laris: busy busy my catch up life and crochet blog..........

A love for EdinburghThe dead space that's between the city street the hill/gap then the castle at night its just breath taking/ like hog warts the castle is in the air. black all around. Very cool. funnily reminded me a little of stockholm Gamla Stan cobbled old town and some of the architecture very similar/Gothic I guess.

Edinburgh mini break with my teen, I have been very lucky and visited quiet a few places but it seems never close to England so this years mission I set my self, train trips to the following.

Scotland
Ireland (fly maybe!)
Wales......(once a day trip in my youth) no memory's just a train trip;-(
Edinburgh, a beauty. I wasn't sure that I had any idea of how it would look! never really thinking about it, but it was a real juxtaposition of old (cobble) and Modern (Parliament building)

Took a train (A mission)
You really need to know where your going? have done the trip before, then easy but 4 minutes to spare when we got to kings cross
a panic. Saying that, arriving in Edinburgh all forgotten.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh

Book review

Wind the bobbin up, the book title cracked me up, I was very aware people where looking at it, with ore!(or pity)

I'm a little weird(never) I pick up charity shop books on the colour of the cover the illustration or title. I never read the back as like a film trailer it ruins it!.

Not at all a funny take on marriage, as imagined but a serous side of what we(women) give up and gain two sides of the story, a good read.

Knees to wind

Knits
Train trip (of cousre any long travel is a plus when your a knitter or a crocheter)
I forgot to wind yarn? Deeeeeeeeeer!!

But managed with amicable space;-)

Began a pattern of cousre, why I still don't know progress went well and then miraculouslyI ended up with half the stitches and half a hat.

Quick fix by me but sub standard;-(

Here's my "About a boy hat" (Jean Moss pattern)

I felt that the wool beautifully soft and
a lovely colour combi was just to thin for the project?
my personal opioion......(no offence Jean)

Cup cake Scotland................
As good as they looked, scrumptious.

Crochet dresses that hit the fashion cat walk, Just how granny used to make them......

Train trip meant a free selection of magazines and papers, I even used my time to collate a what's new , what's on and simply what I liked blog. Magazines I have always loved but now wool and canvas I love more
(only so much cash) So a free selection, supplied by travellers a plus;-)

Crochet Dog

Colour in your own wall paper? I love this, now it would be no good to me as teenagers are perfectionists but the toddlers that are so free, no judgement I would have loved this little left behind arty reminder of just how young and free they used to be.