A sunny day in Paris

We have just had a girl's trip to Paris for a couple of days, the weather was lovely so we spent the first afternoon on the hop on hop off tour bus which is a great way to see this beautiful city.

Knitting and crochet holidays in France - 2017 dates

We have some new dates for 2017 with spaces still available (see below).

Knitting and crochet retreat - 5 spaces available
Sunday 30th April - Friday 5th May 2017

Knitting and crochet retreat - just one space left
Saturday 27th May to Thursday 1st June 2017

Knitting and crochet workshop with tutor Carol Meldrum
Saturday 9th - Saturday 16th September 2017 - 5 spaces available

Knitting and crochet retreat - 5 spaces available
Sunday 24th - Friday 29th September 2017

Knitting and crochet workshop with tutor Debbie Abrahams 
Sunday 22nd - Saturday 28th October 2017 - 5 spaces available

Knitting and crochet retreat - 5 spaces available
Sunday 5th - Friday 10th November 2017

Knitting holidays in France - October knitting retreat

The last retreat for this year has just finished. We have had a fantastic week with plenty of sunshine, lots of outings, masses to eat and a bit of knitting.

We started the week with a visit to the Brocante in Saintes and found a few bargains - metal signs, trays, beads, necklaces and fabric.

On Monday we had a day at home working on projects. There is a good mix of scarves, shawls, gloves, a child's sweater and a lovely X-stitch project.

Dale's scarf and gloves

Anne's completed shawl

Veronica's completed shawl

 Experimenting with double knitting

A bee from my bargain bracelet from the Brocante completes Purl's scarf

Sue's fish sweater

On Tuesday we spent the morning in Cognac shopping and sightseeing, then in the evening we went to Egreteau our local Cognac producer for a tour of the distillery and tastings of Pineau and Cognac.

On Wednesday it was a visit to Saintes, shopping for fabric and yarn at L'Oasis and gifts at Maison du Monde.

 Some amazing fabrics for cushion covers and bags

A lovely gift for me - a Louisa Harding shawl pattern and yarn

For our final outing we went to La Rochelle for the day, starting with a loo break at the Aquarium where there was an amazing exhibition of x-ray photographs.

Followed by a walk in the sunshine around the old port and down to the beach

 where we had a coffee in the sunshine

 and a paddle

 then back to the old port for lunch

 followed by a wander around the shops

 and a visit to the wonderful little yarn and fabric shop Mercerie l'Aguillee

We managed to squeeze in a quick visit to the market in St Jean d'Angely on Saturday morning before the trip to Bordeaux for their flight home.