tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54799589129871138522024-03-13T11:19:25.054-04:00Danes and ThingsMy Fiber Ramblings and Day to Day LifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-87997448840838255052010-08-30T14:51:00.000-04:002010-08-30T14:51:27.937-04:00Well here's a start!So I have been putting off starting as I have so much to catch you all up on, I haven't known where to start. So instead of starting with a bunch of pictures, I will just start at the last post date. That was a while ago!! I want to take time to up date my page, it looks old and I need something new. I keep thinking about just starting a new blog, but I have so much to move, I think I will just re vamp! Since my last post months ago, we have lost our last old friend Penny, she is center on my photo. Bless her heart, she made it to the ripe old age of 12 1/2. She started getting so un comfortable, couldn't control her urine, when she started looking at me with those eyes like, "mom don't make be go thru this" I knew it was time. Very tough decision to make. We took her to the vet, they gave her an IV and then a shot, she went to sleep. I miss her every day.<br />
We still have our rescue Jackie (Captian Jack Sparrow) and he has been a God Send. He goes with me everywhere and has become quite spoiled. He seems to know it's his turn to take over.<br />
We also have aquired some new family members. We have 2 LGD Reggie and Elsie. They are Pry,Komodor and Anatolian Shep. Sweet Sweet dogs. So smart!! They love the outdoor animals and Jakcie. We are down to 17 chickens, we lost several to nasty Bob Cat attaches, it really broke my heart. Then we have added 2 Peacocks, Dancer and Vixon. What fun they are and so pretty. Only 1 year old so there isn't too much color yet on the tails of the male, but he's a looker anyway. Also have a gaggle of guinea's! Now that is an ugly dumb bird LOL but they do love bugs and ticks. We haven't had a tick since we got them. I got 14 3 day old ones and figured I would loose 1/2 anyway. Nope, I still have 12! That's alot of poop. After all that, we had got some beautiful Shetland Sheep and one Shetland/Babydoll ram. First I got 2 Ewes Cleo 3 a white with spots on her face. I know there is a name for that, but I don't know it yet :) Then a moorit Sheeba 4 . With them came 2 Shetland/Babydoll ewe and ram lamb (5 months).A beautiful Shetland Ram from Norma named Matte. Not to be partial, but they just don't hold a candle to the personality of the Shetlands. We lost Matte after a few weeks, I think to bloat :( I was crushed. I talked with Norma, who was so gracious, and we agreed I would take her old ewe Joanie and she would take my Shetland/Babydoll ewe. Then I would purchase GloFly another beautiful Shetland ram. Soon I had come across someone selling some Shetland lambs so then came Nette 3 months balck ewe with a cream collar and white underneath her black coat. She also is going to have horns!!! Then Wolfie 4 months ram, tan with cream underneath cute as a bugs ear. I will have pictures following later today. Now we have a herd, 4 ewes, 3 rams. Now I know that is too many rams, I am not breeding but 1 Glofly and 2 ewes Cleo and Sheeba. Everyone else will be seperated so we have no accidents. I think we will move Sherman (Shetland/Babydoll) and Wolfie (4 month old Shetland) into one front pasture and Joanie and Nette ( old and new ) into the other front pasture. I'm thinking we will wether Sherman before next year. His fleece is so pretty, soft with the length of the Shetland.<br />
So I have been very busy, hands full with animals. Got a new studio set up. Added it onto the house, much nicer than the "used to be studio" that rolled down the hill! But it has been alot of work getting it all set up and still isn't.<br />
Well this was a start. I have much much more to post. Little bits at a time to start, just need to keep up on it! I know alot are doing the face book thing, but that just isn't me.<br />
WooHoo I got a start!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-78155855667096155942010-08-17T18:01:00.000-04:002010-08-17T18:01:00.344-04:00A Blog???You want to know how long it has been since I posted? Long enough that I had to look up my pass word!! For Pete's Sake!<br />
This post is to confirm to myself that this week, I am updating my blog. I am going to have a new look and lots of news to share. I am going to be faithful in my postings :) yep, that's what I'm gonna do, first thing tomorrow. LOLUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-32944995960462404872010-01-06T11:45:00.000-05:002010-01-06T11:45:42.604-05:00Well Shoot!<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here it is the New Year already and I have been so bad about my blog! Shame on me. I really think it is my list. It does keep me busy. I have a personal relationship with everyone on there and it takes me a lot of time to keep up on their daily lives and post so I can keep up with things. I have made such good friends from that list, I never expected that to be the case. I am truly blessed to be able to talk with these people on a daily basis!</span><br />
</div><div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am such a hermit. I will do almost anything to keep from having to venture out during the week. Yet I can participate in all my friends daily "doings" and only have to open my lap top! Isn't the internet great!?</span><br />
</div><div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last year was a very poopy year. It seems to me this time last year I had great hopes LOL. Well this year I am going to take it a day at a time. Try to roll with the punches. We have had a few! But it is up to me to get it together and make something of this year. I almost feel like I have the mental energy to do it. So I just need to not over whelm myself, I do that often. I need to not put unattainable demands on myself, and them get upset when I don't meet them. I mean really. </span><br />
