Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Spring Cleaning Gone Wrong!...and EYF Part 2

Well, you think it would be easy! Spring clean your blog?
Blogger has introduced some new themes to their settings and Mrs. Clever-Clogs here thought she might give her space a trendy and snazzy new look. Wrong!! I like the template I have chosen but am completely stumped as to where all my info has gone. I'm clicking hither and thither on various little icons and hoping to find my sidebar, gadgets et al but they're nowhere to be found. Anyway, don't ask me how I managed to find the 'New Post' thingy but luckily I did so here I am in the meantime and until I can find where I put the back-up template that Blogger kindly instructed me to back-up, I'm afraid we're stuck with this theme for now!
Anyhoot, here's Part 2 of the Edinburgh Yarn Festival, while I still have a laptop because it would be very easy to just throw it out of the nearest window whilst pretending to know what I'm doing with all this technology but all the while, I have no clue!! Enjoy.
I'd love to visit Loop of London one day!

Trendy Young Folk were in abundance

My favourite stall of all owned by Marie Wallin, she of much-adored Fair Isle Knitting

Can only imagine how long that wallhanging took to complete!

Up Close and Personal with some of her Fair Isle Samples

I couldn't leave this one alone. I was almost stalking it!!

Betty, I thought of you when I saw this tartan skirt!

The Wonderful Miss Kate Davies' booth


This Hap (Shetland Blanket) was so soft and luxurious. Lucky Babies who get wrapped up in one of these.




I have no idea what this contraption was. Something to do with spinning, I imagine!







And that is that, as they say, for another year at least. I loved my visit to EYF this year, although it was incredibly busy at the beginning of the day but it soon settled down and after a spot of lunch and a hit of caffeine, I was ready for another forray amongst the knitterati and even managed to buy a few things.
The Textile Garden had so many buttons on their stall, it was very hard to choose but I thought these ones were very pretty. The larger buttons are from a different vendor and are made of clay. I bought the stitch markers because you always need more stitch markers, right?

I love this little bag and have the intention of keeping it for my youngest sister's birthday later this year but it's very tempting to just keep it for myself!

I love this yarn which is from a Scottish Mill and which you can visit to see how they produce their yarn. Coincidentally, it's not far from where my other sister lives.  I feel a train trip to visit my sister wouldn't be of any harm!! While I was waiting to pay for my one skein of loveliness, the German Lady who was in the queue in front of me spent £90 on the same yarn but in a different colour. She turned to me and saw that I was holding only one skein and asked what I was going to do with it. I replied, 'Oh, I'm not sure. I think I'll just sit and look at it for a while'!

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And there we have it. All done and dusted for another year.
Hope you've enjoyed your little visit to Edinburgh with me and you never know, maybe I'll meet you there next year.

Bye for now you Lovely People.
xoxoxoxoxo

6 comments:

  1. I like your new look, Nana! It's sleek and modern (and clean!) Thank you for showing us what you bought and what a yarn festival looks like. My daughter in law and I are meeting up at the Interweave Yarn Festival in Loveland on April 1. I like the idea of just buying one skein because it's a good departure from my old ways when I always thought in terms of big projects. I like the easy breezy hoarding (lol) of yarn much better! I love the color you chose! Yes, I do need more stitch markers. I get all buzzy at the yarn shop and want to buy expensive squishy stuff and then I leave without enjoying all the extras because I don't want to spend TOO much money. I think you were wise to have lunch and caffeine and then have another wander around the stalls. Oh, I love it. Thank you for taking me along!

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    1. Thank you Pom. I totally love your enthusiasm and I think you will have such a good time at your Yarn Festival and what an interesting place name too!!Wish I could come along with you! Re. the bloggy glitches, I've been on Blogger help forum and apparently there are gremlins in the works so it's good to know I'm not the only one having problems with their new looks! Hopefully, things will settle down soon.xxx

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  2. Lovely post. How fantastic to see the Kate Davies has. I'd love to have been there. Thank you for this post, it was the next best thing to going myself. Blessings x

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    1. Thank You, Angela. Perhaps next year you could make a little trip oop North??!xx

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  3. I have been thinking my blog looks very dated lately. So many have a nice pale colors or white as the background. Love yours. The festival looks like it was wonderful.

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    1. A change is as good as a rest, Meredith. Go for it!!xx

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