Firstly, I had a little break last week when our friends, Neil and Gilly, came to visit. Unfortunately the weather was not very kind to us, so we didn't get out on as many walks as we would have liked, but when we did we enjoyed ourselves. Gilly took this photo of Steve and I while we were quaffing hot chocolate half way along the Little Assynt walk:
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Photo courtesy of Gillian Barrett[/caption]That red hat, by the way, will be featuring at Edinburgh Yarn Festival. I can say no more!! My lips are sealed.
And here are Neil, Gilly and I, with the lovely snow covered Quinag in the background:
You can find more photos from their visit on Gilly's blog, including Neil and my attempts at baking.
We were sorry to wave cheerio to them on Wednesday morning, a day earlier than planned, but they had to go early to keep ahead of the heavy snow we was forecast, but which, in reality, never really materialised for us at sea level.
Just before Neil and Gilly arrived, I'd received a wonderful parcel from Chris, the owner of my favourite wool shop, A Fine Yarn, in Darlington. During the retreat at Glencanisp Lodge last year, she took rather a liking to the sport weight Copper Beech yarn I had with me, and she took a couple of hanks away with her to knit Campside - a shawl. And here is the gorgeous result:
With the remaining Copper Beech which I had dyed before Glencanisp, I have knitted Chance of Showers, but photo's of that another day.
Finally, as you will probably have guessed, I'm busy busy busy dyeing up a storm for Edinburgh Yarn Festival in March. And I'm also trying to get various samples finished and blocked, and while work on Nothing but Stripes continues in the evenings:
I am always looking for smaller, more lightweight, projects to knit during the day while keeping an eye on bubbling pots. And today I found that project. Karie Westermann published her new pattern, Byatt, today. She kindly let me borrow one of her very stylish photographs:
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Courtesy of Karie Westermann[/caption]but you can read more about this rather lovely design here on her blog. I'm planning to knit this up before Edinburgh Yarn Festival using the 4ply Bluefaced Leicester, but I'm having some trouble choosing colour combinations. I posted a few combinations up on my group on Ravelry, and so far the overwhelming choice is for A Slice of Lime and Assynt Peat:
Although Assynt Peat and Moonshine is coming a close second:
Which do you prefer?
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1 From Anne - 31/01/2015, 01:49
2 From Lorna - 01/02/2015, 22:29