And...I'm back!

After a long absence from blogging, and the internet in general, I'm back. We had an absolutely fantastic trip, which stretched to almost 4 months instead of the 3 we originally estimated. The trip also changed as we went along, we ended up going to Moscow through Western Europe by train, the Trans-Mongolian through Russia, Mongolia, and China, a boat to Japan and back again to China, down to Vietnam, crossing to Laos, then Thailand, a detour to Cambodia to see Angkor Wat, back to Thailand, train through the south to Malaysia, and final stop was Singapore, where we took a flight home to Sydney. So we managed to get all the way from Sheffield, England, to Singapore without any flying, which was pretty good. Of course we stopped at many amazing and beautiful places, but I'll leave all that to our travel blog, which I'll link when it's completed.

I did manage to get some knitting done, I brought a couple of skeins of sock yarn and some patterns, and did a bit on trains. I also really liked looking at the textiles in each country, especially the Hmong peoples' in Laos and Thailand. I also really enjoyed the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore, which had some beautiful examples of Asian art and textiles.

Since coming back, I've started a pair of thick socks, and mum bought me the new Vogue Knitting. I also attended my first knitting event in Australia - on Friday, I went to Tapestry Crafts in Sydney to see Nicky Epstein! She did a demonstration and a book signing, it was great. I bought Knitted Flowers, and she signed that for me, it was very exciting. She seemed like a lovely person, and shared a lot of techniques with us.