I’m Knitting As Fast As I Can

This post is very picture-heavy. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

I flew into Boston on Wednesday evening and had dinner with an old friend (who kindly picked me up from the airport). On Thursday, I puttered around the town in which I grew up and prepped myself for the anticipated madness of Rhinebeck.

Carole and Blogless Sharon arrived at my hotel at the appointed time on Friday and we set out. The weather was a bit unsettled that day but the foliage was spectacular against the grey sky. Our room wasn’t ready when we arrived so we made a stop at the local liquor store.

You know you’re not in Kansas Utah anymore when you’re offered a free sample at the liquor store:

That night, we sat in the hotel lobby knitting and chatting with the tens of other knitters gathered. I didn’t take a single photo, but I met Norma, Sandy, Cara, and Vicki and numerous others. I felt like a groupie at a rock concert.

The next morning it was off to the Duchess County Fairgrounds.

I spied Beth’s shawl first:

And then I spied Amy’s hair and got my photo taken with her and Kathy, both of them wearing their Forest Canopy shawls!

Later, the blogger meet-up overwhelmed me a bit so I ducked into the adjacent building and did a little solitary wine and cheese tasting. But, I do remember meeting Deb, and Kate, and Adrian, and numerous others whose names now escape me because I was frantically trying to match names and faces which only caused me to get more confused. But I did manage to capture a photo of Manise, Michaele, Carole, Kathy, Sharon, and Erin after the madness subsided.

Later that night, Carole and Sharon hosted “Rumbeck 2007″ in their hotel room. Carole brought the napkins:

She and Sharon were amazing hosts:

I finally got to meet Laurie:

and Judy:

and Cheryl (who is spinning on Kim’s amazing Norm Hall wheel):

We even let Kim have a turn on her own wheel. Does she look happy, or what:

And my last photo, taken on Sunday just before we left, is of Terry modeling her fabulous Indigo Ripples skirt.

In case you were wondering, yes I bought some stuff. But I haven’t taken any photos of the fiber acquisitions yet. They are completely secondary to all the wonderful people with whom I spent the weekend.