So as everyone knows I went on my annual retreat with So Much Yarn to Whidbey Island. I didn't take as many photos as I wanted but then again I was pretty busy knitting...
So without a long dialoge, here are the photos from the weekend, we had a blast!
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| view from the parking deck, looking at the Silver Cloud in Mukilteo... Mom likes to stay here. |
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| crossing paths |
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Little knitting in the car on the ferry. the crossing to whidbey is sho short I rarely
get out of the car and go up on deck. |
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My room was ready when I arrived so I set up shop! Vodka, tonic, limes, ibuprofen, reeses
and water... |
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| looking out towards Saratoga Passage |
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| Measuring the blanket to see just how much more I had to go... |
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the conference room becomes the mobile yarn shop, optional knitting area, and my friend
Terry used my laptop to watch a cast-on tutorial... |
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These we're all over first street and I love them... I think I need a few
in my front yard. |
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Friday night I picked up some ravioli to go from Village Pizza. Hands down
it was the best ravioli ever.
EVER.
and I've had ravioli in Italy.
this was better than that! |
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| see... |
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| Terry working on a bulky open work lace scarf! |
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| MaryHelen finishing the body of her Knitting Pure and Simple Tunic |
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| Early Morning knitting on my brothers hat (which is to big so I'm keeping it for me and starting a new one for him) |
Saturday dawned with high winds the blew the leaves around me in a movie like swirl, swells on the water, power flickering on and off... a perfect day for knitting by the fire, drinking coffee and catching up with old friends.
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| This tree is off my deck, looking down first street... |
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| Langley Public Library |
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| another pretty tree off my deck, Saratoga Passage and Camano Island |
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| The housekeeping staff enjoys dressing up the bears with our knit goods if we leave them laying on the bed... I should knit some small socks next year and a bear sweater for them to play with... |
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| My room. I feel safe saying that since it's the room I get EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. |
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| Lunch on Saturday was a quick run down to the store where I grabbed some curry chicken salad and a six pack of Stella... then I hunkered in my room, watched it storm outside and watched a movie while I knit. |
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I doubt it comes as any surprise that my knit kit has a bottle opener in it... bought on my first
retreat five years ago. |
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| back to the dining room with MaryHelen, Kathy, and Terry for snacks, drinks, and knitting. |
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Terry and I had an early dinner at Prima Bistro Saturday night. We headed down about 5:30 and I snapped this photo of the knitters in the living room of the inn all knitting, chatting, sipping tea, and basically having a great time.
For dinner at Prima (not pictured because by the time I thought of it I had already inhaled half of it) Lamb Chops with a grain mustard lavender sauce, polenta wedge and braised greens followed by truffles from Mona's in Langley. |
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Saturday Night, settled in my room, listening to the Silvertips and running the chat room on Ravelry for the America's knitting group...
I had so much fun. Last year my mom came with me and I missed having her with me this year... Don't worry she was having plenty of fun where she was but it wasn't the same without here this year so I put her on the list for next year and told her she has to come. I should email G and have him put it on the calendar so he'll not book her out... |
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