Archive for September 2007

Not sure if I’ve ever mentioned the building of a hotel in China. It is a dream of my father’s to leave behind something that he can be proud of. Mom was also very excited (and worried) about the whole thing.

My father and the good sister have been working for many years to get it built. Dealing with the officials in China is not an easy task. Talk about a surprise when I received these illustrations of billboards yesterday. I think the design is quite good. (OK Chris. Go easy on this one. :-) )

I really tried to stay away from the project. The whole family is involved, including the crazy ones AND my father’s other family. Plus, no one has any experience managing a hotel. It is a good thing that they decided to sign with Mercure to have them take over the management. At least it will be run properly. The grand opening is scheduled before the Summer Olympics 2008. Crossing my fingers. I wonder if I will get a free room. ha ha ha

It is in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, where the National Park Wulingyuan is located. Here’s a photo of the land that I took in 2002.

More photos here.

Thank you Chris, Mike, Micah, Matt, Julie, Marianne, Kyle and Jane for your kind words. I’ll be wearing this hat this winter. :-)

@Chris, the next Fabulous Fiber Fest is already scheduled. Put it down on the calendar. :-) Did you find the instructions on weaving in the floats while your knit fair isle?

@Monkey Gurrl, thank you. It was good to see you at the show too. The way to control you spending is stay in the classes, or play with other people’s equipments. Hehehe. Oh, bulky singles does sound like a good idea for some kind of club. :-)

@Matty, so many things that I want to do. Another fair isle project (can’t talk about it). Maybe a fair isle scarf, which should be less stressful without having to do decreasing. I wound up the yarn for Spider Queen. I definitely want to do another lace project soon. Thanks to Jane and missalicefaye. Finally, there’s that sparkly blue fiber. I want to spin them and make a 3-ply yarn, and knit a cable hat with it. So many projects. OH! And I want to try to design a tablet-woven bracelet that can serve as a reminder for people to be mindful. I’d like to make enough to offer them to my teacher to give to his students. I need to buy a couple of cones of cotton yarn or threads.

@Sachi, I don’t know what to say. What does go on in your house? You have hand cards, right? :lol:

@Jane, thank you for encouraging me to get a drum carder. :roll: to CB. :-)

@Aija, mini drum carder is only half the size. You have to get one. It’s GREAT!!! I think it’s about time to get one for me. hehehe

@Marianne & Julie, I think Kiva’s idea is great. You loan the money to people. They pay it back and you can choose to lend the money to the next person. I was prepared to just go and donate the money without expecting repayment. I was surprised to find that they had repayment terms. How wonderful to have that money continue to work to benefit more people.

@Micah, do you have the book “Hats On!“?

I really wanted to say a few hellos, and answer a few questions. But that will have to be later. This post is just a little update to tell you that I am still here. Very very busy with work. Moving servers, tinkering with web stuff, getting ads done, etc.

Look! I finished my hat! I managed to finish that before work madness started.

I made a mess of the crown though. Using both hands to carry yarn while using DPNs was tough! It left my left hand aching for days. Maybe I just need to relax and have more practice (and patience).

There hasn’t been any knitting, spinning or weaving for almost two weeks. I am itching to start something. Hopefully soon.

Have you heard of Kiva.org? I absolutely love the idea. :-)