worms end wales

We went for a lovely walk along this headland at Worms End in Wales. The scenery was just spectacular. There were a few surfers out at the beach and a lot of walkers around enjoying the lovely day. When the tide is right you can walk from the head land out to the island, but unfortunately we were not able to stay there until the tide turned.

 

 

 

welsh travel

 

While we were away in the UK the children go the chance to have a go at archery and also were able to hold some birds of prey. These two things seem to be very popular in the UK and so the children were really excited to be able to have a go at these medieval sports.

 

This was a young owl that the falconers were raising by hand. It was very cute and its eyes were so compelling.

 

Then we stumbled across this old water mill where they had been crding fleece and them spinning it and eventually weaving it, all driven by water power. It was very interesting to see but a shame that it was no longer used as a working mill.

 

welsh wanderings

 

We spent some time in wales and had lots of fun driving around this wonderfully lush and green country. We stopped at this sea side town on the west coast It is called Aberayon.

 

These houses are just so beautiful.

 

 

As you can tell the tide was out when we arrived and I just loved these boats left high and dry.

home again. Jiggety Jig.

 

As I said in my last post I have been away on holiday with the family. We decided to go to europe for four months for our one and only family adventure. We have alot of family and friends over there and I was wanting to catch up with them face to face agian. So we started off flying into Heathrow and hired a car to head for Wales. We stopped in the small town of Lyneham where there is an airforce base.

 

There was also this lovely thatch roofed house.

 

As we drove on we passed some small villages with what I would have to call very english churches and cemetries. I do like a good cemetry to wander around in.

 

This was the start of our big adventure and over the next while I will post some more photos while I try to decide what to spin or knit now that I am home again and back into the swing of everyday life.

holidays

if people have been wondering why i have been so quiet in the last few months i must admitt it is because i am on holiday. i am now half way through my holiday. we have travelled around europe visiting family and friends and are now in sicily enjoying the sun and the beach. there has been no knitting and no spinning at all while i have been away. i will have withdrawls soon. hope to upload heaps of photos when i arrive home. hope everyone is well.

mothers day

 

This mothers day I started my day with a visit to an open garden with my parents. The garden was mainly set on 1 acre of steep slope. There were mainly rhododendrons, azaleas and wonderful deciduous trees, including lots of magnolias. It was a a truelly inspiring garden, even more so as my little patch of garden is dominated by gum tree and no autumn colour to speak of. The sheer size of some of the leaves was great to see and walking on fallen crunching leaves is always envocative of childhood.
Then we all headed off to watch #1 child play soccer and then we all headed off to lunch at the nearby tavern for a really nice late lunch. All in All a fantastic day.

 

 

 

more knots

 

These are more Dorea knots that I have been practicing. These will become necklaces for the children.

 

Here we have a braclet and a dragonfly I made. Yes more knots for practice.

 

And for something a little different I thought I would try the sev[en]circle pattern. I really like this wool I have hand dyed myself and it looks good when knitted. The sev[en]circle looks good BUT I decided to frog this because I was not sure I would wear it much and the wool was too nice to use on something I would not wear lots. It is not quite a scarf as it does not sit close to the neck, so there I was frogging something I had knitted. Sad but the right choice.