Today we went to La Rochelle, our nearest large town,immortalised by the French books I learnt from at school. Luckily Fiona had a map:

So we all followed her to the yarn shop 🙂

We managed to find three yarn shops selling a variety of French and foreign yarns.

We also managed to fit in a bit of sight-seeing. It is an interesting old town, beautiful on such a lovely day. There were quite a lot of people around, some locals but quite a lot of tourists, particularly English. Here is the harbour:

And there were several interesting buildings. The lines on this aren’t timber but are actually slate tiles, which seems to be a local style.

Here we all are at the harbour side, looking very pleased with all our new purchases.

Speaking of purchases, I bought two balls of Bergere de France Sport, which is a DK weight washable wool and acrylic mix. I am planning a hat for my niece for her Christmas present (or possibly her birthday in September if I am fast enough!) I hope she will like the colour.

In the Phildar shop I bought four balls of Terre Neuve, which is a chunky wool, and will be a hat for me. I think the colour is fantastic!

The third knitting shop sold Pinguoin and Anny Blatt yarns but I didn’t buy anything there. I was saving my cash for a very nice creme brûlée ice cream, no photo I’m afraid, I ate it too quickly 🙂