I’ve been away the past 2 weekends doing fun things. Now I normally wouldn’t like to be away 2 weekends away in a row and bookended by work, but this is how April has shaped up.

My first weekend away was to attend the Majacraft Magic Camp! Majacraft is a New Zealand Spinning Wheel company, for those who are not aware. I headed off late one Friday to Lake Dewar a YMCA camp, somewhere between Bacchus Marsh and Ballan.

It was a beautiful setting with some wonderful teachers and attendees. Organised by Janet Day, I was really glad to have experienced Spinning Camp! There were 4 teachers/classes in total and I got to attend each class. It did make for a very busy weekend, but also thoroughly enjoyable. I haven’t been away on an organised ‘fibre’ retreat like this since attending TAFTA Geelong Fibre Forum retreats maybe 15+ years ago. Gosh, I wish they’d bring back some knitting or spinning classes to that retreat.

It was really interesting to meet Spinners from all over Australia at the meals breaks. Queensland spinners are super active and have several events/camps going on each year, really surprising with their climate. It was great to meet spinners who have great passion for the craft.

This past week and weekend I celebrated my birthday and headed off to Daylesford with my girlfriends who normally do a lot of quilting.

In between this getaway and our last getaway, some of my girlfriends have become addicted to sock knitting…

How lucky am I?! They also still quilt and sew… but not as much!

I’m also making great progress on my Pressed Flowers Pullover. I’m hoping to wrap this up by the end of April, but that doesn’t seem likely!