imhilien: Lady Riding (Lady Riding)
Well, I recently went on a knit ‘n spin retreat weekend with 17 others and had a nice time. It was held at a local two storey monastery that’s on a forested hill – you can drive right by the entrance and not know it was there.

It was being renovated at the time and some rooms and bathrooms were still being worked on. I had a room upstairs and the bathroom at the end of a long hall had that ‘finished a few days ago’ feel, but that was ok. I had my showers in the early morning and luckily there was no queue when I went. My room looked like it had been last updated in the ‘30’s but I had a nice view from the window.

There were classes you could sign up for over the weekend and I did two crochet classes; Tunisian Honeycomb (which I found a bit too complex) and filet style to (eventually) make a Dr Who scarf (with a Tardis pattern), which I enjoyed more. So, now as well as my shawl-in-progress, I’m now working on a scarf, too. Oops.

It was a wet weekend, so you didn’t feel too bad about being inside. The food was nice and you could help yourself to hot drinks. When it was dry and I had some spare time, I went for a little walk around the grounds. There were lots of nice old trees and I found a gate that led next door to the Pah Homestead. The PH was a Big House back in the day, today it’s an art gallery with a café. I walked around in the grounds and then went back.

Prizes were handed out to everyone at the end of the weekend – I was given a skein of pink wool and some earrings that were made to look like little balls of red wool, so that was nice. :)

Two of these retreats are held each year in our spring; apparently the one I went to was the ‘smaller’ one. I’m already thinking about going again next year.
imhilien: Tea (Tea)
Brr, it's definitely winter now. Snow has been marching up the country and you can smell the ice in the air. It was 10 degrees today (50 deg F) and Did Not Like. Heat is fine, cold not so much for me.

I was outside the bookshop near work and smiled when I saw it had a nice geeky window display with Harry Potter and Star Wars books, bless. I saw there were some pencils with slogans on them, so I went in and bought two that said, 'Weird and Proud' and 'Knitters Gonna Knit'. Mwaha.

The new painting I'm working on is a photo of a still life of a bowl of green limes, which I'm enjoying doing. I'm also working on knitting a shawl with a geometric design - I can see it will take me a while, and the instructions look like calculus (which I never took), but I'm determined to get there.

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