Annual visit to GK!

I tried so hard to resist the sock wool, i really did, but alas, i failed miserably! ::lol::
Actually i failed quite cheerfully, i love all three balls and have already chosen projects for all three :o)


First up is a ball of Trekking in shade 166, it's a really heathered mix of blues and teals, not as bright as the photo would suggest.

Then this citrussy ball fell in my basket, i dithered for ages over it - as i do!
I walked round the shop at least twice before i went back and liberated it from it's holding cell ;o)
It's shade 136 in case you're interested ;o)

The final skein was a bit of an impulse! I saw a couple of other ladies with it in their baskets and thought it was beauuuuutiful! It's very parakeet-y, mainly bright green, but that pales to a yellow-green and darkens to a teal-green. It will definitely be a shawl or lacy scarf, i just haven't narrowed it down enough yet to decide on which one!!

Lurking int he background there you can see my Harmony Options and Harmony sock needles. I can't rate them highly enough, the options are wonderful to use, nice and slippery but not too much so, the yarn glides off them without the stickiness of bamboo and the cables are nice and strong. I put my BPT and camping shawl on the Options as soon as i could!
I bought the "starter set" - it cost a couple of quid more than if i had bought the items separately but it does come with a handy dandy wallet to keep all the bits together, although how long it lasts remains to be seen, the popper has already come off twice! No matter though, i am happy enough to make a fabric holder - the sewing machine hasn't been out for MONTHS!

The day out was wonderful. Jo picked me up from a layby on the A23 at 6.45 and we headed off to Guildford to meet up with Carol. We chatted for the whole journey, it was so lovely and the journey just flew by! We got to Bristol in good time and met up with Lane, Kelly and Linda who all came up together from Wales, Joy who had come along to take part in the dying course with her friend Kathryn and a surprise visit from Jacky! We all wandered round the shop ooooohing and ahhhhing, like you do ;o)
I dithered over needles, options or harmonies, which sizes, how many... and took my basket over the sofas for some deliberations. The knit and knatter group were meeting up that day and what a lovely group of ladies they are!Very welcoming, very chatty and all with a wicked sense of humour. Soon it was lunchtime and we headed over to the pub to grab somehting, only to discover that the Dutchpot was actually open! Such a shame they weren't really ready for a group of ten people :o( After a bit of a wait though the food arrived and boy was it worth the wait! It was delicious, and to be honest, the only reason that it mattered about the wait was that Joy, Jacky and Kathryn had to get back for their course! We were all busy chatting away, cooing over the very handsome baby Daniel and for me the time just flew by!
I do wish that we all lived closer together as the days we have had together so far have been such a laugh that i want them more often! :oD
Soon our day was over and it was time to head home, this of course involved another two hour session of giggling and chatting and the journey just flew by again! Jo dropped me off, Bloke picked me up and we headed over to our friend's for an evening of barbequeing, laughing and post-holiday catching up. Perfect!
;oD