Summer Retreat June 12-15, 2025
We are so excited about our Summer Retreat at Lake Junaluska at the Lambuth Inn.
Our retreat includes all food, room (if signed up for a room), swag bag and classes. The price is per person. Check in will be on Thursday @4pm and dinner is served from 5:30-7:00pm. We will have a meeting room for classes and vendors.
Classes have a limited number of students, so online registration is required for that class. Please sign up for classes using this link.
Buffets are served. Breakfast 7:30-9:00am, Lunch 12:00-1:30pm, Dinner 5:30-7:00pm.
Vendors will be open Saturday 10-5.
Friends & Fiberworks (mobile unit as a vendor), will be open every day during the retreat. We will have all the yarns needed to complete all classes and knit a longs for sale.
A private shopping experience at Friends & Fiberworks Saturday 6:30-8:30pm.
Emre Koc, owner of Yarnster, (think of Urth yarns) will be with us this weekend with a trunk show and showing us their new yarns.
Yonca Ozbelli from Universal Yarns will be with us all weekend with a trunk show and presentation of yarns and Muud Bags.
Chair massages will be available on Friday and Saturday.
Sit & knit a long Gnomes w/Sandy and Summer Cowl w/Roberta G. all weekend.
Double Room $725 per person, please let us know who your roommate is. Single Room $975 per person. Double Room with 1 retreater $1275. Day Retreat (no room, classes and food only) $375.00. Wednesday Night Room Rate as an add on $190.00.
Thursday
Check in @4:00pm
Meet & Greet 4:00-5:00pm
4:45pm-5:15 Yonca presents Universal & Muud Trunk Show
5:20pm Group Picture in front of the Lambuth Inn
5:00-7:30pm Dinner
6:30-7:30 Intro to Machine Knitting and Demonstration w/Crystal.
7:30-8:30pm Bowl Cozy Hot Pad (knitting) w/Betty-2 skeins Berroco
7:30-8:30 Bowl Cozy Hot Pad (crochet) w/Liz 2 skeins Berroco
7:30-9:00 Social Knitting
Friday
7:30-9am Breakfast
8:30-9:15am Yoga w/Cynthia on the porch.
9:00-5:00pm 1 hour machine knitting class fair isle cowl w/Crystal.
9:00-4:00pm Chair Massage $1 per minute. Sign up online but pay the therapist at the time of the massage.
9:00-10:00pm Sliplicious w/ Stacy
9:30-10:30 Knit Companion for Beginners w/Heidi Bring your iPad, or laptop with Knit Companion pre-loaded. Know your email and App Store login and password please.
10:00-4:00 Permanent Jewelry pop up shop with Reagan from Sparked with Love Permanent Jewelry, pay for what you want.
10:00-11:00am Granny Square Scarf w/Liz
11:00-12:00 Advanced Knit Companion w/Heidi. Bring your iPad, or laptop with Knit Companion pre-loaded. If you have a pattern with “issues” you want to address, have it with you or available on your device.
11:30-12:00pm Yoga for stitchers w/Cynthia on the porch
All day drop in and make a hat on a circular knitter w/Meg 1 skein of Malabrigo Rios worsted weight yarn only.
12:00-1:30pm Lunch
1:00-2:00pm Ravelry 101 w/Cyndi.
1:00-5:00pm drop in to Cricut your bag w/Liz
2:00-3:00pm Continental Knitting w/Heidi.
3:30-4:30 pm 5 Different Kinds of Short Rows w/Heidi.
4:00-5:00pm Tunisian Entrelac Crochet w/Jean
5:00pm Emre presents Urth Trunk Show
5:30-7:00pm Dinner
7:00-8:00pm Two Handed Stranded Knitting w/Heidi.
7:00-9:00 Social Knitting
Saturday
7:30-9am Breakfast
8:30-9:15am Yoga with Cynthia on the porch.
9:30-10:30 Knit Companion for Beginners w/Heidi Bring your iPad, or laptop with Knit Companion pre-loaded. Know your email and App Store login and password please.
All day drop in and dye your skein of yarn w/AnneMarie
All day drop in and make a hat on a circular knitter w/Meg 1 skein of worsted weight yarn
9:00-10:00am Invisible L1P1 Bindoff w/Roberta
9:00-4:30pm Chair Massage $1 per minute. Sign up online but pay the therapist at the time of the massage.
9:00-5:00pm 1 hour machine knitting class fair isle cowl w/Crystal.
10:00-11:00am Granny Square Scarf w/Liz
11:00-12:00 Avoid the Bump w/Roberta
11:00-12:00 Advanced Knit Companion w/Heidi. Bring your iPad, or laptop with Knit Companion pre-loaded. If you have a pattern with “issues” you want to address, have it
2:00-4:00 Fish Lips Kiss Heel w/Roberta
2:00-3:00 Embroider Your Knit & Crochet w/Heidi.
3:30-4:30 Continental Knitting w/Heidi.
5:30-7:00pm Dinner
6:30pm Depart for private shopping at FFW
7:00-9:00 Social Knitting
Sunday
7:30-9am Breakfast
9:00-11:00 Finishing w/Crystal
