Quimper Hittys

After visiting Lilla Rödde we went to Svaneholms Slott, “swan lake castle” where…

…there was a lovely lake (formerly a moat) which did have swans, ducks and geese floating about on it.

Inside the castle were many textiles including several old Flemish weavings but also woven, knitted and embroidered garments, like this woman’s woollen knitted top,

Here is a close up of one of the sleeves – such beautiful work!

And here is a wedding shirt made by a betrothed woman for her sweetheart.

Who should we run into in the attic, but Nils! He’s the naughty boy who was shrunken down to Hitty size, and flew off with his farmyard goose visiting important historical sites all over Sweden (in a story written by Selma Lagerlöff)

Nils had a goose friend visiting. Coriander and Arianell would like to have met him when he was smaller, and asked for more details about his adventures!

The visit to the castle was followed by a fabulous lunch…this view is from the parking lot of the Vismarlövs Café and Bagarstuga …(I had Swedish pancakes for lunch!)

The afternoon was spent in the lovely little university town of Lund, then we had to say goodbye to our fellow students, and our tour organiser Sarah Light.

Every aspect of this tour was so well organised, Sarah was attentive, and accommodating and I can say unequivocally that every day of this weaving workshop tour was absolutely wonderful I think any tour arranged by this company would be excellent.

The website for information and upcoming tours with The Tour Studio is:

https://www.thetourstudio.com/about

Meanwhile we will be in Sweden for a while… the adventure continues!