Ok, for everyone else in the world, it's a regular Friday but for fiber people, it's a pretty awesome holiday. Better than Christmas and Halloween and Easter and all the other things where you might get presents and/or chocolate all rolled into one. Mostly because Rhinebeck involves yarn and fiber and apple cider doughnuts and sheep and border collies and goats and music and garlicky artichokes and people with amazing sweaters that don't look at you like you're a nutter when you ask what pattern/yarn they used. People who understand that all the best wooly clothes can't be bought in a store.
We got our job finished, just under the wire (we're happy with it and they seemed to be too, which is always a wonderful thing) so we're excited to hit up the fleece sales. We're even bringing a second pair of hands to haul wool this year, someone who understands when you text her screaming RHINEBECK!! and is more than willing to dig through bags of fleece to find the perfect stuff to become the perfect sock yarn. She's the perfect shop assistant.
And my sweater is down to half a sleeve. So that too might come in just under the wire. Only three more decreases and a cuff left to go.
So Happy Rhinebeck Eve, everybody. Hopefully we'll get to see some of you at the festival tomorrow.
Just... you know... don't stand between us and the fleece sales.
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