HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY TO 2 LITTLE ANGELS(?)

Country Wool Cape Ann Knitting Retreat 4/08

Great weekend!  Weather was cold and gloomy but the retreat was wonderful.  Claudia from Country Wool  did a wonderful job.  It was a great group of knitters.  Very relaxed and lots of new knitting info.  This first picture is from my room.  You can see that the weather was gray but still a great view!

This is the pattern and the beautiful yarn I worked with this weekend.  The yarn is Peace Fleece.  It is a wool/mohair blend.  The color is called Moscow Magic Pink.  It is pink with little flecks of lavender, red and teal in it.  I knitted the first sleeve and about 1/3 of the second by Sunday am.  Only had to frog the first sleeve 2 times.  Pattern is easy once you get into it.  The increases gave me some trouble but with help from the other knitters it worked out! The sweater will be reversible also.  I am making a size 8 child's sweater and will see who it fits when I finish it.  The sweater works from the bottom up and you add the sleeves as you go.  Claudia is just an email away if I run into problems!

You can see the workbook we received from Claudia.  I  made lots of notes to help me understand things easier.  Her worksheets were very clear.  I need to mark each row  I do so that I can have 2 sleeves that match!  

This is a close-up of the pattern - I love the color of the yarn.   It looks like cotton candy!

Will keep you posted on my progress!

The Princess Patrol

My 4 favorite princesses

Finally - some progress!

Well, I have packed up all my supplies to take to the Cape Ann Motor Inn this weekend for the Country Wool Knitting Retreat.  I leave Friday morning and will return for my granddaughters birthday party on Sunday.  The Inn is right on the beach!  You can hear the waves all the time - very relaxing!  Larry and I stayed there last Oct for a night on our way back from Maine and it was great. 

I haven't been there for a retreat yet but am looking forward to it!  Knitting on the beach for 3 days!  It doesn't get much better!

This is the progress on my daughters afghan.  Not much but it is something!  I finished a gold section and most of a green section this week.  Will keep going!  There are going to be 4-5 sections of each color so you can see it has a long way to go!  Pattern is very easy - all knit and purl except for 1 pattern row out of 4 rows.  Just don't seem to get the time.