Last weekend was close to peak for leaf peeping, which made the drive to Rhinebeck beautiful. Sara and I wended our way along Rt. 44 until we got into New York. There were some ominous clouds above us, but (knock wood), it has never rained on our Rhinebeck trips.
I had no shopping goals for the trip, although I did manage to find some nice things to bring home...a hat from Robin's Hoods ; a woven alpaca stole to replace my worn-out pashmina (I'm saving both for post-Project 333; they are great additions to help me create my well-appointed minimalist wardrobe); a big orange basket; three skeins of cormo/nylon yarn to use for the Macro Lace cardi I'm eager to make (and, hey, Laura was in the Foxhill Farm [no website] booth sporting her BBCs while I was shopping! I saw the boots before I realized who was in them. She is super nice.); a skein of creme puff from Decadent Fibers (where I also had a movie-star sighting! Uma! I Kinneared, but the photo is so bad. Do you want to see it?). I picked up a button at Jennie the Potter's booth, and some vintage millenary trims at another booth (sorry, can't find a card).
I loved the cutie patootie characters at the 425 Square Foot Art booth. Aren't they adorable:
There was plenty of gorgeous yarn to pet and dream about:
These precious 2 oz. skeins of cashmere were all gone when I went back on Sunday to consider buying one. Oh, how happy the knitters that bought them!
Best of all, though, was meeting friends, new and old. I had dinner with my NM SnB girly Cari, met up with my dear friend Cheryl--not a knitter, but converted on Saturday night--and saw tons of my Ravelry, Twitter, and blog peeps (too many to link, but I loved seeing you all). I had my picture taken by Gale and was given an adorable book by Manise as a reminder to pick my strawberries before any little thieves do. I drank warm cider, tasted cheese, and petted puppies.
And critters. Alpaca and llamas. Goats and sheep. There were plenty of them.
Next year, I'm planning on some big doings for Rhinebeck. It's one of my favorite outings of the year. Hope to see you there some time!
It was great to see you and Sara! Sounds like a lovely weekend for you both!
Posted by: Nancy | October 21, 2010 at 09:56 PM
I'm still sorry I missed you on Sunday!
Posted by: Carole | October 22, 2010 at 07:17 AM
It was great seeing you! I'd love to see the Uma photo. :-)
Posted by: Manise | October 22, 2010 at 06:09 PM
Honestly . . . you were the one person that I kept scanning the crowds for. Damn . . . better planning next year!
Posted by: Jill | October 24, 2010 at 06:42 PM
Oh what fun was had by us!!
Posted by: sara | October 26, 2010 at 09:36 PM
It was great meeting & photographing you. While I had a blast shooting & shmoozing, I didn't spy most of the items you showed. Military trim!
I am so shopping impaired.
Posted by: gale (she shoots sheep shots) | October 29, 2010 at 08:59 AM