Knitting and crochet retreat in France

It is the end of the first retreat at Knitting holidays in France - another great week apart from the weather which could have been a bit warmer.
We had six lovely guests from England, Wales, Orkney and the USA, lots of knitting a bit of crochet and plenty of chat.
Our first outing was to Saintes for a bit of shopping and sightseeing

Tuesday was a public holiday so we went to one of the local Brocantes where there was a wonderful mix of bizarre and vintage - I snapped up a bargain buy of 11 balls of pure wool for just 9 euros!

On Wednesday morning we went to Cognac to visit the lovely yarn shop 'My little Mailles' and a bit of shopping in the market.

followed by coffee, cognac and chocolates in the square

On the final day we had a show and tell of all the projects which included a Debbie Abrahams Mystery Cushion, cardigans, shawls and some crochet sea life!

 On the final day everyone made the most of the sunshine.