Pattern: Soft Kid Bubble
by Laura Irwin
from Boutique Knits
Yarn is KnitPicks Andean Treasure, which is gorgeous. So lovely to knit with that I've gone right ahead and started to make Camden with the same yarn but in a warm chocolate colour. Mine will have a V neck. I've just got the sleeves to do. Pics will follow, (sometime.)
A couple of weeks ago the fella and I packed up the car with bags, snacks and dog and set off on a 12 hour drive to Hilton Head, South Carolina. We started out at midnight and drove south through the darkness. It was exciting for about the first 20 minutes!! I love the idea of a road trip but get a bit fidgity and frustrated when confined to a small space for such a long time.
We shared the driving but I am unable to sleep while traveling so I was thoroughly exhausted on our arrival in the south.
Dawn broke somewhere in North Carolina where the scenery consisted of empty fields, then petrol stations and fast food stops at every intersection. The boredom was broken by the sight of huge brightly painted billboards advertising the coming attraction of
South of the Border. We had to stop there. It was around 8am so nothing was open.
I loved all the brightly coloured animals - the car looked right at home there!
After a quick nose-powder, I went looking for my traveling partners. This is where I found them!!
I'm sure I could've unloaded a few greenbacks at the giftshops but we couldn't wait around for opening time. It was back on the road to complete our journey.
Lucky loved the beach!
She had a blast running in and out of the surf.
I had not planned my wardrobe accordingly and laughed at how ridiculous I must've looked trying to run through the sand in heels!!
After spending some time with the fella's folks, (it was his step-dad's 80th birthday!!), we headed a little further south to Savannah, Georgia.
I fell instantly in love with Savannah. It was the Spanish Moss that did it for me. So creepily beautiful. I took about a million photos of the trees.
I popped into Wild Fibre where there was a very friendly group of knitters settled in for the afternoon. Wish I could've stayed longer!
We stayed in a lovely hotel by the river.
It was sad to leave such a beautiful and friendly city. The southern accents cracked me up - it sounded like everyone was putting them on! Thats probably what people think about me!!
I popped into Wild Fibre where there was a very friendly group of knitters settled in for the afternoon. Wish I could've stayed longer!
We stayed in a lovely hotel by the river.
It was sad to leave such a beautiful and friendly city. The southern accents cracked me up - it sounded like everyone was putting them on! Thats probably what people think about me!!
The drive home was long and tiring. We don't plan on doing it all in one go again but with a dog in tow and only 2 days off work we made the best of what we had.
It was someone else's birthday recently. (Well, officially he only gets a birthday once every 4 years, but that doesn't seem very fair!)
I baked!!
He requested either banana cake with chocolate icing or chocolate cake with banana icing. I went with the former. It was yummy!!
More birthdays... Happy Birthday to Mumbly & Soft Jack for the 13th and 14th respectively and for my big sis, Liz, on the 24th - Have a fabulous time in Mexico!!!!
Completely unrelated - Don't you love what my new ice cube tray makes?
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That cake is summat else. (Translation for those not emanating from Derbyshire. "My dear daughter that cake looks perfectly splendid")
Soft Jack
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