Monday 31 May 2010

Tarndwarncoort



'Tarndwarncoort' is now indelibly marked in the hearts of the six of us (Snb Rosanna) who ventured to the Western District to stay at the National Trust Property, Tarnwarndcoort. The property has been in the Dennis family for around 150 years and Wendy, Dave and Tom Dennis are wonderful hosts.


We stayed in the historic homestead, where we could sit on the verandah and knit, taking in the view and the sounds that surrounded us.
From our kitchen, breakfast room we sat and
knit around the fire with the most wonderful view of the shop! It was a real trial to make the trek across the yard and decide what purchases we 'needed' to make. Made worse by staying from Friday afternoon till Sunday afternoon, by being able to go back and make that 'extra' purchase.
As this was mostly self catering we managed to provide a wonderful feast each night and the 'leftover' lunch on Sunday was magnificant. We even managed to make S'mores - Graham crackers, Hershe chocolate and toasted marshmallows. Even my sweet tooth could only take two! But we did giggle.


Here are my purchases!













And, I did manage to get some spinning done. I finished the extra yarn from the puff yarn, spinning a single and navaho plying. It now goes into the stash to wait with its' partner for inspiration!
The blue is some Wendy Dennis rovings, plyed with blue cotton.
I must admit that both were plyed when I got home. I was tired and on a roll!



3 comments:

Chiara Z said...

That sounds like a great weekend:)

Leonie said...

Oh Joy, I expect to see those purchases in person tomorrow!

Amy said...

It was great, wasn't it?