Muhu Island

The other day, our Mail Lady left this:

The package weighed a LOT. I was barely able to lift and drag it into the house from the front stoop. I am grateful that she left it, as it would have required an additional trip for her to-ing and from-ing the truck on another day.

And, inside the box was this:
Wrapping with unusual photographs from WWII.

And, inside the wrapping was this:

This book is huge. It is HUGE. It weighs almost as much as a large dog. Or, a kitchen chair. Well, maybe not quite that much. But it weights a LOT.

I became smitten with the book after Kate Davies described it here:
http://textisles.com/2012/01/12/from-muhu-island/
It was also described here:
http://www.loopknitlounge.com/2011/12/muhu-island-book-just-in/

But, we bought it here:
http://www.woolywest.com/Pages-Products/p_booksother.html
which is where it all started in the first place! The love of Estonia! The knitting, the gracious teaching of the history and techniques of Estonian knitting with Nancy Bush.
If you were to ask me, of all of my favorite books, knitting or other, often this comes to mind:
http://www.amazon.com/Folk-Knitting-Estonia/dp/1883010438/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329066729&sr=8-1
Again, the rich history, techniques and the gracious teaching of Nancy Bush makes it almost always my favorite.

Did I mention the book is in English, as well?

Tallin, Estonia Visit

On a recent trip to Sweden, we took a little side-trip to Tallinn, Estonia. There was lots of knitting and yarn and books to be found. Found is the important information. We stayed at Hotel Bern on Aia street (10 minutes from the airport via speedy taxi). The hotel is within easy walking distance of everything, is small (58 rooms), clean and the staff were outstanding. This is a little picture of the b'fast fixin's. They had cereal, hot eggs/meat, cold meat and cheese, a variety of beverages and The Best Corn Flakes of the whole trip. The wait staff at breakfast was also polite and on top of the b'fast game. No empty platters or bowls here!














One evening, we climbed to the "top" of the city and viewed the city from an over-look. This was well worth the walk and lots of stops along the way to rest and enjoy the city. We stopped in a little cafe on the hill/steps up and I had THE BEST pesto-filled buttery flakey roll thing-ey of my LIVING DAYS and My Friend had THE BEST berry tart thing-ey. Ymmmmmmmmmmmmm is not even describing of these treats.

And, there were several Koosituu shops offering mittens, art goods, etc.














And, this "Wall of Sweaters". It's on the map like that--Wall of Sweaters.