Actually you CAN drive from England to Shetland! You just drive through Scotland to Aberdeen and then take the P & O ferry from there to Lerwick, Shetland. The ferry takes 11 hours to get there! When I went there with a friend, Sandy Millikin, we had a sleeping room which was located below the deck where the cars are stored but above the ship's engines. Slept in the upper bunk Or rather didn't sleep much as I felt like I was going to get tossed out onto the floor! Shetland was Wonderful! Mostly single track roads outside of Lerwick. LOTS of sheep and some ponies. Sandy learnt to knit in the shetland style from a yarn shop owner. We shopped EVERYWHERE for hand knit goodies and saw several of the exquisite shetland shawls. She bought a Shetland Fair Isle sweater that was specially made for her by a little old lady in the Northern part of the Shetland Isles. I bought several pairs of Fair Isle gloves and had Sandy knit me a Fair Isle sweater from a picture of one in a Shetland brochure. Sandy was a very skilled knitter (and bobbin lacemaker) and could figure out how to do them just by taking a few measurements and seeing a picture!
We even found some lacemaking bobbins in Lerwick. Funny multicolor plastic ones! A lady in one of the knit shops was teaching a few folks on the islands how to make bobbin lace. We had already spent the first part of our month over in Scotland visiting with Sheila Joss learning how to make New Pitsligo lace. Lots of great memories of that trip and would gladly hop on a plane to visit there again! And revisit Iona and Edinburgh as well! Didn't get any lace related stuff for Christmas as I don't have a DH to buy them for me! So I'll send for some goodies myself :-) but it has to wait until the Christmas VISA bill is paid :-0 Trish in cold, rainy West Virginia. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
