Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Yarn Along - Italia

Santa Magherita, Ligurie
You know it's been a good holiday when you've managed to read a whole book (The Great Gatsby) and your knitting is visibly much bigger than it was before you left!  For our 12th wedding anniversary Richard organized a family break to Italy - a fantastic beach front hotel, perfect weather and to top it all off he did all the driving.

My Barn Sweater is coming along nicely.  I like that it is knit almost in one piece, for obvious sewing reasons, but this does make for long repetitive rows.


The sun rise from our hotel room balcony was beautiful...


...and the down town 'shopping district' so 'appetising'!






Santa Magherita
Oh, and I almost forgot.   Twelve or so years ago when we decided to get married we were building our house, and despite many well thought out arguments I couldn't convince Richard that a diamond engagement ring was as, if not more, important than a cement mixer/power tools etc.....
But now it's all finished, (is a house ever really finished), so guess what I got?


A delightful coffee cup! nah just kidding - a beautiful diamond solitaire ring!!! (my wedding band was my mothers).

Joining Ginny for this weeks Yarn Along.  
What are you creating this week?
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17 comments:

  1. sustainablemumOctober 28, 2015 at 10:03 AM

    Your ring is lovely, look like it was worth the wait :). Was it a surprise? Your holiday looks wonderful I hope it was really relaxing.

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    1. EMMAOctober 28, 2015 at 8:14 PM

      Thank you. It was a semi-surprise - we went shopping for a ring with a budget in mind and this one kinda blew it!! so for me the surprise was that Richard offered to buy it for me all the same.

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  2. Pioneer Woman at HeartOctober 28, 2015 at 11:22 AM

    Congrats on that wonderful vacation and the ring is beautiful. What an awesome job he did at getting you all away. And a beachfront hotel too? Wow!

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  3. LisaOctober 28, 2015 at 1:39 PM

    Beautiful! The sunrise, the knitting, the shops, the wine, and the ring! Congratulations on 12 years! :)

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  4. stephOctober 28, 2015 at 2:09 PM

    Oh, my!!! What a wonderful vacation AND surprise ring. You definitely have a keeper there!!!! Hoping the next 12 are every bit as wonderful.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 28, 2015 at 3:07 PM

    awww lovely ring and lovely trip! congrats

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  6. NatalieOctober 28, 2015 at 3:48 PM

    Those desserts!

    Emma, I left a reply to your comment on my blog about the holes in the leaf buttons. Then I thought I'd pop over here to leave the message just in case you didn't have a chance to see it. The buttons shown have larger holes than I usually put in as I figured they would be on bulkier knits, but if you like, I can make up a few that have holes large enough to handle bulky weight yarn. If I know how many you need by Friday (the 30th), they would go in through the next kiln firing and be finished in about 3 weeks. FYI the finished buttons are about 1 3/4" to 1 7/8" long.
    Thanks for stopping by.

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  7. DonnaOctober 28, 2015 at 4:07 PM

    That is heaven - knitting on a balcony overlooking the water in Italy! Now add a diamond ring? You are a lucky lady. Enjoy!

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  8. CarolineOctober 28, 2015 at 5:40 PM

    How wonderful!!!! That sounds just about perfect to me, you lucky thing ;-)

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  9. LauraLillyLauraOctober 28, 2015 at 6:33 PM

    What a fab trip!! Love the barn sweater I was thinking about making one. Love your new ring, how exciting.

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  10. deborahOctober 28, 2015 at 8:31 PM

    What a glorious vacation!

    But then I live in KS, U.S.A. And I love Kansas, but I am intrigued with France and England and Italy and all the beauty, old buildings, and good food!

    Your sweater is amazing. I have never knitted a big project. I'm going to try a blanket sometime!

    What a fun anniversary gift the ring is! :)

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  11. Kim October 28, 2015 at 9:38 PM

    Happy Anniversary! So worth the wait for your ring, it is stunning. How wonderful to be whisked away on a vacation, looks like you had a great time.

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  12. EliseOctober 28, 2015 at 11:50 PM

    Aw what a lovely gift! And great job on the knitting - I kinda like knitting in one piece for the repetitive rows but it can get a bit boring after a while :)

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  13. AnkeOctober 29, 2015 at 1:15 AM

    Happy Anniversary!! What a beautiful trip and gift you got. Italy is fantastic, isn't it?

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  14. UnknownOctober 29, 2015 at 11:31 PM

    Happy anniversary! What a great trip! Is that a Kindle cozy?? It's awesome!

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  15. Andrea @ This Knitted LifeNovember 1, 2015 at 3:53 PM

    You are knitting in Italy?!?? I die of jeaously. Fun to find your blog. Great ring. You earned it, I am sure.

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  16. ionaNovember 2, 2015 at 9:40 AM

    How lovely! I love Italy, only thing I dislike is how noisy it is in the cities haha!
    Happy anniversary!

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