</div><div style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I hope to post more often, get more done, enjoy it more and make more online friends this year. I hope to be mentally stronger this year. Not as many wimpy wimpy days, just a few LOL. My goals will me more daily goals not huge chunks of time or huge projects. I also am going to try to a lot my time better. Spread it around a bit. Reward my self for doing the drudgie housework that no ones ever sees but hubby and me! Get my butt outside and do smaller projects a little a day, instead of going out and totally exhausting ( usually hurting) myself trying to get it all done in a day. <b><span style="color: #20124d;">Pace</span></b> will be my word for the year 2010. Ha, here I have been trying to figure out a way to describe what I wanted for this year and all I had to do was post to my blog, and I figured it out. Yes, I need to post to my blog. I always find out thing about myself!<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-46055710572662369702009-10-06T12:25:00.002-04:002009-10-06T12:39:33.257-04:00Oh My!I have had so many Oh My's this year, it is what has kept me from posting. Let see if I can re cap quickly. Oh My, my studio rolled down the hill, Oh My I had a terrible allergic reaction to poison sumac, Oh My I got mixed up in the yarn and dye sales for Marion, Oh My we got chickens,pheasants and peachicks, Oh My we have finally gotten a start on the "new to be studio", Oh My it that time of year again when Jeffery died.<br />Well, I guess that about sums it up!<br />I haven't posted in ages and everytime I have felt guilty and almost posted, I didn't want to sound depressed. Well for the most part, I have been. I just can't seem to get to a point where I can take a deep breath and relax and enjoy life. I don't know if it is a left over grief thing, just shitty luck, or maybe the way things will be for a while? Everytime we seem to take one step forward, we get 3 back. Hubby's work is awful, haven't been this strapped for money since we were kids. Of course lost a good part of our savings when we had to close up Jeffery's business. Still can't talk about that. I can't seem to get a place set aside for my fiber stuff. I am getting to the point I have mostly lost interest in it for now. I have gotten the birds, they have given me alittle sanity. I could just sit out with them all day. We still have Penny and Jacky, both are doing well. I am fairly healthy as is hubby. Maybe just a cycle I am going thru. I feel like I need to withdraw and take care of me, and yet I feel like I am giving in if I do :(<br />So here is the poopy post I have been trying to avoid. Now that it is done, I will take some pictures of the birds and "new to be studio" and come back and hopefully sound alittle more content!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-7106032864274191132009-06-12T09:45:00.004-04:002009-06-12T10:35:07.533-04:00Lost My Friend<div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvqvgxapg0AtRsJgcjExFL3nHYNkDxly3p-iEwBOpkC-Yk396UWO06ntqDEJ6_5FZLJ7MbrD3N4l38aD3fQGS70U9Kr5ixp43Tq-0LShFrfm8ulTmH3msRN0cMvzF118glFjdS4g4-oQc/s1600-h/051.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346445091781300194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvqvgxapg0AtRsJgcjExFL3nHYNkDxly3p-iEwBOpkC-Yk396UWO06ntqDEJ6_5FZLJ7MbrD3N4l38aD3fQGS70U9Kr5ixp43Tq-0LShFrfm8ulTmH3msRN0cMvzF118glFjdS4g4-oQc/s400/051.JPG" /></a><br />As many of you know I have old Great Danes. Sunday our little boy took his last breath on our deck and died. I am just crushed. It was a sweet sorrow as we knew we were going to have to make that decision before long as he was just getting to heavy and weak to haul around with the towel around his <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">hiney</span>. But he just adapted so well to anything that came up just so he could be around, it was hard to call an end to that spirit. The sweet boy he was, he took that decision out of our hands.</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-wDWaBkxb6hfrV1gl31qBd4MAPHja7z8yvB14pmF7wmRflx5gYIVQD4ElrRwa-EKBjASl7BzUHx6ZWvLYnkl94T2iEM3vTuidd_3QZtvD1tzrx5rlRoSccbzKqt8qFiStvepox0QW9aX/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346447731891360466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-wDWaBkxb6hfrV1gl31qBd4MAPHja7z8yvB14pmF7wmRflx5gYIVQD4ElrRwa-EKBjASl7BzUHx6ZWvLYnkl94T2iEM3vTuidd_3QZtvD1tzrx5rlRoSccbzKqt8qFiStvepox0QW9aX/s400/004.JPG" /></a></p><div align="center">Sunday evening we had been outside trying to get some things done and when we came in he was on his bed kinda choking and had thrown up foam. I thought he must have gotten something stuck in his throat as they had just eaten. I calmed him and he seemed to settle then he was having <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">trouble</span> breathing and had a gurgling noise when he would inhale, then his jaws would close tightly. As I look back I think he may of been having a mild <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">seizure</span>. We called the emergency vet, closest being 45 miles away. They could only tell us to bring him in. We got on the floor and he seemed to calm way down, couldn't lay on his side with out having troubles, but is he laid on his tummy, he was doing okay. We decided to take him in, in the morning and I would stay with him on the floor that night to make sure he was okay. So we got him up to go outside to go potty, and when he got on the deck he laid down and died. It was just a few breaths and he was gone. He was home and in his mom and dads arms which is where he would have wanted to be anyway, not in a vets office.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGmDRYapIWNk3IAiog6J2OhlRqejVenDDbL1BB5bxshvJf4CsgQTiDKr5v3gtIOVjGDla-qmyXhiFGRfs-BkuOGSlVj1z_9ec3Qezi3D5oGGHfRM2guT5QTBY9f3V29IgrQGAy6NmSjMG/s1600-h/046.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346445092184621330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGmDRYapIWNk3IAiog6J2OhlRqejVenDDbL1BB5bxshvJf4CsgQTiDKr5v3gtIOVjGDla-qmyXhiFGRfs-BkuOGSlVj1z_9ec3Qezi3D5oGGHfRM2guT5QTBY9f3V29IgrQGAy6NmSjMG/s400/046.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Loosing an animal is always hard, I had many extra years with Petey than most do with Danes, and we cared for him making sure he was included and as comfortable as possible in his elder years. But the hole that is left is huge! I still have his sister and our Rescue Jacky, they are morning too. Monday they both went out on the deck and laid where he had died most all day. They are still not eating well and are looking around every corner for him. It is just lonely without him :(</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBTWudtSvv7XhVAZYFtOv2AKbXpnVJN5wKTPxWD9-ot55UDgKOoe_EGCR3gxrahNp1QOKfFOiPmYRXYfIZqR_qoyJSOt5aEZR8hLXTyhjsnbQ4tC4Ux1ybJcgOrgEZlUdTRXkKZlKUr9d/s1600-h/party+and+sock+067.