FO, and retreat!

I had an eventful weekend, and a productive one!  First, the FO:

It's a baby blanket I did on commission for a friend.  Her only specification was that it be pink.  So I found two shades of pink acrylic that were bearable to me (I hate many shades of pink) and started knitting.  I based my pattern on Fiber Trends Field of Flowers shawl.  You knit the center square flat and then knit the rippled edge round and round.  Dead easy, and a fairly quick knit.

(And before anyone gets all squicky about the acrylic, hey, it's a baby blanket, needs to be washable and dryable, and not everybody likes superwash.  There ARE appropriate uses for acrylic yarn!)

I was trying to get Jasper to be my spokesmodel (barksmodel?  woofmodel?) when I took the picture of the blanket, but he seemed a little reluctant.  This was the closest I could get him to stand:

Last weekend was the annual PHG annual fall retreat.  It was a great time, as usual.
There was Alice in antlers:

Greg wearing a newly-spun yarn necklace:

Annie being her inimitable self (with Kim spinning in the background):

Kim's daughter Marissa made an adorable needle-felted monkey for an ornament exchange.  (It looks much better than my crappy photo indicates:

Look at the adorable little banana!

I didn' t get any good pictures of the Initiation of the Retreat Virgins, but that went well.  There was almost no blood shed this year.  :)

I roomed with Janet and Laura, the Best Roomies EVAR!  I got some knitting done, and lots more spinning than I expected to finish.  We had a great time, and those of you locals who didn't make it missed out on a fun time.

Comments

[Sandy]

I'm going next year! I AM!

The blanket is lovely. Please bring the Oregon shawl back tomorrow night? Please? Please?

[Mouse]

Sounds like a good time was had by all! The initiation sounds painful though.. I'm not sure I want to attend. hee hee.

[Anita]

The blanket is lovely; I've got that pattern and will knit it...someday!

The Peachtree folks always seem to have a great time! If only I had time to spin...sigh!

[Jane]

The blanket is indeed pretty. But oh how I wish I'd been able to come to Retreat. Maybe next year.

[Claudia]

Initiation of the Retreat Virgins??? Almost no blood shed??? Ahm - I have to re-think my membership to PHG... Just kidding - I can't wait to got to my first meeting. Sounds like a wonderful group with lots of fun. I met Greg in Pixie's spinning class at Plying the Arts. Your baby blanket looks adorable - do I see feather & fan on the border? I love acrylic for baby stuff - no offense there. Hope to see you sometime soon!

[Desiree Scales]

Oh, the secret initiation wasn't so bad. I have a few bruises, but they're healing.

[Mary]

I admire Jasper's restraint as a spokesmodel. Katy's reaction would be to demonstrate how comfy the afghan was and she'd be up in the chair getting hair and stinkiness all over the beautiful finished project!