tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post1036707032060474487..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Shetland - Marie WallinDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-35648488376499333502018-07-22T17:16:50.109+01:002018-07-22T17:16:50.109+01:00Good to know I'm not the only one. I've ne...Good to know I'm not the only one. I've never tried knitting anything particularly big so am nervous about starting something like a jumper, and the charts aren't the simplest to follow with all the different symbols for colours... but maybe I'll try anyway. The house is the one you can see the gable end of in the Mousa picture, and is on the back cover. It's the Burrastow cottage and we spent 3 months there in 1987 inbetween moves. It didn't have mains electricity then, and I loved every moment of staying in it. Of all the houses I've lived in it's the one I'd most like to have now. Since then it's been reunited with Burrastow house (now a hotel) and can be rented whilst the hotel is open in spring and summer. It's a magical spot. <br />Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-85969842272421797362018-07-22T00:58:19.412+01:002018-07-22T00:58:19.412+01:00I got a copy of that Marie Wallin book some months...I got a copy of that Marie Wallin book some months ago and love it for many if not most of the reasons that you like it. The landscapes are stunning (which house?) and so are the garments. I wish that I could knit something from the book but charts have me sagging at the knees before I just totally give up. I "might" be able to work out the pattern on paper for myself but really, I just love looking at books like that. My knitting is a great deal less challenging.<br />Ginnynoreply@blogger.com