this weekend was in one word: AWESOME. There’s something incredibly soothing about being in a rustic retreat with friends who share the same hobbies. It was a beautiful weekend for sure.¬† There was also a number of opportunities for stash enhancement of which I partook.¬† Photos of that tomorrow 
That’s the Minne-Ha-Ha Steamboat that cruises along the southern part of Lake George. Every couple of hours the boat comes chugging by. Pretty nifty to see.
During the day, the group tended to scatter a bit, some went to the boat house to swim and sun, others chose to walk the grounds while some of us stayed in the common room and spun/knit/etc. After dinner we generally converged on the common room. This is the view from the second story balcony overlooking the common room:
I didn’t get very much done on Ballerina, no more than a row or two before breakfast on Saturday. I spent most of my time there communing with Ladybug. First up on Friday (having arrived during lunch) I had plenty of spinning time and managed to finish the second 4oz of the Ultraviolet roving. I spent some 3 hours plying it all together. Saturday I wound it off (after much nagging) and JessaLu (my partner in crime) was kind enough to wash it and count it for me.¬† 742 yds at 8oz.¬† A nice sport/dk weight that will probably become this cute little lace raglan with enough to spare to make Kat a hat.
My poor Elph had problems capturing the true colors here.  It is more purple than this, but this shot was the best of the bunch.
With the baby sweater yarn done, I could go back to the Neapolitan BFL that I’d been working on.¬† I finished the first 4oz and went to work on the second:
Yum!  This is how to get a fiber to last a LONG time.  Spin fine.
Sunday night, apparently not having spun enough over the rest of the weekend, I spun some more.¬† Kat first decided she wanted to treadle and had me bring in “her” wheel.¬† Yes, she’s decided the Lendrum is hers.¬† Then she wanted to swap wheels.¬† I had a better idea:
Sorry for the crappy lighting.  She was treadling (me too) while I drafted.
I have done some knitting, adding a few more rows onto Ballerina.¬† She’s gotten too big to schlep around so progress won’t be quite as quick now.¬† I started a pair of socks yesterday in some very much desired (and awfully delicious) yarn and turned to something else on the train this morning.¬† Any guesses as to what this is?
Craft on!
10 responses so far ↓
1 JessaLu // Aug 26, 2008 at 11:36 am
Nagging? Who was nagging? ;op
2 Kim // Aug 26, 2008 at 11:51 am
It was a kick ass awesome weekend! I have an excellent photo of your purple handspun down by the lake that I will post soon. That photo of you & Kat should be called “attack of the wheels.” Youse guys are just surrounded by the ferocious fiber eating wheels.
3 Marcia // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Wow! How is it I’ve never heard of this? Looks like a blast!
4 Elsie // Aug 26, 2008 at 4:04 pm
You are so fast with everything! Looks like your little Kat will be a good spinner with all this early hands on and a choice of wheels..
5 Rosa // Aug 26, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I love that pink and brown. You have such a great helper. I am glad to hear that she likes to spin. You’re inspiring me to teach my dd to spin.
6 Danielle // Aug 26, 2008 at 5:10 pm
You should definitely make the Helena cardigan for Kat. (Disclaimer: One of my friends designed and knit the sweater, another birthed the cutie pie model in the photo, and a third friend took the photos, which were shot in my craft room. So I’m a wee bit attached to that particular pattern!)
7 Harriet // Aug 26, 2008 at 6:55 pm
True, true, it was a wonderful weekend. I was telling a client about it today, and he said he was jealous…the closest thing men have are fishing/camping weekends, and they don’t sound as much fun.
I love the picture of the common room from the upstairs balcony. It pretty much sums up the scene.
It was great to meet you!
8 Tina M. // Aug 27, 2008 at 6:56 am
It was great, in between stress sessions.
Being in charge has its downside, but meeting all of you was amazing! Thank you for coming, I’m so glad you did. You are a very talented mom and spinner… I don’t know how you do it all, but now that I’ve subscribed to the blog I’m sure I’ll find out. 
9 Ina // Aug 27, 2008 at 10:32 am
I’m glad you had a great time!
10 Daniele // Aug 27, 2008 at 11:30 am
It’s the ballerina, right? I’ve seen that orange border before too!!
Looks like you had a wonderful time, and Kat too!
The Neapolitan looks great!