One of the things I did at Rhinebeck in October was to help the lovely Sanguine Gryphon and Sarah to set up their booth. They were only notified that they scored a booth at Rhinebeck a couple of days before the festival started, so I imagine the preparation was a blur for them. In any case, I was delighted that they would be able to come. It was also a treat to get to help them set up, even if I had to run back and forth between the booth and the workshop I was in. 
This is what it looked like prior to the set-up. Their booth was slated to be in the far back left corner. The weather in NY in October can be unpredictable, and it was rather chilly on the Friday before Rhinebeck. I’m not sure the plastic helped a lot. Sure – it cut the wind a bit, but I wouldn’t call it warm at all.
The setup started with fancy carpets, a tent, and of course racks and racks for the yarn. Here is a sampling of what was available before the show started.
This would be the fully stocked Bugga! rack. All sorts of colours and lots of them too. I know there was even more Bugga! hiding in plastic tubs so that the second day shoppers would have a chance as well.
One of my personal favourites is actually Sappho and Sappho II, so I had to take a picture of that rack as well. And…. ummm…. I think some might have followed me home.
There were a number of samples for the Sanguine Gryphon patterns on display. The purple cardigan in the top left is my Cayuga Cardigan. The dress is Lily Marlene from the summer collection and the blue skirt on the bottom right is Emily Prefers to Flounce from the Steampunk collection.
There was also this lovely shawl from the Steampunk collection. As well as a myriad of socks, some gloves, more shawls, sweaters….. really, just looking at all the lovely samples was a lot of fun. Now remember: these pictures were all taken before the festival started. Once Rhinebeck was open for business it was a lot harder to get any pictures at all of the Sanguine Gryphon booth. I’ll just regale you with this one – I’m sure you can imagine what it looked like for the rest of the weekend too.
The cash is just to the left of the yarn. I know, I know, you can’t see it at all. But you CAN see a few of the many shoppers. The line snaked back past several other booths, but people were happy, chatting while standing in line. I ran into a couple of people from the NYC bus (including Pinneguri who had come all the way from Norway), and chatted with a number of other shoppers.
I picked up a couple of skeins of Sappho II which I’m planning to use this winter (the two skeins on the right). Can’t wait to get started.
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