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2014 Retreat

Hello everyone,

Thought I'd tell everyone a little bit about our retreat this past weekend.  There were 28 Black Sheep up at Higgins Lake at the MacMullan Conference Center.  We had a ball!  Weather wasn't great, but we were warm and dry inside with our knitting, spinning, and just plain relaxing.
 



We got our swag Friday evening at dinner.



Here are some pics of the door prizes on display on Friday night.  They were lovely and, oh, so many.  We were practically drooling!

 



 
We voted on which yarn was the softest, which had the best name and a couple of other categories.  Hard to choose.  I, myself, walked the line at least 4 times trying to decide which should win a category.


 Signing thank you cards.
 


































 Saturday we had mini classes - we made washcloths with the Black Sheep logo.  These are some of the colorful yarns we got to choose from.






We also did some needle felting on coasters and made magnetic line markers.  
Erika taught German short rows.  I believe she did two sessions, so many wanted to learn!


Saturday afternoon we had massages and later got to do some yarn and knitting bag shopping. 


Snacks.  Did I say we had snacks?  Fruit, veggies, pop corn, chips, candies, and more.  Wow, can't believe no one took a picture of all the wonderful chocolate bark that our v.p. Donna's, husband made for us.  OMG, was that good!!!
 


  And for a special treat, snow.  It was snowing during Sunday's breakfast. 
 

 
 
One happy flock of sheep on retreat!!!

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