Fiber Retreat

CogKNITive Fiber Retreat - Afternoon Session

Monday, October 12th, 2009 | CogKNITive, Fiber Collective, Field Trip, fiber, spinning, stash acquisition | 1 Comment

Shari waiting for lunch while I snap a picture...

So after a very good, but very long lunch, we bought fudge…starbucks…and headed back to the retreat. We didn’t get there in time for Mindy’s class, so I brought out the wheel and started spinning my new fiber!

Alexis, Me, JOe and MeiLan doing our thing...

Alexis, Me, Jo and MeiLan doing our thing...

Jasmin...spinning

Look at that new FreckleFaceFiber I am spinning!!!

So I spun and spun until about 6:45 p.m. and then headed for home. I made it home in record time. The 2 1/2 hour trip, according to Mapquest, only took me 1 1/2. I updated my facebook status to warn my husband about how much I was bringing home with me.

This was my backseat right after lunch...

The back of my van before I left.

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It’s time for the CogKNITive Fiber Retreat!!

Saturday, October 10th, 2009 | CogKNITive, Fiber Collective, Fiber Rock Stars, Field Trip, blah blah blah, spinning | No Comments

First thing in the morning we got our goodie bags…which made us a little giddy…

We also had a pow-wow by the pool with Dr. Gemma starting off the festivities with a strategy and some raffle prizes.

Mei Lan and Alexis knitting and crocheting

Dr. Gemma and Alexis

Raffle time and surprises!

They had some really awesome raffle prizes, including beautiful spindles (the one above donated by Yorkie Slave on etsy.com) and gorgeous fiber (from FreckleFaceFibers and Red Fish Dyeworks). As a surprise, Jasmin and Gigi of The Knitmore Girls!!

Then the festivities began….shopping, shopping and more shopping!

Vendors!

They had some really awesome vendors. Above there is (from left to right) the folks from Unwind (my LYS), BeeMiceElf, Wolfe Farms and Red Fish Dyeworks.

After shopping there were classes. Jo was teaching drop spindle in the hallway (as we had a hard time finding a large enough space to accommodate everyone). It was great to see so many people wanting to learn to spin! There were so many people there that Alexis, Tika (from the “Gives Good Knit” podcast), and myself offered up help when folks needed it.