Rhinebeck!

I dag var det så dagen for mit livs første tur til Rhinebeck. "New York State Sheep and Wool Festival". Hold op, som jeg havde glædet mig!
Jeg ved ikke helt, hvad jeg havde forestillet mig. Noget som Fanø. Større. Men altså - hvor meget større kunne det være?
Det kunne så være ret stort! Da vi kom, var der en parkeringsplads på størrelse med noget, man ellers ser udenfor Disneyland. Der var ikke helt fyldt, men vi kom også tidligt.....

Today was the day for my first trip ever to Rhinebeck. "New York State Sheep and Wool Festival". I had really been so excited about this!
I'm not sure what I imagined. Something like Fanø. Bigger. But really - how much bigger could it be?
It turned out to be huge! When we arrived, the parking lot was like something you see outside Disneyland. It wasn't filled, but we arrived early......

Lige indenfor var vejskiltet. Totalt et "Kodak moment"! Så her er Dorina til højre, Corrina i midten og mig til venstre. HELT klar.

Right inside the entrance was the sign-post. A total "Kodak moment"! So here we are. Dorina on the right, Corrina in the middle and myself on the left. SO ready.

På området så der sådan her ud. En masse lade-bygninger omkring en vej. Med boder imellem husene også. Nå ja - og det var så bare det ene hjørne!

Inside, it looked like this. A lot of barns on both sides of a road. With little shops in between the houses as well. Oh - and this was just a corner of it!

Hver lade var kæmpestor! Der var små butikker hele vejen i begge sider, og det var altså næsten umuligt at huske, hvad man havde set hvor. For der var 15 af de der lader ialt! Nå ja. Der var altså også andre bygninger med andre aktiviteter. Som jeg ikke nåede ind i.

Every barn was huge! There were little shops all the way down on both sides, and it was almost impossible remembering where you saw what. Since there was a total of 15 barns! Oh well. There were other buildings with other activities as well. That I didn't have time to see.

I nogle af bygningerne var der dyr. Både får, geder og lamaer. Jeg tænkte på arme kaptajn Haddock der blev spyttet så grundigt på i Sydamerika og var en smule bekymret for at stå lige i skudlinjen.....
Men der skete ingenting. De ser vildt søde ud sådan nogle!

In some of the buildings, there were animals. Sheep, goats and even llamas. I thought of poor captain Haddock who was really spit on in South America and was a bit worried to stand in front of them....
But nothing happened. They look so cute!

Der var selvfølgelig også garn. Bjerge af garn! Alle mulige slags håndfarvede garner. Det ene blødere og lækrere end det andet. Mums!
Hvis bare jeg havde haft plads i kufferten......

Of course there was yarn too. Mountains of yarn! All kinds of hand-dyed yarns. Each softer and more delicious than the last one.  Yummy!
If only I had space in my suitcase.......

Jeg havde min Tempelblomst på. Bare fordi den er så fin og er dansk design. Der var faktisk også en hel del der spurgte til den!
Generelt var der ekstremt mange flotte strikkede ting. Det var virkelig hyggeligt bare at kigge på andres tøj!

I was wearing my Temple flower. Just because it's so nice and Danish design. Actually, a lot of people asked me what it was!
There were an amazing amount of beautiful knitted stuff. It was so nice just looking at other people's clothes!

Når man så forlader Rhinebeck, ser det sådan ud. Selvfølgelig.

When you leave Rhinebeck, it looks like this. Of course.

Jeg holdt mig dog virkelig i skindet og købte kun 3 nøgler garn. Et stort bundt lace-garn i smukke blå toner og 2 sjove nøgler strømpegarn. Det multifarvede var med 10% moskus-dun (hvem kan stå for det?) og det gul-brune (det er ikke orange) var med 15% hundehår. Det er så utroligt blødt. (Det hedder Woofers!)
Vil jeg til Rhinebeck igen? Det ville ikke være tosset.......

I really behaved, though, and only bought 3 skeins of yarn. A big skein of lace-yarn in beautiful blue shades and 2 skeins of funny sock yarn. The multicolored one has 10% of buffalo-down (who could not buy that?) and the yellow/brown (it's not orange) has 15% of dogs hair. It is so incredibly soft. (It's called Woofers!)
Do I want to go to Rhinebeck again? Wouldn't be bad.......