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Rhinebeck Part 2: The Haul

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This is the post where I get to show off my Rhinebeck purchases!

First up, two skeins of luscious Cephalopod Yarns Traveler in the Finger Lakes colorway. This colorway is hard to photograph, but it reminds me of fresh purple grapes:

Cephalopod Traveler

I think those are going to grow up to be a hat and mitts set (or possibly a scarf).

Next up, two skeins of Blue Moon Fiber Arts BFL sport in colorway “Manly, yes, but I like it too!” (Really, that’s the name of the colorway.)

BFL Sport

This yarn is squishy and delicious, but I made a mistake when I bought it. Although the name should have tipped me off that it was a sportweight yarn, an error in labeling printed a worsted gauge instead of a sportweight one. You can see it in this picture if you squint:

BFL label

So instead of the 1300 yards of light-worsted weight yarn I thought I was getting, I actually have 1300 yards of sport. I really do like the yarn and the colorway, enough to keep it rather than go through the hassle of returning… but I have to psych myself up to tackle a sweater on size 4 needles (what should have been printed on the label, and the size the Blue Moon website recommends).

This next lovely skein wasn’t actually purchased for me. My husband took one look at the wall of Stonehedge Shepherd’s Wool and insisted on buying one so he could knit himself another hat. As you can imagine, I didn’t argue. This is the Berries colorway:

Stonehedge Worsted

I also got a sachet of moth-repelling herbs and a book of stitch patterns:

book & sachet

Not pictured: the maple candy and half-sour pickles that were eaten before the weekend was over. Yum.

I think I did pretty well for my first Rhinebeck! I purposely didn’t decide I had to have any one type/brand of yarn, since I’d heard too many stories of people sprinting to booths the second the fairgrounds opened, or standing in lines for hours. We were there to see the sights, eat good food, and spend a little (but not too much) on yarny goodness.

I would say mission accomplished :-)

Rhinebeck 2012 in Pictures

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Rhinebeck was AWESOME. Completely amazing. I’ll be going again next year for sure!

Warning: very photo-heavy post ahead.

barn

Barn of amazing vendors

Ravelry meetup

A shot of a small number of the people at the Ravelry meetup (it was huge!)

Mr. T the sheep

Mr. T the sheep

Rhinebeck dream sweater back

New sweater in action

Rhinebeck designers

Me with two lovely designers: Becky of Sugar Tree and Danielle of Makewise Designs

angora bunnies

Angora bunnies!

maple cotton candy

Delicious maple cotton candy next to undyed roving. Can you tell which is which?

Gavin face

Hubby clowning around in the sweater I knit him last year–we got so many compliments! Of course, it helps that he's adorable.

knitting in line

Knitting in the (very long) line for lunch

vendors

Another barn full of amazing vendors

Rhinebeck Chandail

(Pardon the lens flare) A sighting of Chandail in the wild!!! I was so excited! This lovely lady is Amy, who sought me out at the meetup! :-D

I spotted another Chandail just walking around, which made me stop in my tracks and squeal to my husband like a little girl. And I had several people tell me they had been following the progress of my new sweater on Ravelry and were excited to see it in person! I passed out loads of business cards and (of course) bought some delicious yarn.

More on that in a few days :-)

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