So what did we do in England?
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frualeydisA short rendering of our adventures in England - the London days.
Wednesday: We arrived at Stansted around 11 and took the Stansted Express to London. The bus is much cheaper, but since Maja had protested at being forced to sit in my lap for almost 2 hours in the plane I thought it was a better idea to take the train where she could move around. We had planned to dump our stuff in the Left Luggage at Waterloo station, since we were going to catch the train out to Wimbledon from there, and then join a London Walk in Hampstead. Unfortunately it rained a lot so we decided not to and instead spent a rather pointless afternoon looking in shops in the centre of London (mostly Liberty's)and having vegetarian indian food in Bayswater before leaving for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
guyelfkin's place. It was great meeting him again and we spent most of the evening in his sewing room together with him and his friend Meri, looking at fabric and costume and talking a lot. It was really nice and we went to bed a little late.
Thursday: We slept rather well, although Maja woke a couple of times, and got up around eight. After breakfast we headed for Walthamstow, where we spent a very pleasant half day at the market. I bought 2,5 metres navy wool blend for 1£/metre that will probably be turned into a 15th century short-sleeved kirtle and a medium purple skirt. Anna bought this gorgeous cashmere shawl in two tones of blue-grey. Really classy. Me, I go for the more traditional multi-coloured shawls, but Anna has a more minimalist look. I considered buying dangly earrings at some of the very nice indian shops, because I'm in this phase when I really like shiny things, but being allergic ot nickel, I'm a bit wary about buying earrings that doesn't have "nickel-free" or something printed next to them, so I passed. Then we took the bus to Liverpool Street station, because we like going by bus and see where you're going. Maja didn't like it at all and was upset most of the time so I couldn't enjoy it as much as I would have otherwise.
We then went to Shepherd's Bush and my two favourite fabric stores in London "Classic textiles" and "A1 Fabric Store" on Goldhawk road (just by the Shepherd's bush market). I love them and I really like the market too, we got some lovely fruit there and I also bought a new nylon petticoat, because the ones I have are black and long and I wanted/needed a shorter one in a light colour. It's very pale blue, almost white. But that was the less important shopping. At "Classic Textiles" I bought 6,5 metres of green silk lining for this cloak/garde-corps that I'm going to make from the Barbie pink thin herringbone wool I bought fromhaugtussa. It was 4£/metre which I find very reasonable. I also got 4 metres really nice thin medium blue silk for 5£/metre. And that silk was very wide, probably 1,4 metres or so. I don't know what to do with it yet, but since I can't really get excited about any other period than the early 14th c these days that's probably what it will be use for.
After buying this we went home and made pasta with tomatoes, garlic and chick peas. And watched Teddy and Tom packing for Herstmonceaux, were they were going to go in the morning next day. I also got an enthusiastic show of Tom's different helmets which was really interesting, but I think Rickard would have enjoyed it even more. Everybody got to bed quite early.
Friday: We slept (or at least lay in bed) until after nine and then had a very realxed morning, eating breakfast, trying to get all my new stuff; 19 metres of fabric with the pink satin I had at Teddy's, into my bags, which I also managed to do. We tried to not be in the way of their packing and probably failed. At eleven, when we were leaving they had just begun to load the stuff into their car.
We had planned to leave our luggage at Liverpool Street station and the go to Greenwich, but it all took so much time so we ended up walking to the Museum of London instead. Anna had never been their either. We looked at some of the exhibitions and bought some books in the Museum shop. I bought "In royal fashion" by Kay Staniland (it was only 5.95) and "Walking London", a book with 30 described walks with historical notes. I know we will make good use of it. They had one with canals and waterways that I really wanted to have too, but I had already bought too many things. Anna bought a book on medieval cookery. Then we walked back and took the train to Sudbury, to see Bess and Edmund, but since I really need to work that will have to wait for another day.
