in 1929 and that contains architecture that represents each province of Spain. Every single building is a copy of a real building. There is no traffic inside the village, as it is really a theme park. And the stores here are very entertaining because they feature crafts that one would not normally see, done by artists and craftsmen. There are many restaurants where one can have lunch.

The Pueblo Español was built for the 1929 International Exhibition to showcase Spain. It was supposed to be demolished after the Exhibition, but there was wide popular support to keep it intact because it was so charming and a good tourist attraction. The builders of the village were the architects Ramon Reventos and Francesc Folguera, while the artists were Xavier Nogues and Miquel Utrillo. Before the building of the village, the four made may trips around Spain to take photographs and get ideas. They took many notes and made many drawings. The four visited 1600 towns and villages in Spain!

I leave you wander through the village:

Graffiti in Barcelona

To answer Houndstoot's comment about

this is a graffiti, Dali painted on a shutter. In real, it is quite amazing.

Until recently, street artists were allowed to paint on shop shutters. Apparently, this is no longer the case, see this article. Too bad, because those shutters were protected from wild art, and were fun to search for.
Neki, maybe you can tell us more about graffiti in Barcelona? As a visitor, I like them, but as a resident, you may have another opinion?

Here are a few more pictures from previous trips:

Where has the week gone?

Hello ladies,

Thanks for your comment on the Slutwalk. The vision of that man has been bothering me all week. We were at least two grown up women listening to what he said, without reacting. How could that be? I'm rather short-tempered, you know. I think I have an answer. Soft-operator could be what he is. His body language was very different from what he said. From a few steps away, he looked calm, educated, nice. He chose his words very carefully. I'm sure that he is manipulative, making you believe he never said what you "think" he said. Sigh...

Autumn seems to be there, the strong wind making the temperatures drop in a few hours.
What is a girl to do? Catch the last bites of holidays.
There is this brand new hotel in Barcelona, direct on the beach, shaped like a sail. You can see it here.
I am very curious about it, because my daughter told me it is beautiful inside, and because W means Largo Winch to me :-). So we went for a drink, this time at the outdoor bar at the bottom of the tower, next time we'll try the one upstairs, with the view over the town. It was cosy, with very nice staff.

More pictures of Barcelona, soon! In the meantime, take care! Somebody is watching...