Yarndale 2013:: part 1

Hello Lovelies,

I don't really know how to begin this post. I'm not sure I can find the words to describe how amazing my day at Yarndale was.

I guess I'll just do my best and hope you lovelies get a flavour of the Yarndale magic.

I know I was lucky to be able to get to this fabulous event and I want to share everything I saw with those of your who were not so fortunate.

I promised lots of photos and I didn't forget....I was madly snapping away all day:0)

 There are so many that I think I had better do two separate posts.

Today it's the Studio and the yarn walk.

On Saturday morning we awoke to thick fog. Thankfully the visibility was not too bad on the motorway. As Mum and I  travelled the smaller , increasingly hilly roads that lead to Skipton we willed it to clear so we could see the lovely hills that surround this special town. 

Despite originally being from this part of the world I'm not that familiar with Skipton it's self so I originally planned to head straight to the Auction mart where Yarndale was being held......but the traffic was at a complete standstill.....was the event so popular?!

Instead we went into town , looking for the train station as I thought there would be directions from there. 

But happily before we even got to the station I spotted Coopers cafe where Lucy and Tracy's studio is.

I said bye to Mum as she was going to spend the day with an old friend.

I took this photo later in the day as I was a bit nervous when I first got out of the car.

The ladies in Coopers directed me towards the stairs when I enquired about the studio..... up a little narrow staircase and  I was there !!

It was relatively  quiet when I arrived and Tracy was very welcoming. We chatted and a steady stream of visitors arrived to "oooooh" and "aaaahh" at the wonderful creative space created by two very talented ladies.

I'm sure these images will be so familiar to many of you and we commented how surreal it felt to be in a room that we knew so well , but had never actually set foot in before.........

Lucy's corner was delightful , my photos are rubbish, I think it was the excitement......

I love the view across the stone roofs and was pleased to finally  see some blue sky.

Happily, within minutes of entering the studio, I had got chatting to another lovely blogger thanks to my daffodill  brooch :0)
Sara and her friend Clare were kind enough to let me join them for a while, we headed back down the cute stairs into the cafe where and we all enjoyed a yummy drink and a ginormous piece of buttery, sticky flapjack while we chatted.......

Energized by caffeine and sugar we set off to seek out the yarn bombed walk through the park .

I had only taken a few steps before I had to stop and capture the buildings and chimneys we passed......

I just love the gorgeous stone architecture of these old mill buildings..........

Soon we were at the station and turned right up a narrow road towards the canal.
There were lots of people gathered near a little bridge and as we got closer we could see what they were looking at.........eek!
We all knew who's handy work this was ....this photo doesn't do it justice, but I love that you can see our three shadows all taking a photo ..........

Here's a better close up .........too cute !!!

It was so nice that many visitors and locals were enjoying coming across this fun display....who could not smile at these sweet little duckies :0)

once across the bridge we were into the park and smiling at more yarny goodness.........

The park was looking gorgeous , with just the start of Autumn colour...........

It was so pleasant to wander along chatting with new friends and following the wooly markers of the route to Yarnadle........

It was such a tranquil space and again so familiar thanks to Lucy and Heather's blog posts .......

All the lamp posts had these yarny " leg Warmers" ( as Lucy later told me the children had called them )

Once out of the park we were a little uncertain of the route but then we spotted it....Bunting!!........

We wondered if we would be able to spot our own donations......ummmm, not these lovely triangles......

Then we got our first glimpse of Yarndale's home through the trees...........

All the while we were admiring the bunting that lined the route and I was saying ( hopefully not screeching ) "Oooh Look !" by the time I spotted bunting with YARNDALE written on it......

Then there was more........

And more..... why didn't I think of this ? So many imaginative , clever and kind crafty people.

This one , displayed on a gorgeous dry stone wall, was so effective.......

By now we were nearly there and I was a little sad to have got to the end of the stunning yarn walk. 

There was just time to admire the prettily decorated trees before it was time to go inside.....

But more on that next time :0)

Back soon with  Yarndale part two.
Jacquie x