Here are some pictures of the PLUNDER I bought on my last trip for those of you not lucky enough to enjoy a Trunk Show in my living room! I always try to get things for my kitchen because I spend a lot of time in there, and because that way I will USE my souvenirs. I picked up some hard to come by and local ingredients such as gelatin leaves, vanilla sugar, Speculaa spices, and Dutch Process cocoa (from Holland no less!). I found some lovely mini blanc mange pudding molds as well as wooden and tin Speculaa molds. Since we were in Cheese Country, I acquired cheese shavers and shredders for myself and gifts for everyone. And of course I could not come home without looking for tea strainers (note both Delft and steel). My kitchen favorites have to be the Delft sugar caster and the steel egg piercer!
Anyone who has been in this apartment knows that I am a slave to trinkets, bags, and blank books! I happily found a copy of The Diary of Anne Frank in Norwegian, a melamine tiffin, another wax seal, magnets, Romanov bookplates, dreidels, knitting needles, a rosary, Christmas ornaments, and stickers--just to name a few things. Now I just have to find homes for them within my abode!
And my FAVORITE thing to shop for...RAW MATERIALS! Holland had all kinds of "souvenirs" because they are known for tulips, wooden clogs, windmills, etc. whereas Denmark did not have typical "souvenirs". I bought all kinds of nic nac paddywhacks in Holland, but I bought YARN in Denmark! I did find some lovely trims and linen thread in Holland, a meter of this 60" wide fabric, as well as my first Knitting Nellie, but I found 3 more Nellies in Denmark! My favorite had to be the 3 skeins of Kauni yarn! I don't know if it is officially a "space dyed" yarn, but unlike regular variegated yarn (where it knits up a mottled color combination) this yarn has long stretches of color that blend into one another! You can kind of see the inside of the middle ball! It has vivid rainbow colors in sequence, so just imagine how a scarf or a shawl would knit up! I bought 2 more balls of a soft purple/blue/green blend for a purse. We saw the example in that yarn shop. The pattern was an original design of the owner and not available for sale, but after we visited with her and shopped, she surprised and delighted me by GIVING me a copy of the pattern! My mother has already threatened to steal both the yarn and pattern and begin work on it! We'll SEE about THAT! ;)
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