Sunday, 6 December 2009

Knitter's Envy

A couple of weekends ago we decided to do a trip around the Scandinavian Christmas fairs in London. Last year we picked up some great goodies at the Finnish church & this year we thought we'd try the Norwegian & Swedish ones too.

Sadly the Finnish fair was so busy we couldn't get in but we got to discover the wonder that is glogg at the Swedish church & also to hear Anne sing in their fabulous choir (no photos of this I'm afraid as I didn't want to put her off with my snapping).

The Norwegian fair was also lots of fun. We especially liked the huge stall of handknitted items. Paul & I decided to get each other some early Christmas presents there. Here's what we got:


Some beautiful fingerless gloves for Paul.


A hat for me.


I'm so in love with these slippers!


Loved these tube socks, especially the spiral rib design.


It makes me feel rather ashamed that I've been knitting these same ribbed socks since the summer. I'm now too ashamed to show my face at the college knitting group as it seems so sad to turn up with the same old sock each week. There's a new year's resolution for me: I promise to be a become a better knitter in 2010.

2 comments:

Lottie said...

We don't mind if you bring the same socks every week - it will be lovely to see you!

Kerry said...

Thanks Charlotte. Maybe I'll bring them along on Wednesday after all. : )