Tribal Fest 9 and Treasure Island

The past weekend was Tribal Fest 9. I have been going every year (and performed once) for several years. This year the weather was the star. In the mid 90s. As the vendors are primarily outside - in the sun - it only took a few minutes before I was sweating. I actually found a good seat inside and stayed put for about three hours.

Fellow Rising Star troupe member, Teresa and her wonderful solo.

I want these costumes:

Unfortunately, not a true color, they were gorgeous shades of teal.

On Sunday, we went to a "conversation" with Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter as part of a series honoring the 70th anniversary of the Golden Gate International Exposition. I have now found the idea place to beat the heat right here on Treasure Island.

Golden Gate Bridge from Treasure Island.

Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter was one of the "Pirate Girls" for the Exposition. She was the most photographed person in the world in 1938-39 and was recently voted an "aviation legend" by the Aviation Hall of Fame. She was absolutely fascinating and talked for over an hour. I am sure she could have gone on longer. She has had the most interesting and intriguing life.

Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter

A display from the museum to represent what Zoe Dell's dressing room would have looked like.

Pan Am Terminal at Treasure Island, San Francisco

Inspire Me Thursday - Umbrella

I have not been immediately inspired by topics on Inspire Me Thursday - that is until the current challenge of "umbrella". I drew the layout in two minutes from reading the topic and completed the piece later in the evening.

I was thwarted by my evil laptop with posting this piece. Last week it decided to go ballistic on me but calmed down by the next day. However, my mouse stopped working which is not that unusual. The touch pad was just fine, so no issue. Very wrong. The USB ports are out completely and I really didn't comprehend how I have relied on them. No mouse, no camera, no scanner. My very kind and understanding Craig came to the rescue and allowed me to set up the scanner directly to his desktop. He runs very complex Flight Simulator programs ("it is not a game but a simulation") and is understandably proprietary about his desktop.

Earth Day

We have had a bizarre weather week. Early in the week it was in the low 90s with low humidity. So low that my gel medium was drying in less than two minutes - a good thing when you want to finish quickly; a bad thing when you need to adjust placement.

It is back down to the low 60s so I can think again.

In honor of Earth Day, I challenged myself to creating a piece using as much recycled materials and supplies. Using a recycled oatmeal box, pictures from the only magazine I receive, minimal paint/gel medium and miscellaneous tools, old cd, orange juice top and bubble wrap (an old favorite), here is the result:

Back

Work table

Knitting

I have not been knitting much lately. I have a couple of projects that are not thrilling to knit but are birthday presents to be done. While I have been stuck on those two projects I work up this:

I liked this market bag I made for a birthday present (excuse the dirty window - it was clean on the inside). I ripped out this bag four times including when I was 18 inches short in binding off. There are a couple of rows that are off but you can't see it and I was happy with the results.

Then this little guy - Pink Martini Elefante:

A felted brown "paper" lunch bag:

I have also replenished the stash. I seemed to be purchasing a lot of purple. These three came from three different LYS:

An amazing purchase at 75% off from Marin Fiber Arts of 5 skeins of Himalaya Silk Wool.

I can't live without some Noro Kureyon in my stash (I had had none), plus the very gorgeous Malabrigo Wool behind it.

Lastily, the monthly Knit Night was held at Bluebird Yarn and Fiber in Sausalito this past Thursday. These are the Afghans for Afghans that were completed and displayed that night. I understand 12 afghans were completed and a few orphan squares maybe added to for at least another.

The orange and purple squares in two of these pictures are mine. I knit six total. I was very pleased to be a part of this project.

Road to Rakkasah - Finale

It has been two weeks since we performed at Rakkasah. The first year I attended all three days and the first year I purchased nothing (does the program count?).

Rosanna, Kaeshi Chai, Unknown, Halima, Jim Boz, Tanya Tanya

Me - sans lipstick - just before I left for Rising Stars Rakkasah performance on Sunday .

Our sister troupe, Ala Nar, was outstanding. I had the incorrect setting on the camera for Saturday night; therefore, I only have a couple of photos that came out.

Stitches West

On the road to Santa Clara to Stitches West.


Santa Clara Convention Center.

Not as true as I'd hoped this year.

Goodies-unfortunately the raven laser cut sock blockers are barely visable.

Road to Rakkasah Day Four