Saturday, October 30, 2010

A bit of Retail Therapy and Nobody Laughed....

The Knitting and Stitching Show came to Dublin over this weekend and I brought my post-op Mother along...'cos that the type of thing we do after surgery! She wanted to go. She, as I'm sure I've mentioned before, is a weaver and was keen to get some supplies. She did however, only go to the stands where she had specific things to get...and some more random ones that caught her eye...in fact I think she might have been to them all! And there were a lot! The whole show was jammed with people of all ages, all on a mission to see as much as possible, and to buy all the things they "needed". Maeve came with me and it was so lovely to have her to help me chose things and I must admit that I felt like teenager in her company, not the pulled and dragged mother I feel like nearly all the rest of the time...it was good to have a day out. My sweet husband minded the 3 little ones. So it was a great day apart from the terrible weather, which left driving conditions less than good, and on the walk in and out of the show, we got thoroughly soaked! It was quite a distance.

I was in search of 10mm knitting needles and saw lots...but what did I pick up only 8mm needles! And some lovely undyed merino mix yarn.



There was a really nice travelling shop from London called M Rosenberg and Son, where I got some lovely cotton lawn. It is so pretty. They had so many lovely fabrics, including bright yellow wool coating....I'm kinda glad I didn't get that, as much as I loved it! I did get two lawns, but this is my favourite...



I also picked up some quilting cottons, these three are Moda Neptune, I was always sorry I didn't get a jelly roll of this when I had a chance a year ago...anyway...



I also picked up a few ceramic beads to make a necklace for me...



Maeve also got some lovely beads.

But after reading Amanda's post on Kitschy Coo on leather, and since my mother recently bought some leather for making gussets of woven bags...when I saw these small leather skins (for 5 Euro...which is nothing!) I bought 3, (taupe, pale blue and blue/black)...my mother, it turned out had already bought 3 as well!!! Great minds.



Also after my conversations with Andrea, about her "Stipend" for fabric and wool shopping, I'm glad I set myself no limits...I would have only broken them!

By the way, I wore the head-piece to the wedding, which is now a week ago...thanks for all the advice...No-one laughed at me, or at least I didn't hear them!
In fact we gave a couple of our neighbours a lift home, and I asked Colm to throw my Lady Grey coat into the back (3rd) row of seats to make room for our passengers, the wife said..."Oh, your coat is gorgeous, I was admiring it in the church...you looked a million dollars in it!" Then I told her I had made it...hardly anyone knows I make clothes.
My brother-in-law also told me I looked well, and that he liked the "yoke" in my hair (that's local speak for thing-a-me-jig) although he also told me my dress was a bit low in one spot! Good job I know he also couldn't care less! It is his idea of being polite and complimentary, rather than leering and pervy!
This is us at the end of the night, a bit be-draggled!

8 comments:

Nicole said...

Nice to hear that you had a good day at the Dublin Show. Those shows are always very tempting to spend a lot, I know...
You look very nice in your outfit with that "yoke" and your shorter hair. Looks at if you really had a great night telling from the photo...

Joy said...

I look forward to the day when I can have that kind of give and take with my girls. Actually, my boys do that somewhat - I guess watching me sew these years has helped them cultivated their own fabric opinions!

And those fabrics you found are all gorgeous.

Heather said...

The show sounds wonderful! I miss those types of things now that we live away from the city. So glad you had a wonderful time and your mother was well enough to come along!
I love all your fabric choices, too!!

Millie said...

Thanks Nicole...We did have a good night..but as you can probably tell C gets tired of a shirt and tie after a few hours...most of the men at the wedding looked fairly similar by this hour, most of them being farmers!
I knew I would be spending in Dublin, so I saved my pennies! It is easy, though!

Thank you Joy, I am very pleased with the all fabrics. One day you will have this with all your lovely girls. Sadly my older kids seldom get a chance to have time with me on my own.

Heather, we are about 1.5hrs from the show, but all the crap weather and drenching rain was worth walking and driving through to get there! And thank you, I am really pleased with my purchases too!

Val said...

Love that lawn print! So pretty. Aren't shows like that fun? My mother-in-law and sister-in-law and I attended a big quilting show last year....it was like drowning in a giant vat of Moda fabrics. So beautiful, and such great access to things that one can't always find in the local shops.

Millie said...

Thanks Val..I love the lawn too, but for now, I'm working on winter coats, I think they're a bit more practical for the season.
I agree about the shows, definitly fun, but you'd really need to back for a second day to get through it all. I enjoyed picking up things I don't usually see, like you say, in the local shops.

Andrea said...

What pretty, pretty things! You know, I made a list, too, the other day, and was saved only by the fact that the shop didn't have 3 of the 5 needles I was looking for:) It would have been expensive otherwise. I did get some lovely purple yarn to go with, so that takes care of November:) I'm looking forward to see what you make with all these lovely bits.

Millie said...

Thanks Andrea..the cream Merino mix is knitted up...must take a photo! I hope you're sticking to your own self-imposed stipend?!...I'll be checking up on you!

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