Hookery went on tour this year. Our ladies travelled far and wide and some
have sent through interesting photos.
Mags was on holiday in France and locally in Fermanagh. In France she went to the Vendee but to quote
they were ‘in the middle of glorious nowhere’. just into the Vendee region.
Knowing that it would be too hot to crochet and preferring to spend her
time in the pool, her French project was very small. Mags crocheted some flowers from Lesley
Stanfield’s book 100 flowers to Knit and Crochet and plans to sew then onto a
dressing gown. Mags assures us as
readers of the blog that photographic evidence will not be forthcoming of her
modelling the finished article.
Camping at The share Centre in County Fermanagh provided the
family with a few days of glorious sunshine between two weeks of torrential
rain, a typical Northern Ireland summer!
The pic is of her ‘Argory blanket’ and was taken inside the tent
because, unusually for Northern Ireland, the sun was in full blaze and too
strong! We are never weather-happy in Northern Ireland.
Elaine went to Scotland.
Her first visit was to a woollen mill in Hawick, the Scottish home of
cashmere, ‘seriously the real job’ as she described it. It would have been a shame not to buy
….. Elaine’s husband was encouraged to
pose wearing the WIP, which is a new winter chunky James C Brett scarf,
wonderfully matched to his jacket. Although
I understand that for the purposes of creativity, craft and continued matrimonial
harmony he smiled throughout but has neglected to allow his photo to be included here.
Then they went on to Balmoral Castle on Royal Deeside where
the scarf made another appearance.
Catherine travelled to Moraira in Spain for a whopping 3
weeks as a special family birthday treat.
Whilst there she crocheted herself a beach cover-up which she got to
wear before she came home.
I was in Germany, staying in Boppard on the banks of the
Rhine. I got some work done en route.
Now which one to choose? 400g or 25g?
I also found a wool shop in Cochem a few days later which
was more traditional selling textiles, material, wool and accessories.
Evelyn and I were on the North Coast and couldn’t resist the
temptation when a photo opportunity arose.
Not so much a rose between two thorns as a pick-up truck between two
roses? Seriously, we should all remember water
safety and thank these folks in the RNLI for the sterling work they do to patrol our
beaches during the summer months and rescue folks from the sea all year round.
A few of us managed to have a wee day out, a girlie day, in
August with lots of shopping and tea/coffee/lunch. Individually we had all come across this wee
wool shop and independently thought that it might be worth a visit. It’s a wool shop in Bessbrook and although it
has been there for about 40-50 years it is now under new management by
Lorna. Isn’t it great to see this happen and
not see another independent yarn shop close it’s doors? Lorna was on hand to help Elaine choose a
yarn to match a current project, I was looking for some cream DK and we also got
to chat to another customer and ‘help’ her to choose yarn for a new
projet. It turned out that Elaine and
Lorna had mutual, local connections and histories were discussed. I think that you could call this Hookery in
the Bookery went to Bessbrook-ery. We
wish Lorna all the best in her new adventure and we will certainly be back.
A few idol minutes up at Malin Head produced this.
