Purl, Interrupted

i pretended to go to rhinebeck, and all i brought back was this lousy dog

Karrie is having a contest! Not every one in the world got to go to Rhinebeck last weekend and engage in stash expansion. Karrie, for example, was stuck in stupid California. And I was stuck in Anchorage, in the cold, and working. So Karrie had the brilliant idea for a photo contest based on all the great yarn and stuff that we *didn't* get at Rhinebeck.

She writes: you* should try it. Post a picture of your pretend Rhinebeck loot and a bit about it. Leave me a comment or a trackback by Friday, October 27 and my favorite one entry chosen at random will win some handpainted yarn (see prizes here). What are you waiting for? Get pretending!
*By “you” i mean someone that didn’t get to go to Rhinebeck. the lucky knitters that went surely got some new yarn, and don’t need any pity-yarn from me.

Intrigued enough by this idea to dust off my camera (shocking, i realize) and play along, here is my loot.

As you can see, I totally scored at not-Rhinebeck. I got several kinds of funky self-striping sock yarn, some self-striping silk blend manos, a few ounces of white alpaca roving, some dyed roving, beautiful grey cashmere, some peach baby cashmere, several skeins of handspun yarn (I wonder who the talented craftsperson is!) and an exotic, one-of-a-kind handcrafted lazy kate. Pretty good, eh?

But wait -- there's more! Not only did I pick up lots of great yarn and roving, I also picked up a new fiber source!

NOW how much would you pay??

Posted by cmandala at October 27, 2006 01:45 PM