Oh what a time we had @Koigu & Philosophers
Tucked away in rural Ontario are two of the finest wool suppliers/dyers/pattern writers/book publishers/teachers - to be found.... right in our backyard...
Our Grey Heron knitters "Yarn Crawl" was the second part to our WWKIP week.
Early Saturday the bus picked us up to head to Koigu. We're all excited, laughing and carrying on and didn't notice that we were not on directional track for Koigu... We were touring the Bruce county countryside much to our dismay... After resetting our course we managed to drive along a "not in use" gravel barely wide for the bus country road... OMG!!! under statement... As the tree branches scraped along the sides the tires were rolling over fallen trees we emerged to a clearing- one quick call and we were rumbling along the sideroad to the Koigu driveway.
Two super excited dogs along with Maie, Taiu and Kersti were there to greet us. Knitters from Port Elgin and Southampton were also there to meet up with us. Some of the group headed on a quick tour while others marvelled at the yarns. Situated in the samples room you could find most of us- drooling over the knitwear.
The girls hauled out their lists of queued projects to get an idea of quantity of yarn needed to purchase. Reds, purples, blues, mixed... If you notice a sudden spike in the local financial economics - you know what it's from!!! soon, you will see finished project pics - when ready...
Onto to Port Elgin and lunch with our local knitting group. If you are lunching in the Port, do stop @ Allan's Fireside Grill on Green St - great food- great service - fab patio -
Off we head to PW - not far I say...spoke too soon... After a bit of round and round another quick call to Eugene and we're back on track... We pull up to their lovely property surrounded by a garden of lupins, peonies, clematis - all in bloom... gorgeous!! Some head out for a tour of the farm, some inside for a demo with Ann and some straight into the skylite wool room for more inspiration... books, skeins, sheep out in the pasture, sunshine, knitwear- we had it all...
A group head out to the kit studio for a browse around the colours and for sure you know bags of kits follow them back to the main studio.
All n all, even considering the unscheduled tours of the highways and sideroads of BruceGrey county, just to have a fun day with your friends - can't beat it!!!
Check out the colours- Jasmine turns her back - she's shy...
Next year - KIP day - on the road again... to ???
Our Grey Heron knitters "Yarn Crawl" was the second part to our WWKIP week.
Early Saturday the bus picked us up to head to Koigu. We're all excited, laughing and carrying on and didn't notice that we were not on directional track for Koigu... We were touring the Bruce county countryside much to our dismay... After resetting our course we managed to drive along a "not in use" gravel barely wide for the bus country road... OMG!!! under statement... As the tree branches scraped along the sides the tires were rolling over fallen trees we emerged to a clearing- one quick call and we were rumbling along the sideroad to the Koigu driveway.
Two super excited dogs along with Maie, Taiu and Kersti were there to greet us. Knitters from Port Elgin and Southampton were also there to meet up with us. Some of the group headed on a quick tour while others marvelled at the yarns. Situated in the samples room you could find most of us- drooling over the knitwear.
The girls hauled out their lists of queued projects to get an idea of quantity of yarn needed to purchase. Reds, purples, blues, mixed... If you notice a sudden spike in the local financial economics - you know what it's from!!! soon, you will see finished project pics - when ready...
Onto to Port Elgin and lunch with our local knitting group. If you are lunching in the Port, do stop @ Allan's Fireside Grill on Green St - great food- great service - fab patio -
Off we head to PW - not far I say...spoke too soon... After a bit of round and round another quick call to Eugene and we're back on track... We pull up to their lovely property surrounded by a garden of lupins, peonies, clematis - all in bloom... gorgeous!! Some head out for a tour of the farm, some inside for a demo with Ann and some straight into the skylite wool room for more inspiration... books, skeins, sheep out in the pasture, sunshine, knitwear- we had it all...
A group head out to the kit studio for a browse around the colours and for sure you know bags of kits follow them back to the main studio.
All n all, even considering the unscheduled tours of the highways and sideroads of BruceGrey county, just to have a fun day with your friends - can't beat it!!!
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| on the bus- there's Carol, Margaret, Audrey Ruth, and Brenda ( http://brenda-bjhf.blogspot.ca/ ) |
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| guess?? www.koigu.com |
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| Koigu samples... fabulous!! |
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| Philosophers room of inspiration... www.philosopherswool.com |
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