Wol in de Wei and sunburn and new socks
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janestarzYesterday I visited Wol in de Wei ("Wool in the meadow") at my friend Tyldak's home. She lives in a teensy village, wedged between two rivers in the mythical Land of Maas and Waal. Their large farmstead comes with a good bit of land (in the middle of the village!) and twice a year they gear up the back yard to welcome visitors. I've been to their home a couple of times and they're still re-decorating and re-purposing the farmhouse. This time there were a few new windows in the outside wall, and a new wall in the stable part, that will house their atelier for dyeing yarn.
Their shop was set up in a tent as it was overcast and drizzly, but it soon cleared up. I claimed a comfortable lawn chair and took out some knitting. Soon enough![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wannabe_bitch (also known as Kat on this journal) and querca_robur and Judith showed up, and I also hung out with Breiboek, Inge and her mom Mariëtte I know from Ravelry.
I was also gifted with a car boot full of tailoring books and supplies by Marja, who also helps out with the shop at events. One of her old friends was a tailoress, and the supplies and books had to go to a "good home". Marja saw how enthusiastic I am about my tailoring and my education, and I was deemed "worthy". It'll be a trade of sorts, as I'll be donating hours to making Marja a few good items of clothing, but it's a wealth of knowledge and I can't even start sorting through it as it's all packed up in boxes until we get the atelier space. (Soon, after the exams!)
As for yarn, I forgot to bring the money I was gifted by some for my birthday, and I only picked up two 50 gram skeins of Onion Nettle sock yarn for a pair of birthday socks for my father-in-law. I've been wanting to try my hand at the Onion yarn with nettles in stead of nylon for a while, and since my father-in-law loves boats and blue, I have deicided to knit him this pair of blue boat socks.
We spent the afternoon knitting and chatting happily away. I had brought salted cashew nuts as a "healthy" snack (no sugar, but 1% of that stuff is salt!!!) and I cast on a new pair of socks.
Although it was only partially sunny, I got a bad sunburn on my arms, and the little v-neck at my chest. By the time I realised my skin was done with the sun it was already nearing four o'clock, so it's a bad sunburn. I've been putting aftersun on my arms like there's no tomorrow.
But we had a great time, it was a good mix of friends, larpers and Ravelers and I'm looking forward to the next one.
Today I'm lying low and knitting. This yarn was gifted to my by my mom, and I've cast on the second sock of the free sock knitting class on Craftsy. The first pair has turned out to be my favourite pair of socks, so I'm looking forward to this pair. It's from a different colourway, but also in Opal sock yarn, covers some different techniques than the first one, and has a twisted stitches motif on the top of the foot.
Their shop was set up in a tent as it was overcast and drizzly, but it soon cleared up. I claimed a comfortable lawn chair and took out some knitting. Soon enough
wannabe_bitch (also known as Kat on this journal) and querca_robur and Judith showed up, and I also hung out with Breiboek, Inge and her mom Mariëtte I know from Ravelry.I was also gifted with a car boot full of tailoring books and supplies by Marja, who also helps out with the shop at events. One of her old friends was a tailoress, and the supplies and books had to go to a "good home". Marja saw how enthusiastic I am about my tailoring and my education, and I was deemed "worthy". It'll be a trade of sorts, as I'll be donating hours to making Marja a few good items of clothing, but it's a wealth of knowledge and I can't even start sorting through it as it's all packed up in boxes until we get the atelier space. (Soon, after the exams!)
As for yarn, I forgot to bring the money I was gifted by some for my birthday, and I only picked up two 50 gram skeins of Onion Nettle sock yarn for a pair of birthday socks for my father-in-law. I've been wanting to try my hand at the Onion yarn with nettles in stead of nylon for a while, and since my father-in-law loves boats and blue, I have deicided to knit him this pair of blue boat socks.
We spent the afternoon knitting and chatting happily away. I had brought salted cashew nuts as a "healthy" snack (no sugar, but 1% of that stuff is salt!!!) and I cast on a new pair of socks.
Although it was only partially sunny, I got a bad sunburn on my arms, and the little v-neck at my chest. By the time I realised my skin was done with the sun it was already nearing four o'clock, so it's a bad sunburn. I've been putting aftersun on my arms like there's no tomorrow.
But we had a great time, it was a good mix of friends, larpers and Ravelers and I'm looking forward to the next one.
Today I'm lying low and knitting. This yarn was gifted to my by my mom, and I've cast on the second sock of the free sock knitting class on Craftsy. The first pair has turned out to be my favourite pair of socks, so I'm looking forward to this pair. It's from a different colourway, but also in Opal sock yarn, covers some different techniques than the first one, and has a twisted stitches motif on the top of the foot.
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Date: 2016-06-12 04:44 pm (UTC)I'm so much in awe of your knitting speed! It's crazy!
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Date: 2016-06-13 09:41 am (UTC)Next time!