Rhinebeck in One Word - AWESOME

It was amazing. You should really think about planning on going next year. It is always the third weekend in October.


We got to the festival and we started out in a building all together and quickly realized that it would be impossible to keep four of us together for the day so I suggested we meet up for lunch, Lise and Betty went on their mission to find yarn for specific projects and Kathy and I wandered around. What was really funny, was when we got back to theB&B Lise and Betty would ask us "Where did you find that?" and we the same. So day two was used to hit the places the others hit the day before. It was like watching a movie for the second time when you went back on Sunday because you didn't see something the first day and there it was on the second day. Could be the restocking ofthe vendors too?


The fun part was playing Blogger Bingo. Kathy and I (mostly Kathy -she was the Blogger Bingo expert, go figure she doesn't even have a blog) kept our eyes peeled for bingo squares. We only needed five squares by the time we left yesterday. It was so much fun. We met so many nice people. We met the Knitting Ps Petra and Pamela who live in Arlington and Dallas. They were very nice. And at one point on Saturday Kathy and I were walking and who should be in our direct line of vision "THE YARN HARLOT". I went up to her and said "Excuse Stephanie, I'm Susanne a fellow Canadian, it is so nice to meet you". It was so cool. The next day I went and got her to sign a book and we had our picture taken with her. She is nice. I kenered her at the Ravelry after party too.

There were a boat load of people there. Some of whom I have chatted with since returning. There was so many nice people we met.

The next day we saw her and got our picture taken with her.

Betty was MIA, she was chatting with a lady who was watching the Sheep to Shawl Competition. Which by the way was kinda cool.

I would highly recommend the festival but even though the B&B was very nice and the breakfasts awesome and it was only a few minutes from the fairgrounds, I would probably stay somewhere cheaper next time. Location was great, the B&B was so close to the fairgrounds that I pulled out of the B&B and accerlated and the girls all said "You just missed the entrance to the parking lot" Well heck I didn't realize I could coast from the B&B to the fairgrounds it was so close LOL.

We met Mary Beth Temple, what a down to earth friendly nice person. She wrote a book a called Secret Language of Knitters or something like that. Anyway, she said she signed some of her books for Margo Lynn for the DFW Fiber Fest next year. Who knew? Margo was at the festival and we didn't run into her once. We all bought Mary Beth's book. It is funny.

We all had a great time. I can't wait to knit up my purchases. I think the favorite I got was the peruvian alpaca and some cashmere silk. They are so soft. The only thing I really wanted but didn't get was an angora rabbit. They were the cutest.







I truly enjoyed the trip. I wish we could have found the shawl though. But I leave you with this ...

...three girls trying to catch a flightback home can be pretty entertaining. We arrived at the airport with one hour to spare. Cool, check in, grab a bite to eat, go to the restroom and then board. NOT. We pulled up to the AVIS car return and the guy says What's the mileage? What's the gas? So I tell him and he goes, I'm trying to help you Mam they are going to charge you $70 to fill that tank up? The three of us just said forget it loaded up the vehicle and off to the gas station we go. Out of the airport onto the highway, apparently you were to come to a fork in the road and then turn on 120, North or South? Don't remember what he said. Off we go on 120 crap no gas station keep going, still nothing, Lise Navigator Extrordinaire, says turn here. Okay, oh we see a sign for gas. Now we have 50 mins to check in and catch our flight. New York has full service and self service gas station I parked at full service. No can't do that, wait for Mr.Motorcycle dude to speed it up and move out of the way since we now have 45 mins to check in and board our flight. He moves, we get the gas and head back. I drop the girls off at the front of the terminal they take all the bags I go return the car. We check in and the plane just arrived so we have time for the restroom and off we go. I'm sorry but that was a little too close for me and I know for them. But now we know we can catch a flight in less than 45 mins.

What a trip!!!

Long Time No Post

How do you define stress? Have a pool put in your backyard!! They always tell you that when you put a pool in that it is going to be stressful. Your yard will be a construction site for 6 to 8 weeks. Okay, no problem I can deal with that. What I couldn't deal with were errors as a results of not having the correct plan for the pool. It was a domino effect. But I don't want to bore you all with those details. I stressed over them enough over the month.


I keep closing my eyes and imaging this hole in the ground with the blue water and water fall being so soothing and relaxing while I sip on a cool stiff drink. We are about 1 1/2 weeks away.

How do spell stress relief? Indulge in the hobbies you enjoy. That is what I have been doing. Here is a picture, which doesn't do the fabric justice, of a few knitting totes I'm working on.

As I previously posted, my son Andrew has taken an interest in sewing. Here are the pictures of him working on his rag quilt. He is just about done. I love that!!

Last night I went to the DFW Knitting Guild meeting as a guest of lady named Mary Jo, she knits with beads. I had met Mary Jo a few years back and thought what an amazing craft to knit with beads. I recently saw her and I'm glad I took her up on the invitation to go to the Guild Meeting. There were a lot of ladies in attendance and Liz, Tasha, Betty and Patti O were there too. I thought I would try my hand at making a thimble bag.


I must say I am enjoying knitting it. Below is a picture of the progress I am making on it. I would be further along except for the fact that I had to cast on about 4 times before I got it right. I can't wait to finish it.

As you can see by the time ticker at the top of my blog, Rhinebeck is in 16 days. Holy Moly!!! I guess I won't have my project done by the time I leave. Oh well, I just want to have a great time. I'm sure I will with the bunch I'm going with. Lise and I are participating in the Blogger Bingo a lady on Ravelry is organizing. We are going to be a square on the bingo cards. We will have something to identify us and people will need to come up to us and see if they have our blog address on their card. It is such a fun way to meet other knitters.

Well, off to sit out side and glare at my cement pond. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Labor Day Weekend

What is a person to do when they don't really have any plans for a longweekend? Well, since it is my birthday weekend I requested that I get one day to be in my craft room doing whatever I choose to do uninterrupted. That is what I planned to do. But little did I know that my sons age 8 and 6 would like to sew too. So much for no interruptions. But I think it is wonderful that they are interested in sewing.

I had planned to make them each a flannel rag quilt. I had the squares cut out already so I thought that would be a good project for them to do. Straight sewing. So I have DS1 set up on my old sewing machine and DS2 on my newest machine. Well, they were going to town. DS2 is almost ready to assemble his and is so excited. But I think he was more excited about the fact that you push a button and the machine sews without pushing the peddle. He calls this the "ghost is sewing" feature. LOL The DS1 has taken a break and off to do errands with Dad.

Well, I must say I love Joann Fabrics' coupons. I went yesterday and purchased fabric to make 10 tote bags for my craft sale and used my 10% off total purchase coupon so the damage wasn't as bad as I thought. Today, I have cut out the fabric for all the bags and just need to cut the fabric for the braided handles, which I think is the preferred tote handle. I will have to wait to sew them since DS2 has decided to sew on. I will have to take some pics and post them later of his blanket. So as he accomplishes his goal of completing his blanket, I continue on cutting out fabric for various bags, I plan on making some reversible, medium and small sizes too.

I can't wait to see what all the bags look like once they are complete.