![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Yay, I'm writing something!
Is it too late to do a Rhinebeck wrap-up? Maybe it is, because my memory is foggy. All I remember is alpaca, alpaca, alpaca. And some really amazing people.
So, the first few days of that week (that week back in October, that week of Rhinebeck, that week I totally didn't write about when I said I would), I hung out in New Haven and got to see all kinds of cool people. I even got to help make an apple pie, which I have since discovered I can do on my own, from scratch (pie post to follow, probably in the same time frame as the Rhinebeck post is following Rhinebeck). Friday Kristy and I drove up to New York and I dropped her off at her all-day workshop (where she apparently learned some crazy amazing things about seaming and was all happy about it, which, y'know, makes me want to gag, but no one is perfect, y'know?). I then picked up a friend from my ridiculous Harry Potter knitting internet group (yes, it sounds just as weird every time I explain it, even to myself), and she and I drove around the county for the rest of the day checking out the sights.
(Apologies to my friend NNS, but I have shamelessly stolen your collage idea.)
We saw the Vanderbilt Estate:
Then we went to the Roosevelt Estate, where resides the first Presidential Library, which apparently is not free. This was a source of much distress and gnashing of teeth.
Also, Mrs. Roosevelt, in her bronze statue, had her hands in a funny position, and it didn't take long to figure out why.
Once I retrieved my yarn and needles from Mrs. R, we headed back to pick up Kristy and then set out to find our cabin. Unfortunately, by the time we got there it was both dark and raining, so making dinner in the grill outside was... challenging.
We finally got the fire to go all roaring and crazygonuts after we put tin foil over the top of the coals and then put an entire paper bag underneath it as well. The heat from the paper burning was enough to get the coals to take the merest hint of a spark, and we were able to get our hotdogs lukewarm. After four hours, the potatoes were also cooked enough to eat.
Our cabin was small and cute and made out of wood.
Eventually three more amazing people showed up, so we had a full cabin, and after a bit of knitting and talking, we went to sleep.
Saturday was RHINEBECK DAY! OMG OMG RHINEBECK!! We had a quick breakfast in the cabin and then set out. This is where it all gets hazy, and all I remember is alpaca.
Which is funny, because that collage contains 1) a tree, 2) my hand in some poor goat's fur, 3) tubs of llama fur, and 4) actual sheep.
Other highlights:
From top, clockwise, that's the six of us at lunch, a giant cheese-tasting booth Amy and I spent a good half hour in, lots of really pretty sock yarn, and Ellen and I with our Shipwreck shawls, which made for 2/3 of the total number of Shipwreck shawls we saw at Rhinebeck (the third being on a woman who happens to work in the same building as Ellen. You drive 3 hours for a festival and meet someone wearing the same insane shawl as you and she works in your building? Weird.).
Also, Amy and I met up with some other House Cuppers, because you can't go to a knitting festival without seeing your Harry Potter knitting group friends...
Saturday night we went to the Ravelry party. This was the only notable occurence:
Okay, phew, on to Day 2. Yes, THIS was the day of alpaca.
Alpaca, alpaca, llama llama duck in fingerpuppets, alpaca. Mmmmm. Also, fun fact: the white alpaca in the three photos that do not involve fingerpuppets is the same alpaca, whose fur I bought. Because he was adorable and soft. And a great color.
And thus ended the Great Rhinebeck Festival of 2010, and it was sad, except that then there was dyeing back at Kristy's house, and that was pretty awesome.
Also Kristy gave me an entire fleece, which I have lugged home and am hoping to card with some carders another person from the House Cup is going to gift me.
All told, the loot:
I got some alpaca, some llama, a new Golding drop spindle (oops...), a niddy-noddy (below), and a ton of funny pins. Also a bumper sticker that is now on my car (center in the picture above).
Best. Weekend. Ever.
Is it too late to do a Rhinebeck wrap-up? Maybe it is, because my memory is foggy. All I remember is alpaca, alpaca, alpaca. And some really amazing people.
So, the first few days of that week (that week back in October, that week of Rhinebeck, that week I totally didn't write about when I said I would), I hung out in New Haven and got to see all kinds of cool people. I even got to help make an apple pie, which I have since discovered I can do on my own, from scratch (pie post to follow, probably in the same time frame as the Rhinebeck post is following Rhinebeck). Friday Kristy and I drove up to New York and I dropped her off at her all-day workshop (where she apparently learned some crazy amazing things about seaming and was all happy about it, which, y'know, makes me want to gag, but no one is perfect, y'know?). I then picked up a friend from my ridiculous Harry Potter knitting internet group (yes, it sounds just as weird every time I explain it, even to myself), and she and I drove around the county for the rest of the day checking out the sights.
(Apologies to my friend NNS, but I have shamelessly stolen your collage idea.)
We saw the Vanderbilt Estate:
Then we went to the Roosevelt Estate, where resides the first Presidential Library, which apparently is not free. This was a source of much distress and gnashing of teeth.
Also, Mrs. Roosevelt, in her bronze statue, had her hands in a funny position, and it didn't take long to figure out why.
Once I retrieved my yarn and needles from Mrs. R, we headed back to pick up Kristy and then set out to find our cabin. Unfortunately, by the time we got there it was both dark and raining, so making dinner in the grill outside was... challenging.
We finally got the fire to go all roaring and crazygonuts after we put tin foil over the top of the coals and then put an entire paper bag underneath it as well. The heat from the paper burning was enough to get the coals to take the merest hint of a spark, and we were able to get our hotdogs lukewarm. After four hours, the potatoes were also cooked enough to eat.
Our cabin was small and cute and made out of wood.
Eventually three more amazing people showed up, so we had a full cabin, and after a bit of knitting and talking, we went to sleep.
Saturday was RHINEBECK DAY! OMG OMG RHINEBECK!! We had a quick breakfast in the cabin and then set out. This is where it all gets hazy, and all I remember is alpaca.
Which is funny, because that collage contains 1) a tree, 2) my hand in some poor goat's fur, 3) tubs of llama fur, and 4) actual sheep.
Other highlights:
From top, clockwise, that's the six of us at lunch, a giant cheese-tasting booth Amy and I spent a good half hour in, lots of really pretty sock yarn, and Ellen and I with our Shipwreck shawls, which made for 2/3 of the total number of Shipwreck shawls we saw at Rhinebeck (the third being on a woman who happens to work in the same building as Ellen. You drive 3 hours for a festival and meet someone wearing the same insane shawl as you and she works in your building? Weird.).
Also, Amy and I met up with some other House Cuppers, because you can't go to a knitting festival without seeing your Harry Potter knitting group friends...
Saturday night we went to the Ravelry party. This was the only notable occurence:
Okay, phew, on to Day 2. Yes, THIS was the day of alpaca.
Alpaca, alpaca, llama llama duck in fingerpuppets, alpaca. Mmmmm. Also, fun fact: the white alpaca in the three photos that do not involve fingerpuppets is the same alpaca, whose fur I bought. Because he was adorable and soft. And a great color.
And thus ended the Great Rhinebeck Festival of 2010, and it was sad, except that then there was dyeing back at Kristy's house, and that was pretty awesome.
Also Kristy gave me an entire fleece, which I have lugged home and am hoping to card with some carders another person from the House Cup is going to gift me.
All told, the loot:
I got some alpaca, some llama, a new Golding drop spindle (oops...), a niddy-noddy (below), and a ton of funny pins. Also a bumper sticker that is now on my car (center in the picture above).
Best. Weekend. Ever.
Tags:
