Knitting Retreat

A fantastic weekend. My brain is full.

The Retreat was sponsored by the Fun Knits Yarn Shop on Quadra Island http://www.funknits.com/ It is a great yarn shop. Shelly and Linda who own it are knowledgeable and helpful, not to mention very nice. They hold knitting Retreats at Tsa-Kwa-Luten a couple of times a year. The lodge is indeed a magical place and the meals excellent. It is not only my brain that is full.

Margaret Radcliffe http://www.maggiesrags.com/ was our instructor for 3 days of fantastic, uninterrupted knitting. I know more ways to finish seams perfectly now, than I'd even imagined were possible. This may seem trivial to non-knitters, but there is nothing sadder than spending weeks making a exquisitely knit sweater from an luxurious yarn - imagining how wonderful it will look on, anticipating years of satisfaction wearing it, only to find it looks amateurish because the pieces just would not sew together nicely. Well thanks to Margaret, this won't happen to any of the women who attended this years Retreat. All of us were experienced knitters - all had been knitting since childhood. One of the most fun aspects of a workshop like this, is simply seeing the fantastic handknits the participants are wearing. I was constantly sighing and asking if I could touch someones sweater.

In order to put our newly learned seaming and embellishing techniques to work, some of us made sweaters for these bears. Very cute!