A Rhinebeck sort of day
It was a beautiful day to drive up into NY State and attend the New York Sheep and Wool Festival. I arrived shortly after 10 AM and started to walk the show. Yes, I did buy four things, an alpaca fleece from Carolyn Clark of Heavenly Sunset Farm, some organic merino roving that is to die for from Spirit Trail Fiberworks - http://www.spirit-trail.net/ - and two skeins of sock yarn to make socks for my Dearest. Spirit Trail also had a cashmere blend that was pretty incredible for $7.50/oz. I resisted. Maybe next year. Ok, here are pics of the purchases.
Alpaca fleece, 2 lbs.
Organic Merino - looks like a cloud and is just as soft, 4 oz.
Sock yarn
I forgot to take the camera so did not get any onsite photos. I know, fail. I did see the most adorable angora bunny at one of the stands along with llamas, alpacas, and every type of sheep imaginable.
I must admit to drooling a bit over the various spinning wheels but they are way too expensive - a small tabletop model was $800 plus and it was no bigger than a kids shoe box. No, really, $800.
There was one wheel maker - The Merlin Tree that sold portable wheels in the $299-369 range so this might warrant further investigation when I can get some money saved up.
http://www.themerlintree.com/merlin001.htm
I wanted to pick up a light weight spindle but nothing in the show caught my fancy. One young lady is using the new technology of 3D printing to produce spindles which I found interesting.
One thing I always find myself laughing about is that you can get yarn overload when attending one of these events if you are not careful. LOL! This is number one reason I like to walk the complete show before buying anything. Then, if something sticks in your mind you can go back and pick it up, i.e. the sock yarn.
By 2:30 PM I had pretty much finished the show and it was looking like it might rain so I headed toward the car and pointed it in the homeward direction. The Sunday traffic was the usual with two major slow downs but eventually I got home. Yes, I was tired by the end of the day.
I did a few rows of knitting but was falling asleep so I just gave up and went to bed after dinner.
It is a cool 45 degrees outside but the sun is up providing a crisp light on the hills this morning.
Coffee is gone, it's time to start the day.
Bit & Pieces
The Untimely Death of Long-Term Health Insurance - shame!
http://www.truth-out.org/untimely-death-long-term-health-insurance/1318776242
NYPD Arrests Woman For Closing Her Citibank Account (VIDEO) - WTF?
http://wonkette.com/454855/nypd-arrests-woman-for-closing-her-citibank-account-video
Meet the Guy Who Snitched on Occupy Wall Street to the FBI and NYPD
http://gawker.com/5850054/meet-the-guy-who-snitched-on-occupy-wall-street-to-the-fbi-and-nypd
FBI’s DNA database upgrade plans come under fire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15311718
Criminal penguin captured on film - brat!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15305502
Lost CS Forester book The Pursued to be published
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15327043
Wootton Bassett given Royal prefix by the Princess Royal - Bravo Royal Wootton Bassett!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-15325154
Rick Perry officials spark revolt after doctoring environment report
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/14/rick-perry-texas-censorship-environment-report?newsfeed=true
Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/technology/amazon-rewrites-the-rules-of-book-publishing.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25
Is Chris Christie Worse for the Citizens of New Jersey than 'Jersey Shore'?
http://www.alternet.org/story/152742/cage_match%3A_is_chris_christie_worse_for_the_citizens_of_new_jersey_than_%27jersey_shore%27?akid=7722.204376.L2NoZ-&rd=1&t=8
First-Hand Account: Activist Randy Credico's Violent Arrest at Occupy Wall St. March
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/680948/first-hand_account%3A_activist_randy_credico%27s_violent_arrest_at_occupy_wall_st._march/ - paragraph2
Van Gogh did not kill himself, authors claim
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15328583
British Library sparks Amazon row
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15332307
Sesame Street YouTube channel hit by porn hack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15333600
Exmoor sees bumper crop of acorns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15331965
All we are saying is 'give pizza a chance'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15331005
Early expeditions to Everest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15312059
Power from the people
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15305579
The non-existent tags
weather, knitting, global warming, environment, politics, Repugs, fiber, yarn, WTF?, penguins, books, art, photography, exhibitions, technology
Change the world one loan at a time - visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
Alpaca fleece, 2 lbs.
