Any Old PORT in a Storm

Saturday morning came bright and late, after a night of visiting and needlework. And yes, for the crocheters among us, there was Knot Just Knitting! I had packed along the Saeco espresso machine, so cappucinos were the order of the morning (and the middle of the day, and the afternoon, and we had decaf for the evening....yummy!) Laura had made carrot cake(s) to bring along, and Melanie had whipped up a superb tiramisu. Do you notice a theme developing? What could be better than beverages (both alcoholic, and non; caffienated and non)with baked goods and munchines, I ask??? Just wait for the Saturday night report, and I'll tell you (though you might have caught a hint off the title of this blog entry)! There was a bit of mystery involved in the purpose of the little shotglasses that were wrapped in tissue and part of the Knot Just Yarn tote bag schwag. That mystery would be solved on Saturday night.
On Friday evening, we had started drawing names and awarding Door Prizes. There were just enough for every participant (funny, isn't it...how things work out). Many many thanks to the companies and individuals who helped to make this weekend a success: Skacel Knitting, Bryson Distributing, Dale of Norway, Joanne Ellis, Louet, Harrisville Yarns, Cascade Yarns, Muench Yarns, Pagewood Farms, and Brown Sheep Co. Our own Laura Kelley had generously wrapped up a skein of her new Knot Just Sock Yarn. We thought that Knot Just A Weekend would be the perfect place for its debut. Stay tuned.

The drawings continued on Saturday morning, with much ooh-ing and aah-ing. Kimberly decided it was "Knitmas" and the name may stick! I mean, after all. Picture it. Good friends, sitting by the fire in their jammies, beverages at hand and gooey goodies lining the countertops. Top that off with packages to open and what, I ask, do you have? Why, you have "Knitmas," of course!! (Check out that view from the glass doors). This is Bev on Saturday morning, opening her door prize of 10 skeins of Cotton Fleece while Pat, Maria, Dee and Claudia watch.

After opening a few of the gifts, we headed off for Eastsound and a late breakfast and early afternoon of shopping and gallery hopping. We came back to the resort to freshen up, and then in the evening went back to Eastsound for a great pizza and pasta dinner at Portofino's.

SATURDAY NIGHT & THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED...

Back to the resort for a fun evening of working on projects topped off with a tasting of three different kinds of Port and a sampler of two dozen truffles from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Pat was the first to sneak off to bed at a fairly early midnight...I managed to slip away a little after 1, and I heard there was still stitching and conversation until well past 3 a.m.!! Here's Filbert, with a glass of the tawny port. He would have given it a thumbs up, if he only had thumbs.

Had we ever turned on a television or radio, we would have heard that a snow storm was headed for the San Juan Islands. The Sunday report will have the photos of what we saw when morning dawned and we looked outside.

'til then,

Becky