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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted in knitting, thoughts, tagged 1000 Knitters Project, Franklin, KIP, knitting, Lettuce Knit, World Wide Knit in Public Day, WWKIP, Yarn Harlot on Sunday June 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last Saturday, June 14, was World Wide Knit in Public day.
I first heard of it this year, when I read about an event at Lettuce Knit in Toronto, organized by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, better know to blog readers as the Yarn Harlot. She and her friend, Rachel H., came up with a plan, and invited Franklin [...]
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