Knitting Retreat Time!

Last week my knitting buddies and I

loaded up our knitting 

and made our annual trek 

to the mountains for

our knitting retreat.

We are fortunate to be within 

a couple hours drive from 

some wonderful mountain 

cabin rentals.

This cabin was new to us this year,

but suited us perfectly.

These cabins are suited for large gatherings,

and lots of comfort.

Perfect for a couple of days of intense knitting!

First order of business is to unload the knitting bags!

Of course, I'm the one who makes and sells knitting bags,

so why are MY projects stashed in bags from Ikea???

Go figure…

Of course, knitting is not the only order of business.

Meals and snacks are a big part of our retreat.

Everyone contributes to the meal plans

and no one goes hungry!

The retreat is a nice time to complete some unfinished projects.

Karen brought along her already knitted

mitered square bag

for felting.

After the felting process,

which is a very hot water, machine wash 

with lots of agitation,

the bag is shaped and left to air dry.

Karen's finished bag!

Isn't it gorgeous?

This year my sister Nancy joined us.

She is not a knitter but spent her time

making some of her beautiful

wreaths from up cycled sweaters.

Although lots of knitting happened 

during our retreat,

we all came home with more unknitted yarn

than finished projects.

There's always next year's retreat...