I finally got around to taking pictures of my Rhinebeck goodies.

My first purchase was some beautiful, heavenly, soft Prime Alpaca. I purchased two skeins from Misty Mountain Farms. That's 665 yards per skein, so I have a lot of lovely alpaca yarn. The yarn is 100% superfine natural colored alpaca, and I honestly wish I could have purchased 50 skeins and created a nest to live in. It is so nice to pet.

This was actually my last purchase. This is from Still River Mill. I was attracted to their tent by some interesting yarn called Puppy Love, which I found out was made from puppy fur... well, not puppies, but sled dogs. Very cool! I would have purchased some, but all of the colors were icky, pastel types. They also had some gorgeous and affordable cashmere, which if there was better color choice, I would have scooped up. Everything at their stall came with a free pattern, and so I ended up deciding on the Beauty and the Beast yarn because I like the Elegant Scalloped Scarf. Beauty and the Beast is 160 yds of 40% yak, 40% alpaca, and 20% bamboo. So soft! I really, really want to wind this up and start knitting it. I inquired about purchasing another pattern (for to die for fingerless mitts) and the yarn (Yakaboo) that goes with it, but unfortunately they had sold out of the yarn and didn't have any more copies of the pattern. The Still River Mill people were so friendly and nice though that they took down my email address and emailed me the pattern for free!! I will definitely be ordering some Yakaboo to make these mitts.

The last purchase (that I can tell you about) was from The Spinning Room Yarn Shop. Kathy and I always end up buying things from this stall, and this year was no exception. We were in this stall for so long that Cordelia and Terri thought that we got lost. (As it turns out this was were Kathy purchased a hat pattern last year that was frustrating her because it had one little mistake and she was able to talk to the designer and get that cleared up!). Everything in their stall came with a basket or bag. When we saw Noro Silk Garden Sock Yarn that came with a basket and a pattern for less than buying just the yarn online with shipping... neither Kathy or I could resist. I also purchased a really cute little cloth bag with an apple pattern. I took it to my office to contain my computer cords that I need to drag around with me. I figured a cute little bag would brighten my day. (I'll try to remember to get a picture and show y'all).

Rhinebeck was successful and has gotten me super excited about knitting again!