Market Friday. 'The Wool Shop.'

over 4 years ago (Edited)

'The Wool Shop.'

What better way to display the main product available for sale (e.g.,wool) than by spreading a beautifully crocheted circular table cloth in the shop front window?
I love the two tone colourings and the pattern on this one and in the right setting, it would become a lovely feature.

I'm picturing a quaint, older styled cottage with bay windows, a fire place and a beautiful flower garden, complete with a white picket fence out the front. It's interesting how just one image can trigger ones imagination isn't it?

The photos in this Friday Market blog (A weekly challenge organized by my friend, @dswigle) were captured in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. I was wandering down a few streets in the centre of town and decided that these few shops would be ideal for a Friday Market entry.

Mini crocheted doilies created an eye catching display on their advertising board, reducing the need for a lot of unnecessary words.

They even had an educational display informing those who weren't already aware, as to where their product came from. Baaaa Baaa! 🐏 🐑 🐏 (lol)
Don't you just love that cute, green, hand knitted bonnet the lamb is wearing?

These green and mauve umbrellas were attached to the ceiling of a shop frontage near the wool shop.

It pays to look up because you never know when you are going to need a couple of fillers for a blog! 😄

"The Vintage Advantage" looked fascinating when I peeked through the entrance but there were customers standing just inside the shop so I couldn't get any more photos to satisfy my curiosity, unfortunately.

I was very interested to examine this sign on a shop that had obviously been closed for a while. Having done a bit of sign writing in my time I admired the outlined gold leaf lettering
on the window and the delicate ivy patterns.

Thankfully, not far from there was an intriguing cafe, adorned with heaps of greenery and healthy plants. It gave the cafe an intimate, homely appeal but when I looked more closely post editing, I wondered if the plants were used to hide some of the less attractive features of the old building. It didn't matter at all because it was different, pleasant and had a strong aroma of freshly brewed coffee wafting out onto the street.

I KNEW I'd enjoy finding a quiet spot in the courtyard to sip a latte at leisure but I just had to feed off the coffee bean fragrance because time instead, on this occasion was of the 'essence,' and I had to walk on by.

THANK YOU FOR VIEWING. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

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@pixresteemer 71

over 4 years ago

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@trudeehunter 72

over 4 years ago

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over 4 years ago

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@allyinspirit 64

over 4 years ago

Love the entrance way to Rafter and Rose Trudee.

I don't drink a lot of coffee but it's just started to rain here in Sydney ~ Fine drizzly rain that is somehow reminding me of my childhood in Melbourne on such days and just feeling a little bit 'lost.' We have been asking for rain for so long now and I really LOVE it ~ But somehow it's making me feel very connected to the sign:

Once upon a time there was someone who really needed a cup of (STRONG) coffee. It was me. THE END.

LOVE the wool shop. I'm really drawn to a beautiful wool shop in the middle of Sydney. Where there used to be a lot of them no-one knits anymore. Except I started again this winter ~ Finished a hat but it still needs sewing up. Have to find a needle now.

LOVE the 'fillers' too ~ Never know what beauty will be there when we look up. Off to finish making my organic hemp coffee. Have a wonderful week Trudee. ♥︎♥︎⚖️♥︎♥︎

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@dswigle 78

over 4 years ago

Thank you so much for being part of #MarketFriday. It is such a joy to read through your post, knowing very well how much time and thought goes into making one. I enjoy reading them all and sometimes I get a little behind. This week in particular, I had issues along with everyone else and things kind of went sideways. But, hey!! Where is the fun of life if there isn’t a challenge, right?

To be fair, it was a week of too much work and not enough time when steem finally righted itself. So, I am here late and apologize. This doesn’t mean your post wasn’t awesome! You know it was!

I am a little unsure how voting on comments is going to be, but, it is looking dismal and most of them will be worthless. I voted nonetheless, but, not sure how it all comes out in the wash. So this week, I will be giving a bigger tip to you to make up for that. I need to sit down and figure out what they have done to the system as your post is worthy and they have just made it harder to reward you.

My apologies and hopefully this will make up for most of it!

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@tipu 68

over 4 years ago

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@janton 71

over 4 years ago

Howdy Trudee! these were a great selection for your entry, wonderful shops there...very interesting and really good photos too. Makes me want to go and spend the afternoon shopping!

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