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The Rhinebeck Haul

October 25, 2006 By Carole

Unlike some people, I did not prepare a list for Rhinebeck. I figured an open mind, along with an open wallet, was the way to approach my first big ass fiber festival. The only thing I publicly stated was that I was not going to buy a fleece. Did I or didn’t I? You’ll have to wait until the end of the post to find out.

In the meantime, I promised you the haul and the haul you shall see.

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My first purchase of the day. Lovely Grafton Fiber batts. Never mind that I already have 4 batts from Linda Diak at home. Never mind that I’ll most likely see her at SPA where there will be less of a frenzy to purchase. It just seemed like the right thing to purchase first.

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Seafoam Cashmere and Silk from Foxfire Fiber. Of course, this is also available to me locally. But still. It’s cashmere and silk and it’s soft and lovely and I succumbed.

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Brooks Farm Yarn. 2 skeins of the 2 ply kid mohair. I generally don’t buy yarn at fiber festivals because you can get all the yarn you need online and it’s a known commodity. But Brooks Farm isn’t available online, at least not in all the fabulous colors they have in their booth. So, I stood in line and it was worth it. Obviously, since I cast on the muted neutrals skein almost immediately. It will be a nice Old Shale pattern scarf for me. The red will eventually be a shawl of some sort. I’m open to suggestions for an appropriate pattern for 500 yards of very soft mohair.

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Icelandic mixed with Baby Alpaca from Frelsi Farm. The color was irresistible to me. And soft! Too bad we don’t have touch-o-vision computer screens.

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Eight ounces of this gorgeous green/blue blend from Spinner’s Hill. I picked this up on Sunday. There were better colors and larger amounts available on Saturday but the feeding frenzy was just a little too intense and I walked away. Margene got some gorgeous red from them, though. Wait until you see that.

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Three batts of Lincoln Cross from Barneswallow Farm. I had the two green ones in my hand and then Kim threw the rose one at me. She made me buy these. Really, she did.

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Spirit Trail Fiberworks CVM on the left. I didn’t make it to the fleece sale in time to score a CVM fleece so I went the easy route and bought some roving instead. The color is like melted chocolate and I know it will spin like a dream. This and That Farm’s Cormo pin drafted roving on the right. Because while bright colors are nice, natural is even nicer. And it smells yummy and all lanolin-y. Mmmmmm.

So, the fleece. Did I or didn’t I?

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Yup. I did. But it’s a Shetland and it only weighs 2.5 pounds. That hardly even counts. And the guy that was selling it was such a hottie, I was powerless to resist.

And that’s all, folks. I came home with a smile in my heart and money in my pocket. And I think this is enough fiber to hold me until SPA, don’t you?

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Comments

  1. Julia says

    October 25, 2006 at 10:37 pm

    Awesome haul Carole! I go to these things more for fiber than yarn too. Is it next year yet?

  2. Chris says

    October 25, 2006 at 10:42 pm

    Pretty!

  3. Theresa says

    October 25, 2006 at 11:23 pm

    I like the open-minded approach. And see how well it worked!

  4. Anne says

    October 25, 2006 at 11:56 pm

    What does “pin drafted” mean?

    That is lovely stuff… Need to go put mine up!

  5. Kathleen says

    October 26, 2006 at 8:49 am

    Great haul!! I wanted more from Brooks but resisted.

  6. ck says

    October 26, 2006 at 12:39 pm

    Great haul! Can’t wait to see the resulting yarn.

  7. sarah b. says

    October 27, 2006 at 10:41 am

    That’s how I approached Rhinebeck, too! Man, I love that pink and green roving. Oh, and it was great to meet you. Hope I didn’t freak you out with the “you don’t know me but I know you” when Kathy was asking if you know me. ๐Ÿ™‚

  8. Theresa says

    October 27, 2006 at 10:43 am

    You probably already know this, but if you are looking for nice CVM (fleeces,rovings) then Black Pines Farm in Colorado has some beautiful stuff. have a chocolate fleece of my own that’s going to be coming my way in the spring.

    Very nice shopping trip! Someday I will get to Rhinebeck. Seems like a real blast!

  9. Birdsong says

    October 27, 2006 at 6:34 pm

    Can we get someone to invent touch-o-vision? Now? Fabulous haul!

  10. Kim says

    October 29, 2006 at 9:12 am

    Ohmygosh, I feel faint. Such beautiful fiber, all…

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