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346445097507675698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBTWudtSvv7XhVAZYFtOv2AKbXpnVJN5wKTPxWD9-ot55UDgKOoe_EGCR3gxrahNp1QOKfFOiPmYRXYfIZqR_qoyJSOt5aEZR8hLXTyhjsnbQ4tC4Ux1ybJcgOrgEZlUdTRXkKZlKUr9d/s400/party+and+sock+067.jpg" /></a><br />Petey was my best friend, there <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span> Jeffery's death cuddled with me for months, made me get up to take him out when I didn't want to, made me get up to feed him when I didn't want to and let me sleep longer than I should when I needed too. He was there when all the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">grand kids</span> were born, checking them out on the floor when they would come over, deciding it was something he wasn't really thrilled about but it was okay he would just lay down and ignore "it". Then as they got older, maybe they were okay, after all they would play when they came over! He was with me when I lost my Dad, again silent but caring. He was always the funny one, his ears would cock from one side to the other when something puzzled him. He was the one that would chase the ducks into the pond on the golf course and then realize when he got in there, dumb dog couldn't swim! He also ran right into the swimming pool one evening while we were sitting out side, he was trying to beat his sister to the ball! Again, damn dog couldn't swim! He was a very sweet boy by nature, even though in his day he was 180 lbs.! I remember one day when I had him and his sister in the back of the SUV, I was facing the truck and both of their leashes in my hands, they took out of the truck and pulled me right out of my shoes! Right on my butt! They just looked at me like,what your problem??</div><div align="center">I miss him terribly but I have many good memory's. I see him in his sister, I see him in the way he trained our little rescue as to how to act in this household, I see him on his bed with his <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">blankie</span> over his head, I see him on the deck sunning himself, I see him laying on his bed waiting for his treat like maybe, just maybe, this time she might forget me!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Most of all, I feel him in my heart loving me.</div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59XgEogdxTRRePKIlo3fJ5uYapOzjqHBTgRLUy41HOzpcKK3NezQ5c_y2Vlj6MN5aYGUrEOVseHeHWsAOIf_B1ySzV24q9uE-1bThQSXjqOGpfNYdlPlyPQlIr0jUXY9xmAkoswrXwIkz/s1600-h/shawl+116.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346445102867505794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59XgEogdxTRRePKIlo3fJ5uYapOzjqHBTgRLUy41HOzpcKK3NezQ5c_y2Vlj6MN5aYGUrEOVseHeHWsAOIf_B1ySzV24q9uE-1bThQSXjqOGpfNYdlPlyPQlIr0jUXY9xmAkoswrXwIkz/s400/shawl+116.jpg" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-53290000518273975632009-04-13T17:25:00.006-04:002009-04-13T18:28:38.550-04:00How Long Has It Been ??????<div align="center">OMG, I had a lady from my list ask me about my blog, I dropped by and took a look at my post, I am shocked! What in the world have I been doing??</div><div><div><div><div><div><div align="center">I made a promise to myself I would keep up on this, this year. I haven't done a good job! I should have something to show for it shouldn't I?</div><div align="center"> </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEgskaqNI2JzstvWm80ckdJBY6K2rTwlPUixwtOodFbLvmAvRyZxrnX3DJHquAJOJu7EdImIN4UWiNft7zQ3rkPoo2X9D3GOShKCyQmsreMXhxeavUDdvOcLEthIVeM0cWqdKlWYZwKPK/s1600-h/011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324291884351986962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEgskaqNI2JzstvWm80ckdJBY6K2rTwlPUixwtOodFbLvmAvRyZxrnX3DJHquAJOJu7EdImIN4UWiNft7zQ3rkPoo2X9D3GOShKCyQmsreMXhxeavUDdvOcLEthIVeM0cWqdKlWYZwKPK/s400/011.JPG" /></a></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpjPoEHGnTV9jUOoAenJsX_ixPskzhbqQobKJZzzOfWsqzGc2reS362LNCDA-Pyo7X8xtXId2FlOa86Mll0_xWaXYEgQX3mN_4qzQ6xBxAJV1HVv0DyYpBlHWm62-QpFd-ere4Q-qi4wq/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324291886762051170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpjPoEHGnTV9jUOoAenJsX_ixPskzhbqQobKJZzzOfWsqzGc2reS362LNCDA-Pyo7X8xtXId2FlOa86Mll0_xWaXYEgQX3mN_4qzQ6xBxAJV1HVv0DyYpBlHWm62-QpFd-ere4Q-qi4wq/s400/013.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlfj5m1Fr3gI2Dd614ia2YvUiE2wqDm40usqEfP2pnD8jSrX7qdhvyFHiADAB96brqaxwv6IiQhwDA9LYztqofHC0LTdRHsYuhmHEakm_9zCjj8eQBEZbgPIe_Hk3faqmqVlQw8RCOtYN/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324291880367550962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitlfj5m1Fr3gI2Dd614ia2YvUiE2wqDm40usqEfP2pnD8jSrX7qdhvyFHiADAB96brqaxwv6IiQhwDA9LYztqofHC0LTdRHsYuhmHEakm_9zCjj8eQBEZbgPIe_Hk3faqmqVlQw8RCOtYN/s400/009.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByFGdsockb56M0QpKLIo_bNE5UNAxmumauUB_Sl7QSeFJmUYG4SLA39Kpek5Yd8lXhBzu65Ji3aio3IqRky3V_UFBHV0baTYAoQPEJxXKgbJPHEsii7gJRmjkA5jzIsQpl0tBZemHUUPJ/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324291876852140786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByFGdsockb56M0QpKLIo_bNE5UNAxmumauUB_Sl7QSeFJmUYG4SLA39Kpek5Yd8lXhBzu65Ji3aio3IqRky3V_UFBHV0baTYAoQPEJxXKgbJPHEsii7gJRmjkA5jzIsQpl0tBZemHUUPJ/s400/006.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAi2ZTpYMAUQjvXYSUMUNTXCAmrHcbGmyb3KBCyu0h8O2eT92O1pqJf50gNHBReQKz9lGicsMllKyCB2w_STNtf-rgwfjG3nNdbNUXtK_xLFCHo90nk7BOx33CI1fB4EMv_yx-yORGrd9m/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324291881332975906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAi2ZTpYMAUQjvXYSUMUNTXCAmrHcbGmyb3KBCyu0h8O2eT92O1pqJf50gNHBReQKz9lGicsMllKyCB2w_STNtf-rgwfjG3nNdbNUXtK_xLFCHo90nk7BOx33CI1fB4EMv_yx-yORGrd9m/s400/007.JPG" /></a><br />This is the "to be studio".</div><div align="center">That's what I have been doing.