The wait was worth it

I had a great time at Knitter's Guild Camp on the weekend. We knitted, ate, knitted, learnt new knitting things, ate, knitted, did I mention we knitted.

We arrived at 5pm on Friday afternoon, settled in, ate dinner, talked and knitted till late. Saturday we were up early, some went for a morning walk, others got a cuppa and sat and talked or knitted until 7.30am when breakfast started, then at 8.30am the workshops started. I wanted to do A-mazing knitting, well I lasted through the sample piece, and couldn't get my brain around it, so seeing as the books and yarn people had set up I decided to go and see what I could spend my hard earned and hard saved cash on. Well I bought 5 books see picture for titles. Others from our group who kept at it, said it was easy once you got the cast on going, but with something like 2,000 stitches, I think I will have another go at home in peace and quiet.

I bought some Centolavaggi 2ply lace wool in off white, I got a ball of Hot Socks wool yarn. From Flinders Island Fleece I got a cone, no a huge cone of 2ply wool in a terracotta colour for lace knitting, a cone of over a kilo of 8ply pure wool in off white, some dying to be done, a small cone of off white 4ply for dying, that was my first cone I thought I would try my hand a dying, then I spotted the 8ply and I want to do some more felted bags, so I ummed and arred and got the Virgin Credit card now I am talking in name and by nature and made my first purchase on credit card, I am so happy it was for wool, I didn't go crazy just $52, but I did tell Steve of my credit card when I got home.

I then won 25 balls of Miraggio by Patons yarns with two pattern books, also I won a Learn to Crochet kit.

The food was plentiful, saturday I stuffed myself stupid and went easy on sunday, I didn't have any morning or afternoon tea cakes etc the whole weekend, I don't know where they expected me to fit it after the meals we ate.

I made great progress on my father in-laws blanket for Christmas.














My mother in-law makes the most amazing cards, this is my birthday card
















This is what $302 looks like converted into Knitting Books and Yarn.





















And I won these:

















And I made this yesterday in Mosaic Knitting Workshops: