Sultans of Silk

What you can stumble across in the cobbled streets of historical Sultanahmet;


This is silk rug shop and this young fellow is sitting in the entrance spinning from natural organic silk (look at the gorgeous silk cocoons in the right corner!) which they then weave into rugs there and then. I must add, they must have surpassed stardom status because as we were gasping in awe and clicking away with our cameras and videos, he just carried on nonchalantly as if we weren't even there.

10 Reasons to Love Turkey...

In no particular order;

1. Four different seas to swim in (Black, Marmara, Aegean and Med).
2. Plentiful natural herbs and spices.
3. Istanbul. No explanation required.4. Yarn.
5. The exotic mix of traditional and modern life.
6. Always somewhere outside to go with the kids whatever the season.
7. Yarn.
8. Friendly neighbours.
9. Amazing arts and crafts - and everybody doing them!
10. Yarn. Sorry, but it's just so exciting.

Arrows Stitch Pattern

Arrows

I shared this in my newsletter a few months back, so some of you may remember it. I love the simplicity of it yet it looks so complex. And it works up really quickly. The instructions are quite straightforward;

Cast on a number of stitches divisible by 7, plus 2.

1st Row: P2, *yon, sl1, K1, psso, K1, K2tog, yon, P2, repeat from * to end.
2nd Row: K2, *P5, K2, repeat from * to end.
3rd Row: P2, *K1, yon, sl1, K2tog, psso, yon, K1, P2, repeat from * to end.
4th Row: As 2nd row.

These 4 rows form the pattern! I'd love to see if anyone has used this stitch so far.