</div><div align="center">It is an old mobile home that was left here on our lot. Let me tell you, it was not a pretty site! I have put up wall paper, painted,ripped out walls,gutted the baths. Torn off siding and am residing. Put in new windows, am putting in new floors, un packing, organizing, and trying to get something done to put on my Etsy store :)</div><div align="center">I was pleased with my organization, till I decided to rip out the front wall dividing the master bedroom ( the rest of the storage that hadn't been gone thru) and my room and decided I couldn't possibly finish putting stuff away till I had everything un packed! So now I have a huge mess again. But when it is done it will be done!! So far I have the living room, kitchen,laundry done. Baths are storage for my fleece. You know how usually you end up having more than you thought you did? I didn't :( I actually need to purchase much more wool to get me thru the season till next shearing. </div><div align="center">I love having the kitchen to do my dyeing. I removed all the cupboard doors, painted the cabinets lavender and cream, crackle glazed them, and they are presentable now. One of the nice things is I don't worry about my mess or spills. I have a cupboard above the sink that has all my dyes where I can see them. Pots underneath the sink where I can grab them. Very good lighting now that we have them all installed.</div><div align="center">I have the living room area for my looms, which aren't set up yet :( The dining area is my sewing quilting area. I have a wall for blocking my knitting, a wall for yarns for weaving, and yarn hanging everywhere. As you can see from the pictures, it is still a work in progress. After I get thru all the stuff I have strung from one end to the other, I will take finished pictures!!</div><div align="center">My last post was when I had first gotten the Texel. I have had more time to work with it and have been dyeing it in the grease. I have been experimenting with that method with several of my fleece and am having good results! Here are some pictures of the Texel</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYh7EMkyD_E8doJYobrzmqHVX6gELiPcQM6lPUyw-xmakU9wGYZUHkRhLMob5RAItJsB9-bFNrYKDufoTKy0SY4jB-ON_4kgOVJIKN9EapkIGcTisMGl-DO9bou6fwZaYMhZ8cnfq_0PB/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324297048004163650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYh7EMkyD_E8doJYobrzmqHVX6gELiPcQM6lPUyw-xmakU9wGYZUHkRhLMob5RAItJsB9-bFNrYKDufoTKy0SY4jB-ON_4kgOVJIKN9EapkIGcTisMGl-DO9bou6fwZaYMhZ8cnfq_0PB/s400/023.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_-NMHasCcX5Aig5tgeFeo99ahI6jwY3gpIplrCAil5NdKALWCILDmuBaXDJLJe4plq6e0TGyadJkF-hQFvtTMAt1SPwIVZFdxU1iHYlcG9vnvg9NZAgTzvvijaoT4cR4m31webCUmzaE/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324297057403890098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_-NMHasCcX5Aig5tgeFeo99ahI6jwY3gpIplrCAil5NdKALWCILDmuBaXDJLJe4plq6e0TGyadJkF-hQFvtTMAt1SPwIVZFdxU1iHYlcG9vnvg9NZAgTzvvijaoT4cR4m31webCUmzaE/s400/005.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFrz8bTUZX7mOREUmDmDnIzE-TS5J4Xl3KO-41WOx0qB5El67piZsVS227oRGps341kCmZKwKLvSLq1crtslpBzsneLGhYqduIJn8U62oPCC1QKgGLiFJ0qjyiWliumB2ftGrhjBifwSl/s1600-h/028.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 384px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324297046007282082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFrz8bTUZX7mOREUmDmDnIzE-TS5J4Xl3KO-41WOx0qB5El67piZsVS227oRGps341kCmZKwKLvSLq1crtslpBzsneLGhYqduIJn8U62oPCC1QKgGLiFJ0qjyiWliumB2ftGrhjBifwSl/s400/028.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Here is some Border Leicester I dyed in the grease<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcc1JAzUzPFOTWu8aYnlGnI-sPAyMlY2cgxkPureBetDGMN23nZUxiQBGLdXtKlQCa3BQy4fy4s_GeJnQ7eabDvpfeLilLVQdkKxm-pV4O7ZGVZc3fB1yQoAoEwV3MTcZQNobG8Qgm_ruP/s1600-h/038.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324297051285248002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcc1JAzUzPFOTWu8aYnlGnI-sPAyMlY2cgxkPureBetDGMN23nZUxiQBGLdXtKlQCa3BQy4fy4s_GeJnQ7eabDvpfeLilLVQdkKxm-pV4O7ZGVZc3fB1yQoAoEwV3MTcZQNobG8Qgm_ruP/s400/038.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UohCjqa4uGpGNw4NdEYWPQiBSQeBl7S258k19oPScVbwnE6P8FacJwQ2larEgsXwWKyf6rLFu7sv7idb_3JF2_fID8UCeWGwHgeH3jAkj887M8GjS6qrkYr_4B1w9JaqJlr2-VIbBUFm/s1600-h/049.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324297052106416418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UohCjqa4uGpGNw4NdEYWPQiBSQeBl7S258k19oPScVbwnE6P8FacJwQ2larEgsXwWKyf6rLFu7sv7idb_3JF2_fID8UCeWGwHgeH3jAkj887M8GjS6qrkYr_4B1w9JaqJlr2-VIbBUFm/s400/049.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center">Here is some Salish Cross I dyed in the grease<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1spXTiJKt_iMxOPVA8TyPOOSg7LDxLzzGzuecHhFeLYA-1IwP0YCjPcCaHAyhu1bosgXjfbO4OiWKrK4Y2CK4ze8Bprkk5F8WE9ig1BFLOH5JAnoejMXlqOSVAcTd9A5MTMfa00GAGc-/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324301084698328258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1spXTiJKt_iMxOPVA8TyPOOSg7LDxLzzGzuecHhFeLYA-1IwP0YCjPcCaHAyhu1bosgXjfbO4OiWKrK4Y2CK4ze8Bprkk5F8WE9ig1BFLOH5JAnoejMXlqOSVAcTd9A5MTMfa00GAGc-/s400/008.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center">This is Cotswold dyed in grease</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpBWopik_j-uIDEgv_YN6MWItRvR0otu8vzFCMdtiZ4N9sMS-qfuVuoWACvDpajIKLQWg4iIfSxfxQlNlERmH7IlCaVU52ckGvvHUzPOV5X-84_O7W59eRVA0f42D6JOtXG91b_zGQ8dD/s1600-h/011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 348px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324301087877428082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpBWopik_j-uIDEgv_YN6MWItRvR0otu8vzFCMdtiZ4N9sMS-qfuVuoWACvDpajIKLQWg4iIfSxfxQlNlERmH7IlCaVU52ckGvvHUzPOV5X-84_O7W59eRVA0f42D6JOtXG91b_zGQ8dD/s400/011.JPG" /></a><br />I picked up 150 lb more Texel over the week end! Hubby made me the nicest skirting table right out my front door and to the right of my "to be studio". It is waist high so I don't have to lean over, we cover it in a nylon type chicken wire so it won't rust. Everything falls right thru! I am saving all the skirted parts of the fleece to put in the bottom of the holes of the Leland Cypress that we are planting at the beginning of the drive.