[knitting] Green Mountain Knitting Guild Retreat

Last weekend I attended the first annual Green Mountain Knitting Guild retreat in Greensboro, VT. It was a beautiful drive there, everyone was very nice, lots of great meals provided, wonderful two-part class on Latvian Mitts, a fun afternoon of dyeing yarn. 

Everyone's mitts by Sunday afternoon:

Mine is the blue/brown one at the top right.

All the different yarns we dyed:

The weekend was very fun and totally worth it. It makes a difference just getting away from home and having dedicated time to focus on knitting or spinning. I got so much done. At home, it's too easy to be distracted: I need to start some laundry, gotta think of something for supper and cook it, I should probably take the recycling out, I hear one of the cats barfing- I better go find it and clean it up.

Now I understand why my aunt attends quilting retreats. All your time (class time and free time) is dedicated to the craft and you get so much more done. And there is camaraderie in working with/around other people doing the same thing.

I'm looking forward to the next one!