The Knitting Retreat

 

With Mt. Katahdin in the distance, about 40 knitters from at least three different countries gathered at the New England Outdoor Center for three days of knitting, talking, eating, and visiting. Most of the people attending had been in the same place last year. The conversations were loud, the fun was great, and the food was incredible. Louise was one of the attendees.

This is the cabin where Louise, Jackie Pribble, and Ann Bragg spent the weekend.
The highlight for each of them seemed to be the dying workshop they took. Each one dyed a skein of sock yarn in their own choices of color.

Here is Louise adding dye to the sock yarn she space dyed.

Here is the finished product after baking it in an oven for an hour, and allowing it to dry for about 24 hours. It is ready to be rolled into a ball and knit.

Knitters gathered in the main lodge for endless knitting and talk, only interrupted by meals.

On Saturday the weather cooperated so the knitting went outdoors. Here are Louise. Jackie, and Ann with another knitter getting some fresh air.

Even a campfire was built so some knitters could enjoy the smoke with the fresh air.
Vendors came from all over Maine to sell their wares from buttons to yarn to bags to alpaca socks.  A banquet was held on Saturday night with door prizes, laughter, and lots of fun.

When Sunday came, people left for home with three days of good memories and the plan to return again next year. Meanwhile they will knit up the yarn they bought and wear the items they make to next years event.