</div><div align="center">Now that I have at least posted something to my poor blog, it's time for me to catch up on the blogs I subscribe to. I'm sure everyone has been much better at keeping current than I have!! My desire is to post here at least once a week. Lets see if I can get it done thru the rest of April!!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-20612206387293401682009-02-24T16:35:00.012-05:002009-02-24T17:18:34.478-05:00New Fleece!!!!! What is it???<div align="center">I have been soooo bad about keeping up on my blog! I actually have been bad about keeping up on everything! But I had time to find some pretty fleece :) Priority's you know!</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwcbGtCjrfyoK6JZLS7dEK1ywYs2u6_DaeLDHSMdsw7rQ5cfeLSwtx-jvsfETZCte3cYg0Zl2nwBMghDPQFq9pWSbryEPj-sGCqnz9VAen7SjaiG71R7mGAvOMzpbm0ebEkovn55B1OXr/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306482432724600706" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwcbGtCjrfyoK6JZLS7dEK1ywYs2u6_DaeLDHSMdsw7rQ5cfeLSwtx-jvsfETZCte3cYg0Zl2nwBMghDPQFq9pWSbryEPj-sGCqnz9VAen7SjaiG71R7mGAvOMzpbm0ebEkovn55B1OXr/s400/012.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">Look, hardly any VM and it's not coated!<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlsAhUCq6Icy5g-q3Ljn8BiXdhyLgSJoXrqOjM_4r3VssJk9FPvxf1EwQtMbOSI73_jy9FdpW8K6TU3gvcwNU0Ae3-B_2lEGebON2TPrPwABTdSz_LfPXN9pL-_QKYCwA7pbTgwKQq2T3/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306482437977499586" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlsAhUCq6Icy5g-q3Ljn8BiXdhyLgSJoXrqOjM_4r3VssJk9FPvxf1EwQtMbOSI73_jy9FdpW8K6TU3gvcwNU0Ae3-B_2lEGebON2TPrPwABTdSz_LfPXN9pL-_QKYCwA7pbTgwKQq2T3/s400/015.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Interesting huh? </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Let me tell you all the good things about this so far. It is low in grease, hot tap water will wash it. It has good crimp, and lock length, about 4" average. It is a beautiful cream color when washed. It spins into a soft,springy yarn.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLDLqhMmElVaQxhJKp0KXXB5YOISdrQWLlaHOz3H6pjJojx5xzzSsU3BLf62Md0Yd-kkvLUPpgmLdh45xTDphEa2mZ7uSMiQZ-bOBz4RJfMqfcs0ZWgP45vf_D7WctsrM-hbzK1jaP7ap/s1600-h/018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306482443807971426" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLDLqhMmElVaQxhJKp0KXXB5YOISdrQWLlaHOz3H6pjJojx5xzzSsU3BLf62Md0Yd-kkvLUPpgmLdh45xTDphEa2mZ7uSMiQZ-bOBz4RJfMqfcs0ZWgP45vf_D7WctsrM-hbzK1jaP7ap/s400/018.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />So below is what it looks like after it is washed </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS59yA14Dl1e7cbyxqlVzomGgZ5gT2ytWf_Fkb1VngcsgJVwBPWkvWkpcmhU_c8UpEmLd6Uu8X8K2J0oSPwJt3bi0RBf1eM2bkEnfrRp1Rn4nvOFr-oCRsSFT4bR7mW9Fml25eLOs2QmD/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306484689644051362" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS59yA14Dl1e7cbyxqlVzomGgZ5gT2ytWf_Fkb1VngcsgJVwBPWkvWkpcmhU_c8UpEmLd6Uu8X8K2J0oSPwJt3bi0RBf1eM2bkEnfrRp1Rn4nvOFr-oCRsSFT4bR7mW9Fml25eLOs2QmD/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IVdBXRH0FfgLCWzce1ypXY1GS9Y_vf0QCDkFYUJQegukkgFhaaFzIgTVXMfXDi2qTp5e06UwJLt4RmbOvqs5kxWFUg2kNiEWyYgWuDgbtiT75HcIlbsaFudDwVBI2pTJ6JgZWgZrX_ic/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306484911943801618" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IVdBXRH0FfgLCWzce1ypXY1GS9Y_vf0QCDkFYUJQegukkgFhaaFzIgTVXMfXDi2qTp5e06UwJLt4RmbOvqs5kxWFUg2kNiEWyYgWuDgbtiT75HcIlbsaFudDwVBI2pTJ6JgZWgZrX_ic/s400/002.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Isn't it a pretty color?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Here it is combed for spinning</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9aomSVrfF2GBuh1A9bj1BZ-6PuFFPrKjvXQt4d1gbn-tGJKGyPWF6AXI72JUgJ2tDw2n6SJld-bp54Gwey5QY73aoUFSPX8mH3KwBtq-Pkfsl74EZpU49NG4EQA3uGpRakYsTBQRL4K2/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306484916319047010" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9aomSVrfF2GBuh1A9bj1BZ-6PuFFPrKjvXQt4d1gbn-tGJKGyPWF6AXI72JUgJ2tDw2n6SJld-bp54Gwey5QY73aoUFSPX8mH3KwBtq-Pkfsl74EZpU49NG4EQA3uGpRakYsTBQRL4K2/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Here is a sample skein<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglz-os0dHSAEGABtLjSDGaC0wNX9h-InPLeVA3uNE5_VgzqqPmQhFNsxr12JLq9tN1Kf9CLusTjekifhLJ-YCriOtyT2MqrgtdNZM_cLv0ig87To7TJkQuH539nLS6l-xVkE_oAeA_-3xW/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306487147183851570" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglz-os0dHSAEGABtLjSDGaC0wNX9h-InPLeVA3uNE5_VgzqqPmQhFNsxr12JLq9tN1Kf9CLusTjekifhLJ-YCriOtyT2MqrgtdNZM_cLv0ig87To7TJkQuH539nLS6l-xVkE_oAeA_-3xW/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbn4zW_ydiNIh9JF0JMwDOjPlczy5V7x-CK9owWOfDabJhy0EiHk4wN-EuJkuuEY302_XEIpLg4_UZwNbYcuZchjvz6jwqgLXnAZqrSD8oAvtLKqKi274OUHmu-3_WWCNQI2x_bz21M5q-/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306487149749408866" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbn4zW_ydiNIh9JF0JMwDOjPlczy5V7x-CK9owWOfDabJhy0EiHk4wN-EuJkuuEY302_XEIpLg4_UZwNbYcuZchjvz6jwqgLXnAZqrSD8oAvtLKqKi274OUHmu-3_WWCNQI2x_bz21M5q-/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">So I'm impressed. IMO I think it is as nice or nicer than Cormo or Polypay. I am in love!</div><div align="center">It goes on my Etsy site this week :)</div><div align="center">So if anyone would like some raw or washed, let me know. It will be 10$ a lb raw, and 12$ washed.</div><div align="center">I know you are going to love it when you get it!! </div><div align="center">What is it?</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#330033;">Texel</span></strong><br /></div><p align="center"></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-459831038498877842009-01-28T11:11:00.002-05:002009-01-28T11:59:26.798-05:00Post? What's a Post?I know I have been moving, but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">geeez</span> you would have thought I could have <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">atleast</span> kept up a little on my blog!