What a long way to go to get stash! But when the yarn store is as good as this one, it doesn't seem like too much trouble. If you are ever in Lafayette CA, I commend it to you highly.
This is my sock yarn being wound - the smile was free, as was the great conversation. Of course, having had the yarn wound, I needed some needles to be able to knit on the plane.
I bought a set of the casein ones, since it seemed like a good idea to try them. Only one slight problem - they said size 2.5 which is what I use for socks. But I use 2.5mm and these were 2.5 US, which equates to 3.0mm. so my good work had to be frogged. Ah Well . . . it was an opportunity to try them out. They were disconcertingly bendy until I got used to that and then they were very pleasant to use. They are also excellent for use in low light situations provided you are using a darkish yarn. Which was handy when I couldn't sleep because the children-who-couldn't-stop-talking couldn't sleep either.
It really is as steep as it looks. What is more I managed to walk two blocks uphill. Just wait till I boast about that to my doctor!
You will have seen pictures of the cable cars, so here is one of the brake mechanism - looking straight through to the road. It really is as rudimentary as it looks, and you are dependant on the sheer muscular strength of the brakeman.
This is the light falling through the windows of Grace Cathedral. I don't know if the Californian sunshine is extra bright or the glass is more intensely coloured, but it is beautiful.
The flying was fascinating - to see a geography lesson rolling past beneath. Typical - I discover it just as we are all supposed to stop doing it to save the planet. Well I shall be able to say I have got family there when I get around to doing it again!
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