Sunny Stirling

I went to Scotland for the weekend to scope out the accommodation for KnitCamp.

What a lovely place Stirling is:



This is a little path round one of the student residences.

There's a lake in the middle of the campus:



There are lots of places, both inside and out, that will be just the ticket for sitting and knitting and chatting and generally enjoying oneself. If you aren't coming, I really think you are missing a treat.

This pair look like they could do with some knitted items:



(I expect they will have, come August.)

We had meetings all morning and saw all over the campus - some lovely little wooden chalets down by the lake look really nice.

In the afternoon we had a little recreation.

We took a felting class with Ewa Kuniczak (one of the tutors at KnitCamp):



(that's Ewa, with the pink and blue hair).

We had such fun. Ewa taught us to make a felted picture and then how to make beads and other felted shapes.

This is my picture:



Cheryl made a washing line:



and Jo made a tempest scene, with a handmaiden offering a golden orb to placate the goddess:



(actually, I just made that last bit up.)

I would certainly recommend anyone who has even the faintest interest in felting to consider taking a class with Ewa; she certainly taught me a lot.

There was knitting but I've taken no photographs so you will just have to wait with bated breath.

I leave you with Saturday back field in Scotland:



Don't you wish you were coming?