<br />We have had such a time during this move, my hubby said we would have made a good country song! It really was one thing after the other. But now we are here and I am hoping I can get settled. Of course I hurt my back, to old, to out of shape and in too much of a hurry to be doing the things we had to do in the move. I have had to slow down, which is frustrating as I don't slow well :)<br />We have the mobile up here, it was quite and ordeal to get it up here and then the rain made it so much worse! We had to have the area graded so the mobile would sit level and not be to high in the air. So of course the rain made the wonderful NC clay slick and muddy. The drive is 350 feet up hill and narrow,we had a business that has a special house tractor pull it up. I couldn't watch. It took all day to get it up here and then a day to get it settled and hooked up. I often thought it would have been easier to just wait and get the house built!<br />On the property there was an old mobile. It really is a dump. We had to have it removed to a lower spot before we could do anything. That was also a ordeal because of the slope and it hadn't been moved since 1990. It is going to be a studio, but has much work it needs. First to reside, then paint,flooring and rip out the baths and replace with half bath and storage. It will be really nice when it's done, it won't take too long ( I hope!) A few week ends!<br />I am so excited about having a dyeing kitchen and all the comforts of the house in my own area. And I'll finally have room for all my quilting things out at the same time. I really love to sew.<br />Of course we had <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">alot</span> of timber cut to get up here and the guy that did it was so great. He cut all the timber for free and stacked all the small limbs in nice neat stacks for us to dispose of. But now, we need to do just that. I don't think we have an area where we can burn safely, we have a chipper so that's what we will probably do, and maybe haul some off. That will be a few more week ends!<br />We also have some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">cosmetic</span> things to take care of as when they were getting us up here the bottom of the drive got tore up a little as did the back yard as they had to go down the hill to hold up the mobile! So we need to get the shovel and rakes out and do some work. A few more week ends!<br />As you can tell, going to be busy for a few week ends!<br />I am having such a good time with the group on Yahoo. Everyone is so nice and so <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">imformative</span>! We have had a few people on the list that have gotten ill and everyone has been so supportive tolerant of them.<br />As far as fiber things, as you can imagine they have been limited! I am knitting and have finished a the purple scarf,hat and gloves for the Dear Daughter. I have also been knitting on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">CVM</span> vest for hubby and the shawl I have been picking up and putting down for a year! Then because it was so darn cold here for a while I knitted a quick hat and gloves for me!! Of course my blocking board is taken apart so nothing has been blocked! Do you block hats or gloves?<br />Hubby's job is going well he has been busy and like the people he works for. Soon he will have his client list built up and will be working <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">alot</span> from home. I like that, as he is really great company and gives me a good excuse to sit and spin or knit while I spend time with him!<br />Hopefully I can get it together enough to find my camera and get some pics taken to post. Hopefully I can keep my blog more current! I would like to add some more links,patterns and instructions of interest. I need a blog update!!<br /><ol><li><br /></li></ol>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-81975189589620034332009-01-01T13:13:00.002-05:002009-01-01T13:28:32.910-05:00Yes It Is!!<div align="center">So it is the first day of the New Year, I haven't posted forever! I think it is a good feeling. A New Year { new start} , we will move on Monday { new place} don't know what is ahead { new experiences}. I'm ready for NEW! I am looking forward to all of the above. I feel kinda of an anxious calm, how that for an oxymoron?</div><div align="center">No New Year resolutions for me! I'm not setting any expectations. My goal this year is to have a calm,relaxing,soothing,enjoyable year. I am going to be good to myself and make sure hubby is the same. This is going to be a healing year for me. I have been wound up so tight I have felt like I was going to pop any minute. It is time for me to stop talking the talk and walk the walk, let go let God, kay sura sura,go with the flow,exhale, well you get the point!</div><div align="center">So without further ado, I'm going to go and do some knitting and spin for a while today, may take a nap (not really can't sleep in the day) but might sit and watch a movie.</div><div align="center">Hope you all have a great New Years day and many more to follow!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-54592803311315529802008-12-20T17:54:00.002-05:002008-12-20T18:57:15.225-05:00Moving Moving Moving!So I know it is right before the holiday, but seeing that we don't want to think about it, I'm not writing about it either! But I will take this time to wish you and your family's a wonderful Christmas.<br />I have been running between SC and NC all week and I am tired. It's been awful weather up north, foggy,misty,wet, it's like I'm in Oregon again ! In SC it's been sunny, warm, nice! I hope this isn't normal for NC, I don't like to many grey days!! Although Randy's work has been going good, so that is encouraging.<br />We are running reallllllly slim as far as finances for the move so I am selling my knitting machine. It really is a beauty, I put adds on the lists and will get around to putting pictures up on here probably tomorrow. It's a electronic Singer 840 with all the goodies. I am the second owner, the first made some samples and a sweater or two and stuck it away! I got it, made a sweater and stuck it away! Well now I need the money and the room, and may as well face it, I'm not going to take the time to learn this! I did the same thing with my sock machine :( So if anyone is interested in details, email me and I will send pictures and details! I'm asking 1450.00 including shipping in the continental US. I have all the original boxes! If that is out of your range, shoot me a price, I need to sell it!!!