Saturday, October 21, 2017 a small group of us took the bus to Rhinebeck, NY for the annual New York Sheep & Wool Festival. The bus left Emmaus at the early hour of 6:30am and we were in the Duchess County fairgrounds by 9:30am. It was a beautiful day for walking around the barns, starting out cool and warming up nicely by afternoon. We went through the bigger barns first, acquiring a few things along the way. After lunch we shed our coats and headed for the smaller barns. We walked around the fairgrounds with a few thousand of our friends, shopping, looking at animals and admiring the wonderful knits on display everywhere. We saw our friend Nancy at Tika Bags; she will be at our Knit Out again this January. After a break with some refreshing apple cider, it was back on the bus at 4pm and homeward bound. Everyone was tuckered out by the end of our glorious day. See you next year in R
hinebeck!
Is this trip open to the public ever? I would love to join you next year.
We take the bus from Emmaus with the group from Conversational Threads. Anyone can get on the bus, as long as there is room. They usually announce the bus sign ups in June. Watch their website/blog/newsletter for information next year. There are other shops that organize bus trips, too, perhaps there might be one closer to where you live?