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June 25, 2018

From Susan — Retreating from Daily Routine

Filed under: Updates — lv2knit @ 10:34 am

I spent this past weekend at the beautiful Norwegian Wood Retreat Center hosted by the lovely and gracious Deb Sorenson.  She bedazzled us with wonderful food!!  The other knitters staying there were really fun and great company.

The first evening I did my Herbert Niebling presentation for the people staying at the retreat center.  On Saturday, after a breakfast of scrambled egg BLT’s (!), we were joined by three additional knitters and tackled invisible stranding (shown in picture above, upper left).  Sunday, three different knitters joined us for Essential Shawl Techniques, including garter tab cast on, no end stripes, picot bind off, and i-cord bind off.  It was impossible not to be distracted by the non-stop bird action at the feeders!!

A special shout out to the delightful Gail, who came all the way from Florida just for the retreat!!  Okay, she was also visiting family in the Twin Cities…

We all decided that we are going to design a knitted bikini for the mature woman – it will have long sleeves, a turtleneck, and go all the way to the knees.  Woo hoo!

I will be returning to Norwegian Wood October 12-14 for another retreat.  Saturday will include finishing techniques.  On Sunday, we will knit up my little beaded Snowfall Hats in time for the holidays!!  Maybe I will have my sexy bikini finished by then!

7 Comments »

  1. As a mature woman myself, what I’d like even better would be for my sags and wrinkles to be accepted. I recently lost a good deal of weight and now they are even more pronounced. I would love to be able to go swimming as we live in an area with many lakes, etc but I dare not expose my body to the reactions I would get.. ?. It seems very wrong for me to have to cover up from knees to neck (and let’s be honest, my face doesn’t look great either).

    Comment by Annie — June 25, 2018 @ 12:22 pm

  2. Excited for October!!!

    Comment by Susan — June 25, 2018 @ 6:13 pm

  3. The really sexy ones are teeny tiny, so you will be finished in time for lunch at the pool.

    Comment by Chloe — June 25, 2018 @ 6:39 pm

  4. . . .However, if you are knitting the sleeves-and-Bermuda-shorts-length version I will be the first in line to buy it from you.:-)

    Comment by Chloe — June 25, 2018 @ 6:45 pm

  5. Looking forward to more details on the October event!

    Comment by Catherine S. — June 25, 2018 @ 9:50 pm

  6. What a pleasant way to spend the weekend! Sounds lovely and your pics prove it! See you Thurs.!

    Comment by Kathy W. — June 27, 2018 @ 11:45 pm

  7. It was a wonderful weekend. The facility is beautiful and Deb is a lovely hostess. I learned many excellent techniques from Susan and am feeling re-energized and excited about my knitting. Thank you, Susan.

    Comment by Gail — June 28, 2018 @ 9:36 am

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