Organic Merino - looks like a cloud and is just as soft, 4 oz.
Sock yarn
I forgot to take the camera so did not get any onsite photos. I know, fail. I did see the most adorable angora bunny at one of the stands along with llamas, alpacas, and every type of sheep imaginable.
I must admit to drooling a bit over the various spinning wheels but they are way too expensive - a small tabletop model was $800 plus and it was no bigger than a kids shoe box. No, really, $800.
There was one wheel maker - The Merlin Tree that sold portable wheels in the $299-369 range so this might warrant further investigation when I can get some money saved up.
http://www.themerlintree.com/merlin001.htm
I wanted to pick up a light weight spindle but nothing in the show caught my fancy. One young lady is using the new technology of 3D printing to produce spindles which I found interesting.
One thing I always find myself laughing about is that you can get yarn overload when attending one of these events if you are not careful. LOL! This is number one reason I like to walk the complete show before buying anything. Then, if something sticks in your mind you can go back and pick it up, i.e. the sock yarn.
By 2:30 PM I had pretty much finished the show and it was looking like it might rain so I headed toward the car and pointed it in the homeward direction. The Sunday traffic was the usual with two major slow downs but eventually I got home. Yes, I was tired by the end of the day.
I did a few rows of knitting but was falling asleep so I just gave up and went to bed after dinner.
It is a cool 45 degrees outside but the sun is up providing a crisp light on the hills this morning.
Coffee is gone, it's time to start the day.
Bit & Pieces
The Untimely Death of Long-Term Health Insurance - shame!
http://www.truth-out.org/untimely-death-long-term-health-insurance/1318776242
NYPD Arrests Woman For Closing Her Citibank Account (VIDEO) - WTF?
http://wonkette.com/454855/nypd-arrests-woman-for-closing-her-citibank-account-video
Meet the Guy Who Snitched on Occupy Wall Street to the FBI and NYPD
http://gawker.com/5850054/meet-the-guy-who-snitched-on-occupy-wall-street-to-the-fbi-and-nypd
FBI’s DNA database upgrade plans come under fire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15311718
Criminal penguin captured on film - brat!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15305502
Lost CS Forester book The Pursued to be published
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15327043
Wootton Bassett given Royal prefix by the Princess Royal - Bravo Royal Wootton Bassett!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-15325154
Rick Perry officials spark revolt after doctoring environment report
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/14/rick-perry-texas-censorship-environment-report?newsfeed=true
Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/technology/amazon-rewrites-the-rules-of-book-publishing.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25
Is Chris Christie Worse for the Citizens of New Jersey than 'Jersey Shore'?
http://www.alternet.org/story/152742/cage_match%3A_is_chris_christie_worse_for_the_citizens_of_new_jersey_than_%27jersey_shore%27?akid=7722.204376.L2NoZ-&rd=1&t=8
First-Hand Account: Activist Randy Credico's Violent Arrest at Occupy Wall St. March
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/680948/first-hand_account%3A_activist_randy_credico%27s_violent_arrest_at_occupy_wall_st._march/ - paragraph2
Van Gogh did not kill himself, authors claim
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15328583
British Library sparks Amazon row
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15332307
Sesame Street YouTube channel hit by porn hack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15333600
Exmoor sees bumper crop of acorns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15331965
All we are saying is 'give pizza a chance'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15331005
Early expeditions to Everest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15312059
Power from the people
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15305579
The non-existent tags
weather, knitting, global warming, environment, politics, Repugs, fiber, yarn, WTF?, penguins, books, art, photography, exhibitions, technology
Change the world one loan at a time - visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how