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Tuesday 30 September 2014

Yarndale and Yorkshire Dales

Good morning to you all!

I haven't written a post for such a long time but the last week was so busy, busy, busy that I just couldn't work round to write a line. My mother came to visit (she is living more than 400 km away from us) because my husband and I wanted to take a break from everyday life. It's been our 16th wedding day and we decided to go to Yorkshire for a couple of days. So my mother agreed to take care of the children, the dog and the house and off we went! We have never been to Yorkshire before but I have always wanted to go there and I was keen to visit Yarndale as well, of course!

On Sunday then we went to Skipton, parked our car near the train station and had a lovely morning walk through the Aireville Park to Yarndale. What a feast for the eyes! There's been so much gorgeous yarnbombing in the park.

 
And then, tickets and brochure bought, it was into the entrance hall where there was so much more colourful crochet bunting than I have ever seen before.

 
 And then there were all the gorgeous mandalas that have been sent to Lucy from attic24.
 


I neglected to take more photos of the vendors - too busy looking round. My husband soon left me for some other distraction...
 That's me visiting Yarndale, maybe not the best foto in the world but it reveals a lucky me! 

There were, of course, absolutely loads of fantastic vendors and lots of amazing yarns. I just couldn't stop touching all this soft and precious yarn. And I did some shopping, of course. Not too much because I have so many, many projects in my basket that want to be finished first. But there is no point in visiting a yarn market without buying any yarn, isn't there? 
 This is Drops Alpaca yarn in a beautiful green that will match with my winter coat just perfectly. It is a very light and soft yarn, I could have bought all the different colours!

 This is also a Drops yarn, a baby merino in a wonderful raspberry shade together with one ball of soft pink. I don't know what I will make out of it, but I just had to buy it.
And the last one... A silk and alpaca mix for a wonderful lace shawl. Something luxurios, I will take my time to find the perfect pattern for such beautiful yarn. 

This is quite a long post now and I haven't written a word about our wonderful trip to the Yorkshire dales. I will soon come back and write about it. These four days were absolutely lovely and I'll tell you more about it next time.
Sorry that I haven't had the time to read your blog posts and write some comments. As soon as there is a little time slot again, I will catch up with all that has happened the last two weeks. 
Have a beautiful day! Viola

8 comments:

  1. Hello Viola! How wonderful that you were able to visit Yorkshire and go to Yarndale!!! :)
    Thanks for your lovely post and nice photos!
    It is lovely to read all about it, wish I could have been there, too!
    Glad you came back with some stunning yarn 'loot' from there!
    Looking forward to see what you will make out of it!
    Have a nice week!
    Ingrid xx
    http://myfunkycrochet.blogspot.be

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  2. hi,
    i follow your blog and now I've met you without realising- i' m grandma jo - thespannerworks - and when you came to my stand i admired your necklace! now i see from the photo that its you ! so , nice to meet you- and i will enjoy reading your blog even more! thank you for the delightful photos- i was too busy to leave the stand ,so didn't get to see the fabulous yarn bombing . jo x

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    1. It's really funny that we met without knowing! I can't really remember exactly who you are because there have been quite a few people who commented on my necklace. But as I have looked at your Etsy shop I think your stand was the one with all the colourful crazy crochet blankets, scarfs and shawls, wasn't it? I really admire what you are doing. Do you also write a blog? I couldn't find any but I would be curious if you did. Hugs, Viola

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  3. I'm so pleased that you got some photos of the yarn bombing in the park as I missed that on my trip, those bikes are brilliant. You came home with some gorgeous yarn, I love the colour of the Drops Alpaca, I missed most of that stall as it was so crowded and I couldn't get anywhere near. As a Yorkshire girl myself I'm looking forward to reading about the rest of your time here.

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    1. I was lucky that I visited Yarndale on Sunday. It was less crowded than on Saturday, so I had a chance to have a look at the Drops stand. I will write the post about our beautiful trip to the Yorkshire dales this weekend. You are really lucky living there, it is such a wonderful place in the world. Hugs, Viola

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  4. Hello Viola

    Thank you, thank you so much for sharing your brilliant pictures of Yarndale. I feel as if I had been there.

    Your new yarn looks so interesting and I love the colours of the Baby Merino - it looks so soft and cuddly.

    luv
    irene
    xxxx

    luv
    irene
    xxxx

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  5. Hello Viola! Awesome that you went to Yarndale!! I love drops yarn , it seems a good balance cost/quality! I'm waiting for the pictures of Yorkshire! Have a great week end!:::Silvia

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  6. I was at Yarndale on the Saturday. I only bought a wooden crochet hook! There was so much beautiful wool that I couldn't decide what to buy.

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