I am thinking about going to Rhinebeck (Dutchess County Fair) in NY onSaturday  October 16th.  Is anyone else going?  How about meeting up somewhere.  I'm not very familiar with the layout but would love to meet of Weavo members.  The info is here. 

C

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Sat, 09/28/2013 - 01:38

debmcclintock

yep, I'll be there! Yahoo fall color, yarn, wine & food!
Mon, 10/14/2013 - 14:57

sally orgren

I am planning to go Saturday early, so I can get out of there before the traffic kicks back in near the end of the day. Hopefully it won't be rainy. Been there—done that, in cold, dreary, weather far too many times! 

The website is very helpful, but sadly, no phone app available yet to navigate the vendors while you are on site. (hint. hint.) And, if you buy your ticket in advance thru the website, not only do you save a few bucks, but I am guessing you will breeze through the entry gate quicker.

Will any other Weavolutionaries be there?

Mon, 10/14/2013 - 20:32

debmcclintock

We should have a Weavo meetup in the food hall or by the artichoke line!
Mon, 10/14/2013 - 20:57

sally orgren

What time would be ideal — especially if I wanted to try one of those artichokes?

Tue, 10/15/2013 - 13:11

Erica J

It's a bummer we can't be tehre, though we will be out at the Cambridge WSD meeting this month. I hope you will take a photo of the meet up and post it here or e-mail it to us to share with other members!

Enjoy!

Wed, 10/16/2013 - 13:49

sally orgren

As you face the booth, look to the right...

Plan B?

Wed, 10/16/2013 - 17:53

debmcclintock

sure, if we are there that early, we are driving up Saturday morning, not sure what time we'll arrive.  Plan B could be 1:30 pm

Wed, 10/16/2013 - 18:59

sally orgren

As long as they have artichokes left at 1:30...

Sun, 10/20/2013 - 18:34

sally orgren

Yes, I got trapped in one of the lower barns in one of the long transaction lines when I was supposed to be at Artichoke Annies @ 11:30. Apologies to Sandy H and any others I missed at that time. 

I DID report back at 1:30, and if you didn't make it, I totally understand. The crowds were huge, lines long, and a lot of us wanted to get out of there before the "reverse" commute from the fairgrounds began. 

Deb was texting me in transit and probably arrived just about the time I was departing. Good news—she was staying overnight, so she had a second crack at the show on Sunday. (And we are having great weather again today!) I hope she'll post what treasures she found. I also ran into two friends from Canada — the Ontario group chartered a bus down! (Can you imagine the ride back and the declaration for customs?) And several of my NJ guildmates were present, we ran into each other in Building A-B-C early in the day.

Yes, I ended up buying a few more items than I expected. How about anyone else? What were the deals, steals or show-stoppers at Rhinebeck this year? 

Here's your "Where's Bandit?" money-shot:

and the reveal below... (yes, this was just a *fraction* of the folks who attended on Saturday!)

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 13:33

debmcclintock

We did not even get in the gates until after 2:30.  That is a record, "late to the game" for my party.  We had a friend who worked graveyard shift that had difficulties getting up and getting out the door.  We were way too polite this year. Next year she sleeps in the car and we can leave earlier.

The parking lot was full, period.  We've never seen it as packed.  Fortunately it was dry and beautiful for the reminder of the day.  I visited Mary Scott, Serendipity Farm & Studio and stocked up on Texsolv and pegs for redoing my Cranbrook long chain tie up.  Visited at length with Mary Underwood, Front Porch Textiles, and marveled at her weaving and super nice wools.  This was her second year as a vender and she has a beautiful theme and nice inventory.  Finally got some nice superfine white silk for weaving at Skaska Designs Limitied which always had some great weaving  finds tucked in with the knitting yards.  I'll skein it off for more natural dyeing.  Drooled over JOY yarn for awhile.

We met up with some cross country ski friends that also knit and my two worlds, fiber and cross country sking got to meet and greet.  Great fun!  Finally, on Sunday, we went thru all the barns again and then hit the cheese and wine tastings to complete our purchases.  The aritichoke line continues to be to long to stand in when there is fiber to look at.  One day I'll hit it just right and snarf some up.  Hope all had a good time even if we did blow out our meet ups.  Maybe we should do a tailgate on Saturday evening while we wait for the traffic to clear!

