I began blogging August 28, 2005 as FiberartsAfloat – A Misnomer; subtitled “a Misnomer” because we were landlocked, living in St Louis, MO. Five years, eleven months later, after a one year hiatus, I’m back, and I welcome back any of my readers who’re interested in following the exploits of of FiberartsAfloat, this time no misnomer.

We’ve been living afloat since May 2010, and left our home port of Holland, MI on June 19, 2010 to live the cruising lifestyle.  I carry with me an excess of yarn, an assortment of knitting needles including an Addi interchangeable set and a Hiya Hiya interchangeable set, a major needlepoint project and several minor ones, a Singer Featherweight sewing machine and assorted equipment and notions to sew with.

Here I intend to chronicle some of my projects and thoughts on projects, some of our exploits sailing, and some general tidbits about living a nomadic life living aboard svFar Niente. (for non-boaters, the sv stands for sailing vessel).  I also intend to make this blog look better as I learn the WordPress system of blogging. Blogger is too challenging to use given that most of my internet connectivity is via my Droid phone.

Right now I’ll leave you with a some images from an early morning in June on the ICW. That’s a barge loaded with wood chips going to a paper mill in North Carolina