Damon likes to go away for his birthday and this year we decided to go to Amsterdam for a change. (We normally go somewhere warm. It wasn’t warm!)
Damon invited my Mum to come with us. Here we all are on the plane (You can see from the pictures that I take after my Dad!!)
Our hotel, Hotel Eresthea on the Singel Canal. It was LOVELY!
Look how pretty the bar is!
We visited the Palace on Dam Square, the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum…
Mum and I are both wearing hand knit hats and Damon is wearing a hand knit scarf by our friend Caz!
We had some lovely meals:
On our last day Damon went to the Dutch Resistance Museum while Mum and I went to Rembrandt’s house.
After we’d enjoyed that we went to Stephen West’s co-owned yarn store ‘Stephen & Penelope’ on Neuwe Hoogstraat – I was VERY excited!
I saw the original Doodler shawl:
And I made a few judicious purchases!
Some Malabrigo Rios in colour ways Plomo and English Rose…
To make this cowl. I need to learn brioche stitch first:
A skein of Hedgehog Fibres Skinny Singles in a custom colour way for Stephen & Prnelope called ‘Bike Bell’:
And two skeins of lace in Delft pottery colours (it seemed appropriate!)
I love Amsterdam too! And that bar sure does look pretty amazing 😊
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What a great place to go for a birthday trip, even if it isn’t warm. I do see the resemblance between you and your mother. Very pretty ladies.
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Wow, I went to Amsterdam when Kmay was a baby. Loved it, seems I must go again and visit that shop!! Lovely purchases and happy birthday to Damon x
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Oh what a lovely selection of yarn to add to your stash.
Your hotel looks lovely and the bar is amazing. Happy belated birthday to Damon 🙂 x
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We went for our anniversary last year but missed out on that shop! That cowl is pretty special – I’ve never seen anything quite like that stitch before. Love all your purchases, you seem to go for all the colours that I’d pick!
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What a great trip! I want to visit Amsterdam this year and you’ve inspired me to get booking. That hotel does look fab…as does knitting shop! Thank you. Claire
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Love the look of that cowl. I can’t imagine how it is made. Such a wonderful looking shop!
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Sounds wonderful, especially the yarn shopping.
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Amsterdam is so on my list of places to visit and your post has made me want to go even more now! Stephen West’s shop looks amazing and I love your yarn choices, especially Bike Bell 🙂
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looks like a fun trip and don’t mind the cold, it gave you all a chance to wear beautiful hand knits! That cowl is incredible – can’t wait until you make it. As for the yarn, love it all but especially those blues – YUM! Hope Damon had a happy birthday! that hotel/bar anf food look like they helped make it a good celebration. 🙂
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