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The Needle Emporium has been hosting knit camp now for many years.   Usually Hubby and I are in the UK, just going to the UK, or just getting back from the UK, so camp hasn't really come up on my radar...until this year when I decided "I wanted to go to Camp". Remember Mrs. Tishell ? (My intrepid knit Buddy - we travelled to the UK in February?) Well, I asked her, and yup, she was good for a weekend of Knit Camp! Then a friend of mine from the UK thought perhaps she'd like to join in.  Come all the way from the UK for Knit Camp?  Why not!  I have done similar things.  (Remember my weekend trip to London to go to a workshop with Alice Starmore at the I Knit London yarn fest......? )  We knitters will travel far and wide for a great knit event! Well, here we are, the intrepid threesome.  (Someone's four legged friend is pleading to come too.) The car was full, we had our directions, and off we went! On the way to camp, we did a lit...

I know, I know!  I thought I'd update Flock twice a month.... but right now I'm a Flipping Fool and I've added quite a bit to Flock...... so there's an update available......see the new cover? You can review it like an on-line magazine,  or if you have an ipad or an android tablet,  you can download the App and flip through it there! I'm loving searching the web for interesting knit/crochet related items  to gather together in a  "Flock"  for you.... I hope that if you enjoy it, you will Subscribe! The cover is Lorettaknits version of the Noel Shawl by Pauline Popiolek - knit in Rowan Fine Art yarn.  Isn't it just gorgeous! She used one skein of the Fine Art in the Waxwing shade. There is another absolutely drop dead gorgeous crocheted shawl in here, "Raven in Fine Art" by Viviane (Ravelry: vidertextil) who lives in Brussels, Belgium!  You must click through to her blog where she tells you that to her horror......

This is, the 5th Annual Needle Emporium Knitting Camp ! I just love Muskoka in the Fall.  The leaves are turning, there is a crispness to the air and you get to wear sweaters!  It might be warm during the day, but yes, sweaters are usually required for your evening stroll.  What could be better than Knitting Camp, in Muskoka, in the Fall! A whole LONG weekend of someone else making the meals and cleaning up, someone tidying your room and leaving you free to attend classes, knit at your leisure, and enjoy the comfort of the fabulous Bayview Wildwood Resort ! September 19-22!  There are options - Arrive Thursday evening and stay right through until Sunday lunch!  Get the whole shebang - a Thursday fun night, 4 workshops, Friday night Fashion Show, all of your meals Thursday dinner to Sunday Lunch. Or arrive in time for Friday Lunch or Friday Dinner - customize your weekend to suit you! With three talented Instructors offering 12 different workshops... ...