Bingo, Anyone?
Best Festival Idea Ever: Rhinebeck Blogger Bingo.
Sheer brilliance, as could only be conceived by Debbie aka Stitchy McYarnpants. (I’ll admit, though, that as much as I love Dolores, this is a little more of her than I really needed to see.)
Baring unforeseen disasters (which I do not expect) I know I’m going to Rhinebeck again this year. With Company, if all goes well. Plus one more, if there’s baby-sitting available at home. It was so much fun last year–and it’ll be even more fun now that I know how to get there. (Piece of advice–if you print the directions off of the Rhinebeck site’s page–make sure everything fits on your paper, and doesn’t scroll way off to some far-distant right-margin in never-never land. Those directions are much more difficult to follow.)
Now, my sweater that I finished the other day . . . I’m rethinking the sleeves. I put it on this morning, thinking I might wear it to work . . . although since the day warmed up, I’m just as glad I didn’t. But the point is that I’m still not happy with the way they look. I like that “diamond” from the side, I really do, but from the front, the downward-pointing sleeve tip is just . . . odd. So now I’m thinking about taking the sleeves out and just leaving the ribbing at the armhole.
So that, instead of this, it would look more like this:
(Well, you know, something like that but with better editing.)
Yeah . . . I think I’m definitely leaning toward doing this . . . It’s either that or rip out a certain amount of the blue to get rid of that little “pooch” and make the finished edging horizontal when worn. But . . . yeah. I like the sleeve, I do, and yet . . . I don’t like wearing it, and darn it, I WANT to wear this sweater!
Oh, and even though Rhinebeck is getting closer and the excitement ist starting to ramp up, for those of you in New Jersey, let me tell you (if you don’t know) that there’s the Garden State Sheep Breeder’s festival down near Flemington in two weeks. Risa, the twins, and I are going. It sounds small and sweet and fun–not huge, like Rhinebeck. Anyone else planning on going??
A friend sent me pictures today of her daughter’s first day of kindergarten. Her daughter was born just a few days before Chappy . . . which made me realize. If he were a human little boy, he’d be starting school this week! That just seems so weird….
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Rhinebeck and the NJ festival sound like fun. Wish I lived closer.
Hee hee – indeed, that must’ve made navigation a wee bit tricky!
To bad about the sleeves. I like them.
I was planning on going to Rhinebeck this year, but taking a week off during the first couple of months at a new job is just bad form, don’t you think?
Hoo boy are we going to have a a ball!
Look out Rheinbeck! I guess I’ll have to put my hat into Blogger bingo too. 
ooooh, I may have to try to make the festival in Flemington. I have plans the 16th, but maybe the Sunday . . .when you go to Rhinebeck, do you stay? I’m trying to plan my trip but I’ve never been before.
London was fabulous by the way.
I saw blogger bingo yesterday and signed up immediately ;o)
I’m not a big fan of sweater vests but if sleeves have to go, they have to go.
I’m looking forward to the GSSB and am all in a quandry about Rhinebeck. I need to work on that whole babysitting thing as major reason I want to go to the big old festival is the social aspect. I jumped on that Blogger Bingo as soon as I saw it! Having the kids kind of cramps the social piece and going Sunday without the kids kills the big blogger meetup Saturday thing. Stupid Power Squadron conferences. BTW, I like the looks of the vest!
I thought the sleeves looked cool in a funky sort of way. But if you won’t wear the sweater because you don’t like them then you should definitely change it up.