A visit in the Blues Garden

This past weekend we went to Gothenburg, Sweden, to participate in The Blues Garden event. A whole weekend of blues dance and catching up with friends. It felt a little weird to be on a visit in Sweden, but good at the same time. So far I don't miss it that much, only the people.

The weather was cold compared to what we've had in London lately and we wrapped up warm in sweaters and coats. Gothenburg tried its best with sunshine and a warmish early spring day, A got to see a little bit of the city. We enjoyed two evenings of blues dance and lots of friends to catch up with. The venue was transformed into a garden with lots and lots och flowers and it felt like spring even though it was a bit chilly outside.

Today I experienced the weather difference again. I went out for a run, in shorts and t-shirt, the chestnut had started to get leaves. It's lovely with spring and the park is turning green. I saw tulips flowering and I feel happier for every sign of spring.

Spring time

Spring is certainly here, flowers are showing off their petal skirts and the park is full of people enjoying the sun. I've been knitting outside and realised that the sweater I finished Sunday is too warm to wear in this weather! Luckily I'm going to Sweden over the weekend and need warm clothes so the sweater can be worn.

When I went to the weekly knitting group the other day I was greated by a grin and a neon pink skein of Alafoss yarn, straight from Iceland. Lovely C saw the yarn on her vacation and thought of me. I'm pretty sure she read my mind because the other day I was planning a new project in neon pink and charcoal grey. And now I have the perfect yarn for it, thank you C!

Today I got two skeins of Blacker Yarn Blends 4-ply wool in the mailbox so I have all the yarn I need for a pop spots shawl. But it has to wait until I've finished the Firefly shawl I started Sunday.

Unravel 2014

Last weekend I went to Unravel yarn festival in Farnham with some of the ladies from my knitting group. I've never been to a yarn festival before but realised the danger of letting my debit card too close to yarn sellers. I made a list of projects I'm planning to do and listed quality and quantity of the yarn needed. I also made sure I had cash and could avoid using my card. It worked...more or less.

I bought yarn for the projects I had intended, just one skein of lace yarn that wasn't planned. And some needles.

I came home with a beautiful yellow yarn from Jillybean Yarns, intended for a Siri cardigan. A skein of lovely pink lace yarn from Easyknits. At the Easyknits stall I also met the lovely Visalisa, so nice to meet the person behind the blog and instagram that I'm following, lots of beautiful knitting there.

After a couple of hours walking around the stalls I made my way to one on the knitter and natter rooms where I found some of the others from our knitting group, tired and happy with lots of new yarn in the bags. The afternoon was spent mostly knitting and looking at the others purchases. Almost all of us came home with at least one cone of yarn from Uppingham yarns.

My finds from Unravel 2014