Sunday, February 22, 2009

I didn't have a class in the morning so I got up a little later and after breakfast headed over to the marketplace in the pavilion.  I figured that after Cat Bordhi's talk the evening before a lot of people would be looking for her books.  I eventually found a copy of New Pathways for Sock Knitters in a booth that seemed to have nothing to do with socks.

I then settle down in the main part of the pavilion to work on finishing my Estonian lace sampler.  I sat at a table next to Syne Mitchell's loom and talked a little weaving while knitting.

Syne was teaching classes on weaving for knitters using rigid heddle looms at the retreat.  She let me weave a few wefts on her 4 harness loom.  I discovered that treadling gives a weaver a real leg workout especially since Syne had put bungee cords on hers to create a higher shed.

I finished knitting my lace sampler around noon and was able to show it to Nancy Bush later that day while having her sign her book on Estonian Lace.  She said she was happy to see that someone had finished the sampler instead of leaving it half done after class was over.  Nancy also signed the copy I picked up of her Folk Knitting in Estonia book.

One of the women who had finished the sampler in class had blocked it in her hotel room Friday night.  She had it draped over her spinning wheel cover on Saturday and it was gorgeous.  I blocked out my sampler once I got home.  I've been showing it to everyone I see.