September 2015 Knitting and crochet retreat in France

The weather has been kind to us again for the retreat this week with wall to wall sunshine.
Mary arrived with a gift of a lovely lacy shawl (the Icelandic Spring shawl) she has made for me designed by Helene Magnusson and knitted in Namolio Linen.

By the end of the first day Sandra had finished her first project, a lovely shrug called Allegro by Purl Alpaca Designs.

We have managed one shopping trip so far into Saintes, starting with yarn, pattern books & fabric

closely followed by shoes, no prizes for guessing who bought them...............

Mary bought socks - sparkly and patterned

and Sandra has bought some of my Aslan trends alpaca blend

Pumpkin soup with cheesy toasts for starters tonight from my giant pumpkin