One of the drawbacks of knitting gifts is that you don’t want to blog about them lest the recipient reads the blog and the surprise is spoiled. This is one example of that – this scarf was completed back in October, but I didn’t want to blog about it until I gave it to my [...]
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Rhinebeck!
Posted in knitting, shopping, tagged alpaca, CPaAG, Franklin, friends, Ravelry, Rhinebeck, Sheep and Wool Festival, Tsock Tsarina, VLT, yarn on Saturday November 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
At long last, here is my promised entry on Rhinebeck, aka The New York State Sheep and Wool Festival.
The view of the Niagara River Gorge from the train.
Finally here, after months of anticipation! This photo doesn’t even begin to show how many cars were parked out on the fields.
The obligatory crowd shot – there were [...]
Baby Cap, and Rhinebeck!
Posted in knitting, shopping, tagged alpaca, baby hat, baby socks, Franklin, knitting, llama, Nine Tailors, Rhinebeck, roving, spindle, Tsarina of Tsocks, wool, yarn on Friday October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finished the baby cap on the train to Rhinebeck. The train that was supposed to take about 11 hours to get from Toronto to Rhinecliff took 14 hours instead, thanks to the engine breaking down somewhere west of Albany. It made a long trip even longer, but on the other hand, it did let [...]