Wednesday: We arrived at Stansted around 11 and took the Stansted Express to London. The bus is much cheaper, but since Maja had protested at being forced to sit in my lap for almost 2 hours in the plane I thought it was a better idea to take the train where she could move around. We had planned to dump our stuff in the Left Luggage at Waterloo station, since we were going to catch the train out to Wimbledon from there, and then join a London Walk in Hampstead. Unfortunately it rained a lot so we decided not to and instead spent a rather pointless afternoon looking in shops in the centre of London (mostly Liberty's)and having vegetarian indian food in Bayswater before leaving for
guyelfkin's place. It was great meeting him again and we spent most of the evening in his sewing room together with him and his friend Meri, looking at fabric and costume and talking a lot. It was really nice and we went to bed a little late.Thursday: We slept rather well, although Maja woke a couple of times, and got up around eight. After breakfast we headed for Walthamstow, where we spent a very pleasant half day at the market. I bought 2,5 metres navy wool blend for 1£/metre that will probably be turned into a 15th century short-sleeved kirtle and a medium purple skirt. Anna bought this gorgeous cashmere shawl in two tones of blue-grey. Really classy. Me, I go for the more traditional multi-coloured shawls, but Anna has a more minimalist look. I considered buying dangly earrings at some of the very nice indian shops, because I'm in this phase when I really like shiny things, but being allergic ot nickel, I'm a bit wary about buying earrings that doesn't have "nickel-free" or something printed next to them, so I passed. Then we took the bus to Liverpool Street station, because we like going by bus and see where you're going. Maja didn't like it at all and was upset most of the time so I couldn't enjoy it as much as I would have otherwise.
We then went to Shepherd's Bush and my two favourite fabric stores in London "Classic textiles" and "A1 Fabric Store" on Goldhawk road (just by the Shepherd's bush market). I love them and I really like the market too, we got some lovely fruit there and I also bought a new nylon petticoat, because the ones I have are black and long and I wanted/needed a shorter one in a light colour. It's very pale blue, almost white. But that was the less important shopping. At "Classic Textiles" I bought 6,5 metres of green silk lining for this cloak/garde-corps that I'm going to make from the Barbie pink thin herringbone wool I bought from
haugtussa. It was 4£/metre which I find very reasonable. I also got 4 metres really nice thin medium blue silk for 5£/metre. And that silk was very wide, probably 1,4 metres or so. I don't know what to do with it yet, but since I can't really get excited about any other period than the early 14th c these days that's probably what it will be use for.After buying this we went home and made pasta with tomatoes, garlic and chick peas. And watched Teddy and Tom packing for Herstmonceaux, were they were going to go in the morning next day. I also got an enthusiastic show of Tom's different helmets which was really interesting, but I think Rickard would have enjoyed it even more. Everybody got to bed quite early.
Friday: We slept (or at least lay in bed) until after nine and then had a very realxed morning, eating breakfast, trying to get all my new stuff; 19 metres of fabric with the pink satin I had at Teddy's, into my bags, which I also managed to do. We tried to not be in the way of their packing and probably failed. At eleven, when we were leaving they had just begun to load the stuff into their car.
We had planned to leave our luggage at Liverpool Street station and the go to Greenwich, but it all took so much time so we ended up walking to the Museum of London instead. Anna had never been their either. We looked at some of the exhibitions and bought some books in the Museum shop. I bought "In royal fashion" by Kay Staniland (it was only 5.95) and "Walking London", a book with 30 described walks with historical notes. I know we will make good use of it. They had one with canals and waterways that I really wanted to have too, but I had already bought too many things. Anna bought a book on medieval cookery. Then we walked back and took the train to Sudbury, to see Bess and Edmund, but since I really need to work that will have to wait for another day.
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Date: 2005-08-31 10:52 am (UTC)Meri, not Mary... though it's an easy mistake to make when you've only heard it said and not seen it written.
Teddy
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Date: 2005-08-31 10:54 am (UTC)We got home very late on Monday night and fell into bed. Tuesdau morning I didcovered a plant niether of us recognise sitting by the kettle.
Teddy
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Date: 2005-08-31 11:04 am (UTC)Eva
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Date: 2005-08-31 11:04 am (UTC)Eva
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Date: 2005-08-31 11:38 am (UTC)Teddy