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 19:31

sally orgren

...both Mary S AND Mary U! Mary U's towel display WAS fantastic (as you can see). I was seeking the long Schacht bobbins for my Ken Leadbetter shuttle from Mary S, but the flooding in Colorado delayed her shipment. It missed her departure for Rhinebeck by a day. No worries — I am in no rush and I can catch up with her at Maryland in May. FYI, Carolina Homespun was selling Ken's (KCL Woods) drop spindles. (They are the nicely turned, balanced, and finished ones that come with multiple shafts.)

I bought a replacement Bosworth drop spindle from Journey Wheel (I dropped mine a few too many times), leather handles from the handle place, and three skeins of JOY Yarns. Although this is primarily a knitter's and spinner's show, as soon as I mentioned my name and that I was a weaver, Cathie pulled out two big boxes from under the table of the finer silk skeins. I already HAVE several skeins of JOY yarns that are part of the Holy Grail of my stash, but hey, who can resist?

Peggy's Knots and Treadles is also another one of my favorite stops. She buys weaver's estates and always has unusual things from year to year, sometimes out-of-print books or hard to find tools. I found a silk sample book from an early Karen Selk workshop, along with the opportunity to flip through some of the out-of-print books that have been on my hit-list for some time. She apparently also had some old linen and someone else beat me to it.

I picked up a giant cone of metallic blue thread from Shel B. Yarns. If anyone wants to buy some wind-off, let me know! I added this to the gigantic cone of copper metallic I bought in Toronto last month. Expect to see a lot of glitz from me in the future ;-)

My guildmate scored at the Harrisville booth. And another guildmate was part of the author-signing on Sunday with the launch of her new book.

I was looking at angora bunny vendors for one guildmate, and blanket production companies for another who owns a B&B. I also stopped to look at the yarns from North Light Fibers, currently featured in Handwoven, and recognized Peggy Hart at her booth (Bedfellows Blankets). She was one of the speakers at the Weaving History Conference in Clayton, NY this spring, as she weaves on industrial looms in Shelburne Falls, MA. Collected some of her materials for a future guild lecture.

I too, brought home two different kinds of goat cheeses (YUM!) 

If I had more time, I would have looked at the exhibits in building E. Did anyone else get over there? Sigh. Maybe next year. I like the idea of a tailgate, especially when the weather is as nice as it was last weekend!

 

Thu, 10/24/2013 - 20:02

kerstinfroberg

Sally, why do you need bobbins (for what I assume is a boat shuttle) when paper quills are a) so much easier and b) so much cheaper and c) so easily can be made to fit your shuttle(s)?

(Well. "To each her own", I suppose - )

However, I envy you or the goat's cheeses!

Fri, 10/25/2013 - 14:21

sally orgren

I like the flanges on the large Schacht 6" bobbins to keep the weft from falling off or binding when low, and especially because I can load these bobbins up to the maximum. 

To explain a bit further, I took a quick photo of one of the larger Ken Ledbetter shuttles with one of my least favorites, an older LeClerc closed-bottom boat shuttle. (And yes, as you see, I DO use paper bobbins too! ;-)

In contrast, note the small hole on the old LeClec bobbin with paper prin. This shuttle binds up all the time when the weft approaches either end of the bobbin (paper or plastic), even tho' it was wound correctly and very tightly. Also, the bobbins I am seeking have an extended bit of plastic on each end. I think it works like the "spacer bead" some folks put on either side of their bobbins to keep the bobbin from dragging in the shuttle.

Although I typically prefer closed bottom boat shuttles, the open-bottom KCL shuttle is low profile, feeds better — due to the long weft slot, holds more weft (due to this particular bobbin), and has the unique thumb groves for a wonderfully comfortable throw, not to mention a highly-polished and buttery-smooth finish. (They are nice to look at, too!) But for me, function is first.

I think it is this particular combination of shuttle & bobbin that I love for this warp width (21"). Of course, for wider warps I use my EFS, and on narrower warps/table looms, my very low profile Swedish shuttles with paper pirns. I only have the one bobbin for this shuttle right now. Yes, I could wind paper, but I think I'd prefer to get a few more bobbins, because I am thinking I woud like to get a few more of his shuttles, too! ;-)

P.S. It was two years ago at Knots & Treadles/Rhinebeck that I bought one of my favorite low-profile, Swedish small table loom shuttles!

Tue, 10/14/2014 - 14:24

sally orgren

Who is going?

What are you hoping to find?

Who are the must-see vendors?

If you are taking a workshop, which one?