Casco Viejo, Panamá

Panama City´s historical centre (or the second historical centre, to be exact) is absolutely beautiful. It´s a mixed neghbourhood, with government houses and cathedrals and then schools and little, badly lit shops which smell like food and humidity. Walking there, there´s so much to see: a balcony here or a window there.

I foresee plenty of early morning drawing expeditions.

More images here.

July issue is now out!

Just in time for the weekend, the July issue of my zine is now out! Download it here, it´s free! Just print it out front and back and then fold it in half and again in half and you´re set.

I´m looking forward to reading your comments!

In case you missed the June issue, it is available here.

Xaile viajante

Now that I have the photos of the shawl I mentioned the other day, I´m writing a proper post about it.

It´s a mix of the Boneyard and the Travelling Woman Shawls. I needed something easy yet beautiful (emphasis on the Boneyard part) to knit while moving from Buenos Aires and walking around there finishing the last paperwork. Some mindless knitting was also needed for the airplane and some later travels around central and north America.

Moving can be... hmm, very demanding, let´s just put it this way, smile, and carry on.

To finish the shawl i wanted it to have some lacy texture, so I went for the Travelling second part. One repeat of chart A and another one of chart B and the yarn was just enough. With emphasis on the "just".



And now I have a wonderful woollen shawl that is absolutely not needed in the tropical country I now call home.

Raveled here. More photos here.

Went to NYC part XIV

Then a short stop in Miami... and I was back home in Panama.

Went to NYC part XIII

Took the NJ Transit to Newark. The kind lady who sat next to me told me where to exit.

Went to NYC part XII

And then it was time to leave

Went to NYC part XI

More goosebumps and some tears at the MoMA. It´s like all the paintings you saw in the history of art books are there.

Went to NYC part X

Shakespeare´s "Winter´s Tale" at Delacorte Theater during Shakespeare in the Park summer festival. A NY hit!

Went to NYC part IX

Brooklyn Bridge seen from Manhattan Bridge

Coming close...

...has a totally new meaning for me:



This is the total amount of yarn left from knitting this shawl!

I´ll post more photos of it when I have them. If you want more info in the meantime, here´s its ravelry link.

Happy weekend!

Went to NYC part VIII

Hearty meals are easy to find and imperative to fuel the hard working tourist.

Went to NYC part VII

It was so hot!

Went to NYC part VI

Central Park and the Upper East Side seen from the Belvedere Castle.

Went to NYC part V

Then I visited the Museum of Arts and Design, which I loved. If you´re a bookworm, do not visit the museum shop! Speaking of shopping, Purl down in Soho offers another huge lot of temptation...

World Cup (knitting) fever

Along with my friends in Argentina (ravelry group here), we ran a World Cup Challenge to accompany the match watching that was predicted. I didn´t watch many, as they were broadcasted at ungodly hours like 6 in the morning, or "totally-at-work-hours", like 9 am.

Still, I managed to finish my challenge (and to draw it too).

Went to NYC part IV

I felt goosebumps while I was in the museum.

Went to NYC part III

It was dark and wobbly inside.

Went to NYC part II

Visited the Guggenheim Museum and fell in love with Julie Mehretu´s "Grey Area" exhibition.

Went to NYC part I

Last week I was in New York visiting my cousin.

I´m writing about it on my other blog. To see the whole flickr set, click here.

Happy weekend!