Of multicoloured things.
Jul. 29th, 2018 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pensnestI went into the city yesterday because it was Norwich Pride (10th anniversary). Mercifully the extreme heat had abated, leaving us with a bright, sunny day in the mid twenties, and a nice breeze.
There were lots of stalls in and around the Forum area, so I had my face englittered, bought a rainbow fan and a badge, and picked up a leaflet for the Green Party. Pootled off to try a new coffee place (Little Red Roaster, who do a nice iced latte, it turns out), then met Beast and went to the shop that takes Amazon returns. There was time to prowl around a couple of art galleries at the St Giles end of town before coming back to the parade—I continue to find things of interest every time I go into the local co-operative gallery/shop—and stationing ourselves in an excellent spot by the city hall, just right to see the beginning of the parade.
Usual sort of thing (I suppose—I haven't been for a couple of years so I don't really remember): rainbow flag flying above the castle, fire engine to lead the way, policemen with rainbow epaulettes. A totally fabulous woman in the vanguard, in sage green jumpsuit, short brown jacket, with a terrific necklace and really cool red hair. Anyway, the parade began, and was obviously being enjoyed by all. Someone from Aviva gave me a handy rainbow face-paints packet, which stripes six colours at once. There was a troupe of dancing ballerina angels, there was a Canary mascot who must have been very warm despite his shorts, and several much appreciated young men in boots and snug-fitting black shorts (or swimwear? or possibly undercrackers?). There were lots of people. It was a lovely atmosphere.
And…
There were *lots* of participants, and everyone was very cheerful (except perhaps for the Angry Bird and the man in the tiger suit, who must have been ready to melt). After a while, we decided to sneak off so went to the Waffle House for lunch. As we ate, we could see people passing by sporting rainbow capes, unicorn horns, and so forth. Lovely.
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Today was Fibre East, the yarn marketplace I like to attend. I had two companions from my Knit & Natter group, which made it extra fun—and also has the virtue of allowing me to buy yarn vicariously, ie if they bought stuff, I felt less need to! Also, I fell in love with a yarn calling itself 'Tangerine' at an early stage in the proceedings—it's merino, silk and yak—and this inoculated me against the lures of many other enticing yarns. I did, however, buy a couple of sets of beautiful buttons, and a peg loom as well as the Tangerine, and made note of some really cute hat patterns and a fab asymmetric shawl.
It's probably time to start using up the yarn I bought there last year…
There were lots of stalls in and around the Forum area, so I had my face englittered, bought a rainbow fan and a badge, and picked up a leaflet for the Green Party. Pootled off to try a new coffee place (Little Red Roaster, who do a nice iced latte, it turns out), then met Beast and went to the shop that takes Amazon returns. There was time to prowl around a couple of art galleries at the St Giles end of town before coming back to the parade—I continue to find things of interest every time I go into the local co-operative gallery/shop—and stationing ourselves in an excellent spot by the city hall, just right to see the beginning of the parade.
Usual sort of thing (I suppose—I haven't been for a couple of years so I don't really remember): rainbow flag flying above the castle, fire engine to lead the way, policemen with rainbow epaulettes. A totally fabulous woman in the vanguard, in sage green jumpsuit, short brown jacket, with a terrific necklace and really cool red hair. Anyway, the parade began, and was obviously being enjoyed by all. Someone from Aviva gave me a handy rainbow face-paints packet, which stripes six colours at once. There was a troupe of dancing ballerina angels, there was a Canary mascot who must have been very warm despite his shorts, and several much appreciated young men in boots and snug-fitting black shorts (or swimwear? or possibly undercrackers?). There were lots of people. It was a lovely atmosphere.
And…
There were *lots* of participants, and everyone was very cheerful (except perhaps for the Angry Bird and the man in the tiger suit, who must have been ready to melt). After a while, we decided to sneak off so went to the Waffle House for lunch. As we ate, we could see people passing by sporting rainbow capes, unicorn horns, and so forth. Lovely.
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Today was Fibre East, the yarn marketplace I like to attend. I had two companions from my Knit & Natter group, which made it extra fun—and also has the virtue of allowing me to buy yarn vicariously, ie if they bought stuff, I felt less need to! Also, I fell in love with a yarn calling itself 'Tangerine' at an early stage in the proceedings—it's merino, silk and yak—and this inoculated me against the lures of many other enticing yarns. I did, however, buy a couple of sets of beautiful buttons, and a peg loom as well as the Tangerine, and made note of some really cute hat patterns and a fab asymmetric shawl.
It's probably time to start using up the yarn I bought there last year…
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Date: 2018-07-31 05:01 pm (UTC)I've just drooled over my friend's yarn stash, which has helped me resist new stuff for a while.
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Date: 2018-07-31 09:59 pm (UTC)I've just started the project with yarn I bought at last year's Fibre East.