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.