It's the last day of the knitting retreat, and we're all in rush to finish off our samples. The morning was spent tidying up all our loose ends.
The group display their work.
In my case, this meant knitting a small panel to add to my intarsia flower and stripework, to turn them into a three-section patchwork cushion cover. I've always wanted to try knitting a gingham check, so Sasha showed me how to do it. Her Fair Isle method involves knitting two-handed, continental style, then purling through the back loops on the next row - all this was new to me, so I learned a lot in just a few hours.
Olivia's swatches.
We all blocked our work and steamed it flat, and then sewed or pinned it together. Last night I knitted another flower, and I pinned my two flowers onto my cushion cover - now I just need to piece it all together at home and sew onto a cushion cover - I'm determined to turn all these samples into something, even if they don't really go! As a final task, we all pinned our work up to look at it side by side and we all gave ourselves a pat on the back for our hard work all week. I can't wait to get home and use my new skills to make all the things I have in mind.
Tracy and Sasha with the work they helped knitters create.
I'm really pleased with all the new skills I've learned, and as we go around the final class discussing how we have all found the course, it's clear everyone else is also thrilled to have picked up new skills
and also to have had a relaxing holiday and made new friends. Many are already booking in for next year's course, on 5-12 June, 2010!
This year's knitting group.
Want to book in for next year's course? Find out more at the Le Vieux Monastere website.
