We rocked.

We arrived at the gates of Rhinebeck before they opened - and we were probably one of the first 100 to get in. Betsy had a plan: to make a bee line for the Blue Moon Fiber Arts booth to swoop up some Socks That Rock yarn. Being new to the world of sockdom, I had no idea what I was in for! Not five minutes after opening, I think all the other 100 people had the same plan - because the booth was already packed by the time we got there - and the line to pay was about 20 people long. I quickly battled for two skeins: one called watermelon tourmeline and the other "Highway 30" and took my place in line. Rumor has it that by noon the line was almost an hour long and all the Socks That Rock was sold out.

I guess its a pretty cool yarn, especially if you can Fair Isle with it. Could that be somewhere in my future??

Scary.

Comments

[Marcia]

It was actually a booth called "The Fold", owned by Toni Neil from Marengo, Illinois. She carries the STR and other Blue Moon products. I had a chance on Sunday to talk to her and we can't figure what caused that whole thing. All you have to do is go to their website and give them your PayPal account! They'll even do custom dyeing for you. Go figure. (BTW..you were lucky. They wouldn't let people in the Mulberry Street Gate where we parked. We had to schlepp to town for coffee!)

[elizabeth]

Ohh Rhinebeck...Ohh STR...By the time I remembered to stop by The Fold, there was only one colorway of STR left. Luckily, it was the one I had been eyeing up online...but still, it was only 2pm on Saturday.