It's been a very busy Bank Holiday Weekend, starting with our meet up at the Nimble Thimble on Saturday. There was a meet up last year but I didn't go to that one so I haven't seen these ladies in at least two years, maybe longer. There was ten of us this time and It was lovely to be in the company of like minded people again and just to enjoy some uninterrupted stitching time.
The Nimble Thimble is situated on the Welsh boarder and just over an hours drive away, it's a lovely drive, mostly through beautiful countryside. The shop itself is in a lovely place by the river, with beautiful views all around.
The shop is packed full of wonderful stitching goodies, you really are spoilt for choice, although on this particular visit I didn't buy anything, can you believe that! I have been feeling a little overwhelmed of late with the amount of things I have and to buy yet more charts to just put into stash just wasn't sitting well with me, so I came away empty handed this this time.
I did save my new start for Saturday though, Wildflowers by The Blue Flower is a chart I purchased last year, the fabric I got at my visit to the NEC in March and as part of my Christmas present my daughter, Jenny had bought me all the threads for it.
I managed to get the first five words stitched while at the meet up plus a bit more over Saturday evening.
My fabric is 28 count and I think it's looking on the large side, the recommended fabric is 40 count, there is no way I would see the holes on that high count, an alternative was 36 count, which I can see but my eyes get tired when stitching on it and I'm not a fan of 32 count. I'm hoping it will look better when I start adding the flowers.
Stevie and Darren's wedding is getting ever closer, only a little over four weeks until we fly now! The girls had organised a hen party for her on Saturday so I drove straight from the Nimble Thimble to meet them all at a local Greek restaurant where we had a lovely meal. Following the meal they were all going on to a cocktail bar, I opted out of that part of the night and left the younger ones to it.
Day two of the Hen weekend was The Bear Grylls Adventure at the NEC. As the name suggests it's a place to take part in various activities and challenges, there's rock climbing, an assault course, swimming with sharks, zipwire, and indoor sky diving, plus others.
Stevie had said she would like to do some kind of activity but some of the 'hens' couldn't be persuaded to join this part of the weekend so just six of us went yesterday.
The activities are pre-booked and some of them we couldn't do because they were booked up, I would have liked to try shooting, but there were no places available yesterday. The girls opted for the height ropes. I'm not a fan of heights so sat and had a coffee while they did this one.
Standing at 65 feet this is the tallest high ropes course in Europe. It really didn't look very high from the ground but the girls said it certainly did from the top!!
We did archery next and guess who excelled at that, lol. I really enjoyed archery and would quite happily have carried on for longer than our allotted time.
The girls did hammer throwing next which I sat out but wish I'd done now as they said it was really good then lastly we did the escape room challenge. I thought I might like this but in reality It was too many people with ideas all talking at once, it wasn't for me.
In between we went on the assault course and I've confirmed that my legs are no longer as strong as they once were, lol, although the instructor said we were the best group he had ever had and had given him a laugh, and we all had a great day.
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9 comments:
That sounds exciting.
Barbarax
An exciting weekend you had. I would love to have a needlework shop within an hour's drive. I have to order everything, but I definitely know how you feel about being overwhelmed by all you already have. I have more works in progress than I have ever had in my entire stitching life. I NEED to finish some so I can feel sane again. I also just don't like 32 count. It is that odd count that one strand is too little but 2 strands is too much. I like 36 when I have to do smaller. I think that stitch will be just fine when you have added more than just the words. Stay with it is my advice:)
Goodness, you've certainly had a busy time and an exciting time :)
Happy May Wishes.
All the best Jan
What a great post .
You have been busy .
Like your new stitch .
Have a great week.
The Needle Thimble looks like a real treasure chest, you'll want to rummage through it. I like to embroider on 40ct but the light has to be right, if it's too dark it gets too tiring.
Great climbing tower, that would be something for my kids, and I like archery too.
It was definitely an exciting trip.
Enjoy your week, Martina
It sounds you have enjoyed the week end.
Have a nice afternoon,
Miriam
Looks like you had a blast at the hen weekend. So nice to see folk enjoying themselves again. xx
Sounds like a fun and exciting weekend, Maggie! I'm with you on heights--no way! But, I still remember being a complete and utter failure when we had a chapter on archery in physical education at school. My poor arrow just kept falling right on the ground :)
What an exciting weekend you had.
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