Derek and I went through a checklist of sorts and it’s now come to packing day. I need to get everything organized and as compact as possible.

Organizing and Packing Day Has Arrived

It’s one more milestone as the zero-hour quickly approaches. I am already itching to start the journey up to Easton Mountain. But that won’t be until Monday morning.

If it was the first retreat ever, and you had asked me what percentage of space would be filled in my vehicle with retreat-related items, I’d have said maybe half…maximum. But it always surprises me just how much stuff goes up to the retreat with me.

The lion’s share of the space is taken up with tag sale items from prior retreats. Donated yarn that we sell to help fund scholarships to future retreats. But there are also name tags, button-backed pins, project bags, printed agendas, workshop rosters, candy/snacks, raffle basket items, housing lists, etc. It all fills a car quickly.

Once this mess is organized, crated and stacked, it will be moved upstairs so I can quickly move it to my vehicle on Monday morning. CFW!

Current Knitting

I was only able to finish the pair of helical striped socks in the last couple of days.

I’m quite pleased with how they turned out. Two things I’ll change with my next pair. I’ll go back to my standard short-row for the heel. The modified Shadow Short-Row that I used was fun to execute, but it’s not as good (for me) as my standard wrap and turn short-row. I’d have also gone down one needle size. I’m getting looser as I get older.