I love to buy practical souvenirs to remember my travels by. Years ago I hunted down a quilting shop in Paris in order buy some fat quarters of French cotton fabric.
Eventually I made this pinwheel quilt... which reminds me of that quilt store in France.
Another time, I purchased fabric from Liberty of London. I'm still looking for the perfect quilt pattern for that bundle of flower prints.
Then, a few years ago, my son and his wife surprised me with a gift of Icelandic yarn when they returned from their honeymoon in Iceland.
I wasn't looking specifically for fabric or yarn souvenirs on our recent trip to Prince Edward Island. In fact, I didn't even know that Canadians produced yarn. But when we wandered into the
Northern Watters Knitwear shop in Charlottetown, PEI and started to look around, I knew I just
had to buy this colorful hand painted Canadian
Mineville Wool Project sock yarn as a souvenir for myself.
Terry decided he wanted a knit souvenir, too, so he bought this toque knit by the Northern Watters hand knitters.
In a nearby shop that sells crafts by local artisans, I got these felted local wool balls for the dryer. My latest plastic ones were just breaking apart, so the purchase was timely - and a lovely way to remember PEI every time I do laundry!
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