Packed and ready to go
9:30 a.m. ....Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
The next day...Heading into NY state
Later that day...on "the Pass" to Williamstown, MA from Troy, NY
About a mile of "The Pass" as pictured on the Garmie aka Garmin GPS
The first night there were about 40 knitters gathered. Those that were taking classes on Friday
By Friday night all 110 had arrived; here's half the room
My Saturday class was with Kathryn Alexander . Here's how she set each of our knitting area's. We knit "doo dads".
Loved loved loved her class! I actually finished the class project. Something I don't think I've ever done before. Ahha stories to follow about Kathryn.
Sunday we cast on for our "new beginnings" project
Susan cast on for her first pair of socks
Joanne cast on for a shawl with her own handspun yarn
And I cast on with lace wt Rowan yarn I picked up in the KR "swap" room (where we brought what we didn't want and swapped) with a pattern I wrote Friday night (fingers crossed it works)
Ann Budd, Kathryn Alexander, Melanie falick...only rubbed shoulders with the best. Melissa Morgan-Oakes was there somewhere as was Ann Hanson and quite a few designers of patterns that are in Clara's new book The Knitters Book of Wool.
And I can't thank Joanne enough for driving all 4 days!
Check out the following blogs for more pictures and weekend descriptions or go to the KR Forums to read more
http://knitspot.com/
http://knittingmatters.wordpress.com/
http://www.carolbeech.blogspot.com/
3 comments:
I loved catching up with your activities! How great to go to a knitting retreat. I now how excited I get being around other quiters - it gives me such inspiration! Good luck with your puppy and keep up the great work! Hugs, Deb
That looked like so much fun! Wow, what a beautiful part of the country to hold a knitting retreat. What are the doo-dads for?
Looks like you had fun! Loved seeing the pictures!
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