{"id":48,"date":"2011-11-10T00:28:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T00:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/?p=48"},"modified":"2012-06-17T00:33:16","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T00:33:16","slug":"retreat-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/retreat-knitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Retreat Knitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49\" title=\"lakedale1\" src=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale1.png 400w, https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend one of\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/catbordhi.com\" href=\"http:\/\/catbordhi.com\/\">Cat Bordhi<\/a>&#8216;s fall knitting retreats.\u00a0 If you have not heard of Cat&#8217;s retreats, they are held at the beautiful\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/lakedale.com\" href=\"http:\/\/lakedale.com\/\">Lakedale Resort<\/a>\u00a0on San Juan Island in Washington State.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the retreat Cat led mini-workshops on various techniques including forensic knitting, moebius, sweet-tomato sock heels (that I will be presenting in a sock class at Happy Knits coming up soon!), Judy&#8217;s Magic Cast-On, Jeny&#8217;s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off and more!\u00a0 We also had plenty of time to knit and get to know the other attendees and free time to enjoy the island, hike, canoe on the lakes surrounding the resort or sit on the lodge&#8217;s porch next to an outdoor fireplace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50\" title=\"lakedale2\" src=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale2.jpg 401w, https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a>People of all knitting abilities were in attendance, including Alexandra who came to the retreat having never knit before and went home with a completed moebius cowl as her first project!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51\" title=\"lakedale3\" src=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale3.jpg 401w, https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale3-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a>One afternoon\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.islandfibers.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.islandfibers.com\/\">Island Fibers<\/a>\u00a0from nearly Lopez Island set up shop for us, followed by myself with some Madelinetosh Vintage and Kristine with\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.curiouscreek.com\/index.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curiouscreek.com\/index.html\">Curious Creek Fibers<\/a>\u00a0to make sure everybody had plenty of yarn choices incase anybody was feeling a little too detached from their stash at home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52\" title=\"lakedale4\" src=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale4.jpg 401w, https:\/\/melindavermeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lakedale4-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a>If you have the opportunity, I would highly recommend both Lakedale Resort as a fantastic northwest getaway spot and any of Cat Bordhi&#8217;s classes, workshops or retreats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend one of\u00a0Cat Bordhi&#8216;s fall knitting retreats.\u00a0 If you have not heard of Cat&#8217;s retreats, they are held at the beautiful\u00a0Lakedale Resort\u00a0on San Juan Island in Washington State. 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