My first Rhinebeck trip was quite an experience! It was a gorgeous weekend, the weather cooperated wonderfully, I saw more yarn and fiber in one place than I ever have in my whole life, and I got to spend some time with my real-life-knitter-friends-from-college Bridgit and Jeremie. Yay all around! Now, prepare for lots and lots of photos...
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| Parting words from the Fiasco. It was difficult to follow them, but I did. |
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| We're here! We're here! |
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| Our first stop was The Fold, to get some Blue Moon Fiber Arts goodies before it became too packed. |
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| Next we stopped by the Burgis Brook Alpacas booth to see my new hat pattern in action, yay! |
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| Then it was Cephalopod Yarns time! Meet Sarah, dyer extraordinaire |
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| And say hi to Jeremie and Bridgit, looking cheerful during our very long wait in the CY line! |
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| Also meet Marianne, a wonderful friend from the SG/CY/VG boards whom I was very glad to finally see in person. |
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| Enough people, now sheep! Hello, Romney. |
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| Blue Faced Leicester, I love your wool! |
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| Why so serious? |
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| A friendly Finnsheep. |
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| I must have Pygora goats someday! |
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| I coveted this Sheep Incognito artwork, it was great. |
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| There were 3 of these giant buildings and about 10 barns CHOCK FULL of yarn and fiber. |
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| A pair of rather unhappy llamas... |
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| And tents with even more goods strewn between buildings. |
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| Pretty weaving. |
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| A very nice pan flute band. |
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| Some of the gorgeous creations entered for judging. |
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| I adored this picture! |
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| Too many cute things... |
There were so many things to see, these photos only covered a small portion of it, but I hope I captured the feel of what it was like. In short, it was wonderful, and I hope I get to go back someday.
It looks like you had a wonderful time! I can imagine it was hard to not buy a sheep, or a llama! I am glad to see that you had such a fun time! :)
ReplyDeleteIt was awesome! Well worth the anticipation, too.
DeleteI need to go Rhineback... I'd better start planning for next year!
ReplyDeleteYes, do! It is a great time.
DeleteSeeing the pictures of the sheep paintings is inspiring. Maybe someday I'll be there with my spindle drawings :). Anyways, it looks like you had a blast! I am so jealous!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! I love the "Don't Buy a Sheep!" reminder: sometimes I feel like I need one of those, too, especially when the sheep are doing cute things. :) And I totally agree: if we're both there next year (and, really, only the apocalypse could keep me away), a meetup should definitely be in the works. Glad your first Rhinebeck was a smashing success! :)
ReplyDeleteSomeday, someday, I will buy a sheep, and he won't be able to stop me! Mwahaha. :)
DeleteI think it's funny that you would need the explicit instructions of, "Don't buy a sheep."
ReplyDeleteSo the next question is, how much damage did you do to your wallet?