Rhinebeck bus trip: sign up now
Here’s the plan: we’ll leave from Stitch Cleveland late Friday night 19 October, arriving in Rhinebeck first thing in the morning. Breakfast, then fiber show! At the end of the day, when you’re all super-exhausted, we’ll pile back onto the bus, arriving in Cleveland late Saturday night.
I like to think of it as 24 hours of exhausting fiber fun.
There will be plenty of space to stash your purchases below on the bus (no need to drive nine hours in a car reeking of unwashed fleece…trust me on this one, I’ve done it).
The price? $150. Or about what you’d spend on gas, given current prices, with the added bonus of knitting and socializing. Add $10 for the show entry fee, which you’ll pay when we arrive.
Limited seats are available, so please book ASAP. You have two choices: sign up using the PayPal Buy Now link below (for credit cards), or send a check made out to Stitch Cleveland — 1387 Sloane Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107.
If we do not meet the passenger minimum, your prepayment will be refunded in full.
This year’s featured sheep breed is the Bluefaced Leicester, seen in the illustration above.
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Shannon, sometimes better known as 
Heidi Massingill is an experienced dressmaker and fiber artist, her design studio specialized in special occasion wear and fine tailoring. Her resume includes The Phantom of the Opera, The Cleveland Ballet, Peter’s Store for Women in Chagrin Falls, Margaret’s Fine Tailoring for Women in Rocky River, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and more. She also designs and creates a line of children’s knitwear, Chikadee Handknits, and holds Knitting and Crochet Instructor certification with New York’s 
Megan Engelmann is a Cleveland-based fashion designer and graduate of Kent State University’s Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising. She has been sewing for nearly twenty years and specializes in women’s clothing design and illustration. As a working fashion and accessories designer for a large Ohio-based company, Megan keeps her skills as sharp as her scissors! She has been teaching sewing, illustration, and design for six years.
Susan Prion
Said this at 11:56am:Ladies,
Okay, so I have clearly lived on the West Coast for too long, but where or what is Rhinebeck? I’ll actually be visiting Mom in Mansfield that weekend, so it would be possible, but I don’t have any idea what Rhinebeck is!
Please illuminate me!
Susan
Shannon
Said this at 12:15pm:It’s the Dutchess County (New York State) sheep & wool festival — near Poughkeepsie, in eastern NY state! Come with, it’s going to be great…
PATRICIA CHAN
Said this at 2:12pm:HI, I WON’T BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS TRIP, BUT KEEP THE E-MAILS COMING ON ANY OTHER TRIPS YOU HAVE PLANNED OR ARE PLANNING.
THANKS
PAT CHAN
Lynn
Said this at 7:46pm:Rats! I have a show that Saturday. If this trip goes well, please think about doing the same kind of thing next year (May) for Maryland Sheep and Wool. I need to see that show someday!! Thanks. Lynn
May
Said this at 10:14am:What a fantastic idea! I need stores in TORONTO to do the same! I’d sign up in a minute.
Have fun!
kim
Said this at 9:32am:…will let you know within the week….thanks for the info!
mary
Said this at 4:33pm:Whooo Hooooo I am THERE!!!!!
megi
Said this at 8:44pm:I went to look at the page to find out what this festival is…boy they need to redo the lettering becase I saw in caps PETS ALLOWED!!!! at the bottom of the paragraph and I was just beaming with joy and glee with thoughts of planning my own trip there with my lil boyboy….then I saw the “NO” on the previous line….that would be NO PETS ALLOWED!!!
Damnit.
I still kinda wanna go though….
ALison
Said this at 10:38am:I would LOVE to do this but ALAS….I will be on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland searching for wool…………….