Invergorden- A day of leisure

Invergorden, Scotland

The Highlands and abode of Nessie

This was one of the last stops on our voyage.   I decided to forgo the trip to see the Loch Ness  Monster and explore this shipbuilding and key Naval location during the second world war.   We walked around the town, visited the museum and lunched at a local coffee shop.   This was the only place that accepted money in pounds (English and Irish),  euros and even krone's,  so a shopping I did do.  The local bank was in a Subway Sandwich Shop!!!!!

Knitting in Scotland May 2018

Scotland- May 30, 2018

As we traveled the Irish Sea toward Scotland we attended great classes. JC Briar is a wonderful, creative and super smart instructor.   We had classes in reading lace patterns,  cables, Brioche and shawl design.   So many things to think about and skills to learn or improve.   If you ever get the opportunity to take one (or more) of her classes, I would highly recommend it..she is brilliant in so many ways.   I know she does Stitches Events https://www.knittinguniverse.com/stitches/ and teaches at Black Sheep in Oregon.

In Scotland - North and South Lanarkshire

The New Lanark Mill

http://www.newlanark.org/visitorcentre/

New Lanark quickly became known under the enlightened management of social pioneer, Robert Owen. He provided decent homes, fair wages, free health care, a new education system for villagers and the first workplace nursery school in the world! Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, New Lanark has been beautifully restored as a living community,

Edinburgh next-til next time..

Knitting and Cruising (The Way Late Update)

Hard to Believe this was a year ago.  

Craft Cruise to Scotland, Ireland, Denmark and Norway. May-June 2018

We started in Copenhagen and spent the day touring through the City and visiting a few yarn shops along the way.

Knit Shop in Copenhagen 

Kindred Knitting on board the ship
Romi's High Sierra Shawl (Craftsy Class)

Our first stop was Isle of Skye, a very remote island in the Hebrides.  

Isle of Skye

Spinning with raw wool

Town of Portree -just some window dressing--gorgeous

Wonder trip- til next time and the next port. 

Cruising and Knitting May 2018

I'm somewhere cruising the waterways of Scotland and Ireland.   The Best Yet is that this is knitting cruise... knitting classes on board ship, touring knit shops and mills, visiting design studios and there is even a Wool Festival in Dublin the day we are there...  
Now I have done a knitting cruise before, (with Cat Borhdi) to Alaska and it was fantastic.  It was 3 years ago and I swore that I'd save up and make a trip every year.  But you know how it is, life gets in the way.   I'm sure that I'm on that ship right now..looking into which knitting cruise to take next..
South America?   Australia and New Zealand??   I guess I should enjoy this trip now...photos and details to follow.

www.craftcruises.com