The days of laziness are over, the days of doing whatever I want, whenever I wanted to or doing nothing at all. Back to real life and back to work. But, I enjoyed this summer, the five weeks of travelling, knitting, reading, drinking wine with friends (lots of wine :D ), the murderous heat in the south of France.
The view from our campsite..........
Beautiful little villages...........
The cutest little shops................
We visited the 'Pont du Gard' ...............
So typically French, a beautiful and very old olive tree.........
And of course I did some knitting! For example, the
Gail I made for myself. I used a beautiful mohair I bought from
Rosa Hultink . The yarn is made from the wool of their own angora goats. It is so soft and warm!
A pair of socks for my very best friend Wilma who looked after my cats while we were in France! The yarn is a Trekking hand art and she loved it so much when she saw it a few weeks ago that I immediately decided that this one should be hers. These where made during the 4000 km drive whe made! The pattern I found in a very old knitting book.
Knitted another pair,
Osnabrücker muster socks, for myself . A lovely handdyed yarn in lilac I bought by
Petra
Yesterday I started a pair of
Leaf remains. I loved the pattern so much I almost started immediately after the pattern was added on ravelry. They will take a while because of all the back loop knits etc. but they are worth every hour!
And I also started a pair of quite simple socks, the
Tesserae, to have something to knit while I watch tv......This yarn is also a handdyed of Petra.
And now, after five beautiful weeks it's back to normal life. Tomorrow it's back to school, reading loads of emails, catching up with colleagues (some I haven't seen for about 8 weeks!). Although it's still very warm, it feels like the end of summer........
Happy knitting!!!
xoxox
