Eye Candy…
…brought to you this week by the Hancock Shaker Village.
(I tried to get some sky in that last one for Sandy…) Last Friday Cynthia of Cygknit drove up from Connecticut for the annual Spinning Day at HSV. I brought Amelia out to play in the sunshine while Cyn brought her spindle - and Em (wearing the sweater I knit for him):
How cute is he? Em is a very well behaved young man - and loves spinning! Yay! ;o)
We were joined by several other spinners who are part of a group who meets weekly in Stephentown (note to self: must go to a meeting sometime) along with a few very nice docents (one of whom owns the lovely antique wheel you see in the first picture above). All in all it was a wonderful day and great fun - Cyn and I both needed to get out of the house and this was perfect. :o)
Oh and what did I spin? I worked on my Crown Mountain Farms pin-drafted roving in ‘Amethyst’:
Have a great weekend, everybody!
October 12th, 2007 at 5:37 am
I LOVE the Hancock Shaker Museus. Add spinning and a cutie-pie baby and you’ve got a great post there.
October 12th, 2007 at 6:52 am
It looks like a wonderful day! Have a great weekend yourself!
October 12th, 2007 at 7:37 am
Looks and sounds like you had a great time and Em looks so cute in his little sweater!
October 12th, 2007 at 9:36 am
I visited there once years ago and really enjoyed it. I think it’s a perfect place to have a spinning day. Sounds like you made the most of it!
October 12th, 2007 at 10:50 am
GREAT eye candy!!
October 12th, 2007 at 11:24 am
That place is so beautiful! and what a perfect day to sit and spin. My old neighbor is part of the Stephentown spinners and it seems like a lovely group. I have never made a meeting though - they used to be during the daytime hours.
That sweater (and the baby) are too cute!
October 12th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Pretty spinning. That is still my favorite fiber to spin.
October 12th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Nice eye candy. It looks like a good time. I agree Em is adorable.
October 12th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
YAY! Some sky! (grey IS pretty too!)
What a lovely place! And a cute CUTE baby too!
7 more sleeps…
October 12th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
What a delightful place to spend a free afternoon, it looks so picturesque. The sweater and baby are both adorable and as always, your spinning is beautiful.
October 12th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Jess, those were some great pictures!
We had a great time with you, and Em looks forward to seeing you at Rhinebeck, too.
October 13th, 2007 at 7:36 am
Wow, those are great pictures (really). Love your spinning too…oooooo…the yarn is so lovely.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Love the Hillbilly Construction but think the Shaker Village was probably more fun for you.
Great photos.
October 13th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
That wheel is serious eye candy! Looks like a great day.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
What a fun day!
October 15th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
purdy yarn & a beautiful place, nice!
October 16th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
We’ve been to the HSV once on a weekend b&b jaunt. I love that round building, which as I recall has several simple and yet very clever features, like so much the Shakers did. (I don’t remember what they are, of course.)
We’ve been to a couple of Shaker villages, actually, including the still-working one at Sabbathday Lake. I’m pretty sure it was at HSV that I first tried a drop spindle and made the standard joke about it, little knowing how standard it was.
October 16th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Em is such a cute boy. He looks great in the sweater you made him. Did you say he likes to spin?
October 17th, 2007 at 6:33 am
Sounds like a lovely day. Isn’t that pindrafted stuff lovely? It practically spins itself.
October 20th, 2007 at 10:54 am
So precious - I love those Peter Rabbit buttons. Beautiful little boy.
Wow - that is an awesome looking place you visited. Wonderful to have people to spin with and learn from.