Knitting in pink

I promised some details about my few purchases from Rhinebeck, so here it comes!

When I arrived at Rhinebeck I made a beeline for The Fold booth. I looked and looked some more and picked one (possibly Downpour) skein and went in line. After a few minutes of waiting I decided that I really didn't need another skein of sock yarn... So I put it back and left. I still don't think I regret that decision... Crazy, I know.

After this first non-purchase I made my first real one. Alyson and I both bought the same fiber batt from Crosspatch Creations

The 4oz batt is their Signature blend with wool, tussah silk, viscose, cut bombyx silk and silk noil in the color Lady Slipper.

Next we met Dani from Sunshine Yarns. She was giving out samples of her yarns and I got this loveliness:



It's her Twist yarn in the Black Lake colorway. There are 195 yds in the skein, enough for a short pair of socks!

At the blogger meet up, this guy was handing out vintage patterns. He gave me a copy of a Needle & Thread magazine from 1981. This particular magazine has nothing to do about knitting, though, only sewing. But, when I looked at it after I got home I found this cutie:



Later I made my first purchase ever from Brooks Farm. I think that they've been at every sheep & wool festivals I've been to but I never bought from them. I found in a sale bin this already wound up skein of Primero



Primero is 100% Kid Mohair and comes in 500yds skein. I didn't think I'd ever buy something 100% mohair but I did, now I have to find something to knit with it.

Earlier during the day we'd been in the Persimmon Tree Farm booth and some spinning fibers had caught my eyes. I didn't purchase any then but at the end of the day I went back and got some of this:



Sadly, I didn't make a note of either the color name or the blend of these fibers.

So that's it, that's all I got! I think that it is much less than I got last year, but then again, I don't really remember what I bought last year.

Rhinebeck was a lot of fun this year. I did a few fun purchases but I mostly enjoyed spending time with some very fun people.

I met up with Alyson and Adelle.

Met Dani from Sunshine Yarns (click on link for photo).

Met Anne from Knitspot (sorry no photo)

Met Carrie from Funky Carolina and Michelle from the Sweet Sheep



Photo from the Ravelry party at Riccardi's Hideaway. You can see from left: Carrie, Michelle, Adelle, Jess, myself and Alyson

There I also met Tina from Phoenix Fiberworks. See photo here. Tina, Alyson and I share the same birthday... Isn't that cool?!!

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Here's the loot. You'll have to wait until tomorrow for some descriptions... If you're really curious you can get a peek here!

If you want to find me at Rhinebeck, this is what you should be looking for:

I'll be there all day and at the Morehouse and Ravelry parties afterwards. See you there!

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For everyone wondering about my trip to Disney...

In one word: Awesome!

The weather was gorgeous, the rides were fun, the waits not too long (taking advantage of Single Rider lines and Fastpasses), the food was great (Food & Wine Festival at Epcot). Got to knit a bit while waiting in line. I have to say that I didn't see anyone else knitting during my entire stay.



Met up with Alyson and Travis twice for supper and some mini-golfing. You can check out her post about it here.

If you're interested you can check out some of my Disney photos here.