<br />So now down to funner things :)<br />We should be up here totally around the 5 th of January. I have been painting the little trailer up on the lot and trying to get it cleaned up. It really had been let go and is a mess, and of course with funds tight, it's mainly elbow grease for me. But that's okay, it's lookin good! I am putting some wall paper in the my dyeing kitchen, I got it at the re store, habitat for humanity, for 1$ a double roll!!! I love that store! I also got some miss mixed paint at Lowes for 5$ in Lavender and some off white. So the wall paper is off white back ground, with very light foliage and butterflies in lavender. Cupboards are off White, doors lavender, trim on walls lavender. Hubby kinda looked at it and was surprised, I told him it was my dyeing kitchen! It's got taupe colored carpet that is fairly new and in good shape, but the kitchen, baths and laundry YIKES!!!! We are taking out the 2 baths, putting in a 1/2 bath and turning the other into a walk in storage for fleece. The laundry will have a washer for fleece, but then my freezer will be in there too, with more shelves. Not quite sure what we are doing with the floor, probably vinyl tiles or something after we get up there and things ease up. In the dining area I'm going to put my sewing machine, Ironrite, and quilting stuffs. Then fiber prep , then living room full of looms! Front bedroom will be a small wood shop for hubby, after all he needs room to make my hackles and combs :)) Will move the wall in the front room to expand and keep the very back bedroom for storage. It's nice to have a distraction this time of year.<br />My old dogs have been having one heck of a time up here! The back yard is sloped, poor guys hind ends don't work well anymore and when they start down they keep going! Then down the butts go and they can't get up. Poor things, you would think they would not go down the hill!<br />We are out in the boonies here and it is Deer hunting season, this morning there were shots everywhere! I was afraid to let the dogs out for fear they would be mistaken as a Deer! At the far end of the property is a corn field so I would imagine the deer go there to eat.<br /> We have had such a nice group on the handpreparedfiber group. Everyone is so considerate and full of projects to share. It's been so fun. I was worried that it would feel like a burden trying to host a group, but I love it! I don't think I would do it again, I think one is enough, don't want to push my luck, don't know if I would get such a nice group again!!<br />Don't really have pictures to post at this point, need to go and read all the blogs I watch, haven't had time for that yet either. Can't wait to get back to my normal life:)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-44720167514202218222008-11-28T11:29:00.003-05:002008-11-28T11:57:42.668-05:00I'm Gonna Start a Tie Shawl<div align="center">I have had such a hard time just looking at all the Bunny!! I couldn't keep my hands off it so I keep thinking about a gazillion projects I could start with it. I know I need to do some blending and put some on my Etsy, but once in awhile I like to do something for me first. Which sounds kind of funny when I write it as I don't keep much for myself anyway! The Bunny will make the yarn a bit fuzzy so I didn't think a Lacy pattern would be the best choice, I happened to think of the Danish Tie shawl I had seen at Dorothea's site and decided that would be the ticket! She really has some great patterns, her site is under the pattern section on my blog page. Then I couldn't decide about color. I really wanted some Shetland in the mix somewhere. I had some light grey I could get to so out it came.Then I have all the Alpaca I had dyed, it only made sense to start blending. I love pastels and blending it this way really muted the colors, I am please with the results. The pics don't show the color as good as I would like. It is a very light Lavender and a Apricot.</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqSPcl4kPBNVo2LQnnx6Gub0FPdigYUCspYKznQmIPKCozcue-paQa4TmPWJP9I_NbYU6ixZCMllz_f8cmMagHxHX5mUUjEWKeai4Dvc_4L2iN_KPOxpTAdglrTfYFI7qKahBBn48N4J2/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273749639611736242" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqSPcl4kPBNVo2LQnnx6Gub0FPdigYUCspYKznQmIPKCozcue-paQa4TmPWJP9I_NbYU6ixZCMllz_f8cmMagHxHX5mUUjEWKeai4Dvc_4L2iN_KPOxpTAdglrTfYFI7qKahBBn48N4J2/s400/012.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV68EQhOCBTJg8NfSp_MYgG_do_E9cAhuw6QEIzI4DXzbNxBmXvIDAyIcPB5wY9O1loMFzkc2WN-B1mvp1sxANN4L-1bQDjW5jefq1wWpdW_7UHxtiJhM0AICxsasc30MzusNXwI2AIrDg/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273749635116241570" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV68EQhOCBTJg8NfSp_MYgG_do_E9cAhuw6QEIzI4DXzbNxBmXvIDAyIcPB5wY9O1loMFzkc2WN-B1mvp1sxANN4L-1bQDjW5jefq1wWpdW_7UHxtiJhM0AICxsasc30MzusNXwI2AIrDg/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNDYx7X0OdL1Zu9EN6aW_88AABctbSVJbfV81-YRmT2BujgveYmx7Y404OWZhyphenhyphen7k1nPfSoU9iAiAApkvjfReVO7q9VABULa5VtJJ1n8zvStdaAD98egjTynRIUnLfnYV33MYH-P_hPu4v/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273749638191220898" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNDYx7X0OdL1Zu9EN6aW_88AABctbSVJbfV81-YRmT2BujgveYmx7Y404OWZhyphenhyphen7k1nPfSoU9iAiAApkvjfReVO7q9VABULa5VtJJ1n8zvStdaAD98egjTynRIUnLfnYV33MYH-P_hPu4v/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">This is the pattern I am going to use. The third color is going to be a Teal color, hopefully I will get some blended today to see how it is going to look. You really wouldn't believe how soft this is, I am going to use singles I think depending on what it tells me when I start to spin :)</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitW-OqZmiJtX-5Tn1Nv75nfNzy411a5VWLVR7Loq-qxZnXFkTjBRz_68K5-dSobz0U7LPM4r7DbtgV0_Xa1DBPj_6M3FJXBGKIhdoyB-KNj_8K7C0-DOczR-3yJ3Q84nJW6UPrVIHovTwc/s1600-h/pic-heidetuch-haekelkante-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273749642956499298" style="WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitW-OqZmiJtX-5Tn1Nv75nfNzy411a5VWLVR7Loq-qxZnXFkTjBRz_68K5-dSobz0U7LPM4r7DbtgV0_Xa1DBPj_6M3FJXBGKIhdoyB-KNj_8K7C0-DOczR-3yJ3Q84nJW6UPrVIHovTwc/s400/pic-heidetuch-haekelkante-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G4B-oMXrt-D-dQWFHfhiflLkPuKNcX4dP6U_Tultdi1tum5fNQA1w4Jx_5035q-5LW6t0euwbXqJ-NypuQ_cMK6XGU7Lp5kOuQHUn6nxucE6zH4re4u7FwpmrLQ4CnLQ7LnITO1gMUau/s1600-h/pic-heidetuch-vorn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273749642123524610" style="WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G4B-oMXrt-D-dQWFHfhiflLkPuKNcX4dP6U_Tultdi1tum5fNQA1w4Jx_5035q-5LW6t0euwbXqJ-NypuQ_cMK6XGU7Lp5kOuQHUn6nxucE6zH4re4u7FwpmrLQ4CnLQ7LnITO1gMUau/s400/pic-heidetuch-vorn.