Collins & Rhinebeck

Even without the yarn festival, driving out to the country is awesome. Stuff you just don't see in the big city, right?

But when you throw in just about every knitter you've ever met or read or heard about online, and create a big shopping/knitting/eating/drinking playground for us, it makes for a pretty amazing weekend.

There is nothing cooler than meeting the folks you talk to All The Time in person!
This would be me and Sarah, my plucky knitting partner!

Seeing a few of your patterns out in the world is also kind of amazing, and never has happened to me before. I'm only showing a little of this one, since it's not offically out yet ;-)

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I'll leave most the Rhinebeck photos to the people who take the good ones, and say that it was a great weekend. I had an incredible time meeting so many of you, seeing a a ton of new faces, and making new friends. I spent time with the Boston knitters who I love and unexplicably never do see here at home (but yes, we'll be better this year!), and I got some vacation time with my usual buddies, away from home. I even managed to wander around alone for a bit, which seems never to happen in real life and was a complete and total treat.

But now, the burbon's gone, the laundry's in and the new yarn is incubating upstairs.
It's time to get back to real life.

With that in mind, here's Collins, as promised.

I wore it all day on Sat, and changed only when it was time to setup for the Rav party in the late afternoon. The ties don't lend themselves to table and chair setup and cupcake table assembly, but they they did stay closed and tied all day at the fair, so I'm good. Thanks to everyone who approached me with comments and compliments on it, as you guys made my day!

This pattern is a twist on the classic aran cardigan. I think it's a little more fun and modern than a buttoned sweater, and I have been dying to throw it on with boots and jeans ever since I began messing with it two years ago! Tweedy aran yarn, long vertical cables, and a deep V.

More notes and pics are on the pattern page, since I know you're all scrolling around for Rhinebeck photos and barely reading anymore :-). Instead, I leave you with the cocktail.

Collins

You need a tall glass for this one - 8 oz is good

Pour in 2 oz of either gin or vodka.

Add equal parts lemon juice and simple syrup
Stir

Add ice cubes

fill remainder of glass with club soda and drink!

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Now you can go and find all those photos you're dying to see from the fair.

PS. These photos are, as always, taken by the lovely Caro of Splityarn - all copyrighty 2010.
I'll be waiting to peruse her Rhinebeck flickr set when it pops up!