Whenever I can, I sneak into blogger to upload what I can. This morning again, I was able to somehow share this wonderful NORO yarn purchased while visiting the show. It is a Silk (45%), Kid Mohair (45%) and Lamb's Wool (10%) mix with wonderful colours that the pictures do not do any justice.

This beauty is 50 grams (and indeed expensive compared to what we would have paid for an equivalent over here), so the Helix Scarf recently offered by Knitting Daily would be a perfect match.

Talking of NORO which is Japanese, I want to stress my deep sadness over what the country is going through. About time every one starts seriously considering the nuclear energy and thus, the future of our planet and mama nature!
   

      

Above is from the DMC stand at l'aiguille en fête!
 

And an amazing lady Natalie Mei with her stitching. The picture of the stitching below is high resolution. Please click on the picture to see details ... Amazing!

 

    

 

Is this possible?

2000 participants and +54 kilometres of knitting :)

L'écharpe des records

  

    

European Quilt Association

    

   

Have you heard of Sophie Digard?

 

It's all Lisa's fault :) It is through her that I heard of Sophie Digard and her creations! As Lisa says, they will never go out of style. I had to see them in person to really appreciate why Lisa is so mesmerized with them. And I do not blame her!

The Selvedge stand at l'aiguille en fete were displaying some wonderful pieces and I could not possibly stop myself from buying a couple of the beauties. I think we all need to treat ourselves every-once-in-a-while :) N'est ce pas?
       

All beautifully handmade from very fine pure wool ... Handspun ... Hand-dyed ... And as far as I am concerned, naturally dyed. Stunning!

   

   

While visiting the show l'aiguille en fete, I met wonderful people. Among them are Hélène and Valérie. Two exceptional ladies

Hélène Magnússon
TRICOTEUSE D'ISLANDE

Hélène has various books but the one for us is "ICELANDIC KNITTING using Rose Patterns".

She is currently working on a second knitting book about old Icelandic knitter Aðalbjörg Jónsdóttir and her amazing lace dresses, expected 2012.

I am looking forward to her new book and am aiming to be one of the first to order :) Do not also miss to visit her blog and look for her at Ravelry ... If you see her, please say hello from me :)

The other lovely lady, neighbouring Hélène was Valérie Lejeune ... Valérie would be known to any stitcher but incase you have not yet heard of her, DO NOT miss her books ... They are a stitcher's bible! And they are worth every penny. It is so very stupid of me that I missed taking her contact details :( but just google her name and you will have loads of links to her books.

           

   
I want to present you with a few pictures of the antique lace exhibitions by two Belgian companies mentioned earlier. Both 't Apostelientje and Serena were very generous and kind to allow us visitors to freely picture their collection. I was very impressed with their peaceful, welcoming and comforting attitude. Dank u!

You can contact them by clicking on the titles. 't Aposelientje has a webpage where you can see what they have to offer but Serena can only be contacted via her e-mail address for inquiries, if any.

't Apostelientje

Serena