rhinebeck re-entry

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Rhinebeck was great. Re-entry was really hard last year — 6 hours of driving on Sunday after a long weekend, so I took today off too.
I didn’t buy a lot this year. I’m getting much better with my festival purchases. Pictured above are 2 of the 4 purchases I made:

My only regret of the weekend is that I missed at least 5 people that I was on the lookout for all weekend — Glenna, Kate, Katy and her mom, and Vicki. The festival just isn’t that big — how does that happen? And just like last year when we couldn’t stop running into Katy and her mom, I kept running into Ann (who finished her cabled sweater and it’s awesome!) and Elspeth (who finished her knitted dress and it’s awesome too!).
I’m sure you’re all curious about St. Brigid. Did I finish in time?
I sure did!
I finished the final grafting at about 2am Sunday morning, just in time to wear it around on Sunday. I wanted to give it a full wet block before its FO pics, so look for them this coming weekend (it’s drying now and it’s going to take a while). I will say this for now though — I’m so happy I finished it, I’m so happy to be able to wear it, and I’m so certain I won’t make something else big and cabley like that for a very long time.

19 thoughts on “rhinebeck re-entry

  1. Sigh. Good reason not to see me…my mom wussed out. :) And I figured a private audience with St. Brigid (and you) would be finer! Maybe mine will be done by then too. Not that anything tops the marathon that is yours!!

  2. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN??? I was on the look-out for you all weekend, too! Next year (!), we’re going to have to come up with a better system (cell phones, anyone?) for all the people I must see, if only for a quick hello & hug. I’m sorry sorry I missed you.

  3. Nice purchases! I missed people I was looking for too. St. Brigid looked totally awesome! I’m so glad you got to wear it for a little while at least. See you soon!

  4. The only yarn I bought was from the two vendors you pictured. If Shelridge Farms and Morehouse Merino were the only ones at Rhinebeck next year I’d be there! Great choices.
    I’m sad I missed your sweater on Sunday, but I’m really glad we saw you on Saturday!

  5. I missed you, too! But I missed some others too, darn it all. Well, I suppose there were 12,000 people there, a few were likely to slip through the cracks. I’ll just have to do better “next year”! 😀

  6. I missed you, too! But I missed some others too, darn it all. Well, I suppose there were 12,000 people there, a few were likely to slip through the cracks. I’ll just have to do better “next year”! 😀

  7. I am sorry I missed you this weekend. You are right, the festival is not that big, how is it possible! I am sure Brigid is gorgeous…how about a post so those of us who didn’t get to see it in person can ooh and ahh?

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