Craft Country

 

This is me at the top of the Rimutaka hill on my way to the Craft Country fair in Greytown on Saturday.  Craft Country is a fair I really enjoy and the last one I went to was in 2010, when Mr. Millicent Crow and I journeyed down on the train for it.  There's something magical about getting to the top of the Rimutaka hill and seeing the Wairarapa unfold, especially in the wee small hours when the coffee hasn't quite kicked in.  The fair was part of a whirlwind trip down the island and I met some lovely people; unfortunately I didn't get much of a chance to look around but the stalls were beautifully set up. 

 I rustled up these new pouches the day before:

 ...and used my new Millicent Crow sign for the first time.

After driving down from Auckland the day before and from Wellington that morning I was pretty sleep deprived and frazzled, so it was lovely to have some time to potter around Greytown in the afternoon. 

 We had a coffee at Cuckoo, walked along a country road to the edge of town, and were farewelled by a flock of pure white doves as we headed back towards Wellington, bound for Island Bay fish and chips and more driving, driving, driving.   

Here are my photos from Craft Country in 2010...

Craft Country

We've just got back from lovely Greytown and the inaugural Craft Country market. I had a great time despite being a bit sleep-deprived and delerious (we had driven over from Paekakariki that morning and only had about 4 hours sleep).

Here's my stall

The punters

Yours truly
My very smily assistant

It was a very well-organised fair (thanks Emma, Michele & Natalie) and it was lovely to put some faces to names, do some swaps (thanks Sue & Stephanie) and have some people say "oh...so you're the gocco lady." And Millicent Crow even got a mention in the Wairarapa Times-Age.

By the end of the day I was ready for a cup of coffee!

Leaving town

I'm leaving town bright and early tomorrow, heading to Greytown for Craft Country Wairarapa via Paekakariki where Mr Millicent Crow is playing a show with the lovely Rosy Tin Teacaddy. Don't worry, I'm not really hitching; we're catching the train, which will make for a loooong journey. Plenty of time for catching up on my mending. In fact, the only time I have hitchhiked (from Wellington to Auckland) we got picked up in Himatangi by a couple who were on their first date. I guess the date wasn't going so well...