A girls’ day out
Yesterday, I had a lovely day out in London. Nicki joined on the train down, and we met up with Charlotte in West Hampstead.
We stopped for some sustenance and a chat before Charlotte took us to Village Haberdashery, which Annie opened up for us. She’s so sweet.
I picked up some scrummy yarn that I just had to have (looking forward to seeing this knit up into a jumper).
And some kona solids to add to the bella solids I have in the hope I can get 4 colours to make aliens.
I also found out that Annie sells the batting I need for hand quilting, so I’ll be ordering some for moonglow. And that she’ll be starting some classes that I may want to attend. Given all the pretties that were there (including a brand new yarn shipment), I’m really impressed that I came home with just this. But I’ll be calling her soon to arrange for more stuff to come home to me.
Unfortunately, Charlotte had to head home after this, so we were down to two. But the fun didn’t stop there. We headed to Camden Rd, where I had a great chat with a guy who knew just what I wanted in leather hiking boots. He’s going to order some in for me to try and I’ll head back to London in a couple of weeks to pick a pair. Why am I not buying some closer to home? Because everyone is now all about gortex and it’s really hard to find full grain leather boots, let alone decent ones.
That important business over, it was time to hit Camden Lock markets for a browse and some late lunch, before heading to Islington to visit Loop. Yes, I bought myself another present, some yummy madtosh dk, which I’ll start knitting with this week.
We finished off our day in London camping out in a coffee shop having a drink and a good chat, before heading back to Bishops Stortford to join Nicki’s husband for dinner. We tried a new (?) place that serves tapas-like meals to share. They were ok. We probably could’ve made better ourselves, but the whole point was that we didn’t want to.
A leisurely meal and more good conversation and then I was heading home, getting back to Saffron Walden at 10pm. It was a fun day, but a long one. And I’m tired today. Like I always seem to be after a day in London. Why is that, I wonder.
Thanks Nicki and Charlotte for a fun day
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February 2nd, 2013 at 5:59 pm
Oh, it sounds like a wonderful day! I love what you brought home to live with you and can’t wait to see the Kona colours next to the Bella colours – it’ll be interesting to see if they fill the gap in the shade grading…not sure that’s the best choice of words but it’s all I’ve got tonight and I’m sure you know what I mean!
February 3rd, 2013 at 12:03 am
Oh that sounds like a fab day, especially getting a whole shop opened up to play in! I managed to con my mum into making me a cardi today with some cool recycled cotton yarn we found in her local knitting shop that she’d taken me into looking for ribbon for a cake for my aunt and dad’s birthday cake next weekend. Was quite an expensive bit of ribbon really
February 3rd, 2013 at 12:38 am
sounds wonderful – and love your purchases – that wool is beautiful
February 3rd, 2013 at 8:57 am
it was so lovely to see you, and I got to play shop-girl which is my favourite thing in the world! See you in a couple of weeks
February 3rd, 2013 at 12:10 pm
It was fun! And lovely to meet Charlotte. We should do it again when it’s drier and warmer so we can play with the puppy
February 4th, 2013 at 12:26 am
I love your color choices! Can’t wait to see what you do with them!
February 4th, 2013 at 4:15 pm
Your fabric choices make me think of the Caribbean! Gorgeous colours!
Love, love, love the yarn you purchased – such beautiful shades.