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I am turbo excited to tell you about Gwlana<\/a> – a wondrous series of knitting retreats curated and produced by my talented friend Brenda Dayne<\/a>. The first of these retreats takes place in about a month from now, from May 15th – 18th. I shall be teaching my Quotidian Colourwork workshop there and this will be followed by Brenda Dayne’s Bespoke Yokes class. Last week when I was at Brenda’s we spoke about how our workshops connect in an interview that I shall be editing tomorrow and releasing as a special edition of the KNITSONIK podcast. However I thought you might also enjoy reading about Gwlana here – especially because I have some nice pictures to share!<\/p>\n

The weekend takes place in Pembrokeshire in Beggar’s Reach Hotel. I was excited as soon as we got there last Sunday because it has got a very comfortable atmosphere and because the light in the teaching space is amazing<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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The Orangerie at Beggar’s Reach Hotel, where the teaching happens!<\/p><\/div>\n

As she showed me around Brenda explained “this is where we all have breakfast” “this is where we hang out in the evening” and “this is where we knit”. It all looks spacious, welcoming and warm, and I can see us having a truly lovely time here.<\/p>\n

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A place for a tasty breakfast<\/p><\/div>\n

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All this bar needs is an enthusiastic accordionist…<\/p><\/div>\n

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Where the knitting happens!<\/p><\/div>\n

The Hotel welcomes knitters. Indeed knitting that occurred at Beggar’s Reach Hotel during P3 retreats (which preceded Gwlana) can still be seen around if you look carefully! <\/p>\n

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A handknitted blanket for the taxidermy!<\/p><\/div>\n

At those P3 retreats Brenda taught her Top-down Raglan Sweater Class, and Bespoke Yokes continues the idea of creating custom-designed top-down sweaters into a form suited to colourwork: yoke sweaters<\/em>. Brenda is a huge fan of the underlying architecture of garments. She is also super fun and very patient. I love this video from knittingbrow taken right after one of her Top-down Raglan Sweater Classes during her US tour a few years ago because you can tell how much he enjoyed Brenda’s class.<\/p>\n