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">I also took my spinning wheels apart yesterday and cleaned, dusted and dressed each of them so they are all happy to spin for an other 6 months or so.</div><div align="center">Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-15750342052430829632008-11-26T10:19:00.005-05:002008-11-26T14:10:59.531-05:00Why Thanksgiving Once a Year?So I've been thinking, I find since I have been blogging I actually spend more time thinking :) Why is it that I start thinking about what I am thankful for the week of Thanksgiving? It's not that I don't thank the Lord everyday for the things he does for me , it's just that I don't take the time to think about the big things. So today I have been thinking, if I had to narrow it down to one thing that I am overwhelmingly thankful for what would it be? I think that this year it is that I am slowly moving on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">thru</span> my grief of Jeffery. I have had a problem with the idea "<strong>moving on</strong>". It has felt like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">everytime</span> I let myself think that, I was leaving behind Jeffery. I am now starting to realize that moving on is now taking on a new meaning for me. I am accepting that he isn't here anymore, I have my memories and he will always be in my heart. What I am moving on from isn't Jeffery, it is my grief. Believe me when I say, that is a good thing. What a relief it is to have that horrible cloud only over me once in a while. Not to feel the hole in my gut when I think of him, but to get a smile. To be able to forget, even for a moment the loss I have had. To get excited about my life and not feel that guilt. To go to sleep at night and not have the tears as I say good night to him. To have my husband look at me and not see the sadness in my eyes most of the time. To really realize that he is much happier than I at this time and not begrudge him that. To not look at the chair in the living room he always sat in and start to cry, but have a smile as his legs were so long he looked funny in the other ones ;) To forgive his wife for being so hurtful, instead of letting my grief turn to hatred towards her. To realize there is a little pocket in my mind I can put my grief and have more of a choice when I take it out when I feel the need. To be able to listen to another mom that has experience the same loss and let her have her grief instead of turning it into mine. I am beginning to realize that although grief is something I will never get rid of, I <strong>can</strong> not let it consume me, I have that choice. It has never felt like a choice, it has felt like a sentence. There is life after death, in more than the way I have always thought. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Thru</span> Jeffery's death I have found God has shown me a special purpose in my life. I don't know if I would have found it otherwise. Everyone has a special purpose, maybe that was God's plan. I can certainly question that plan, and not like it and will never understand it. I have to trust in him that it is the best plan. So I will make use of the purpose he has shown me, as it would be a huge disservice to Jeffery to not. So I am thankful this year in a sorrowful way, but thankful none the less for the way God has shown me I can get <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">thru</span> this with his love and help. That he has put a new challenge in front of me that I will pursue with his help and guidance to the best of my ability. Pray that he will continue to give me the courage and strength to live the rest of <strong>my life as a example</strong> to other people who have experienced the type of loss I have experienced, that with his help, you can get <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">thru</span> anything he puts in front of you.<br /><br />So last but not least! I want to thank all of you, for all the hours of enjoyment, the support, all the learning and sharing I have gotten from everyone that has posted on my blog, let me participate on the lists and become my "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">puter</span> friends".<br /><br /><div align="center">Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-5383714836745312022008-11-18T08:34:00.015-05:002008-11-18T14:16:09.228-05:00Finally Pictures!!!!<div align="center"> Seems like it has taken me forever. I hate to end posts on a "not so happy note". So today I have pics!!!!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I met a <strong>very</strong> nice lady on the Internet.</div><div align="center">Take a look :0</div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270073882849009202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9mdw2LPeB0ihzLRU18rkGrt3nycEDgZKaAnTR8KCTW5hUP06qFIAqUNVxQh6ZUa3EylwJy8cKCwoMEhlRBa0TKAHQT8bJkMgHz8-N9OeI4qOsjXKVnow0BGnGeuYNmcimYiWU1yvYK32/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270074012128992354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAY47mVp8wpYrtt-m6pJo12MK49k8cX1A8Fux1ouXAh6fw6Ayka7z4UVUTHbpTueGCtwxH_OywDPJ_xMOr3q4hxWJz66nAeUVarKQTZj9d4-B32FiKsZ_QQGQ0pzAQfQWAcQLJNMq4Azc/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /> <div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270073898145757442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18W3McnMFwqXl0Qj0PedS_GPu9f_ysWSxKCXZNQinT3j3T2CacnTO92HtOVJd0HpnjeYB3-BRHsa4GwSR-saTAskg0W5HGzrbrA5KpYeOcj5vGGnonDlKvBOV4Y_Ooevjy92il1vGS6tE/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270073890435640594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtf2fdaZc14hn0Xni7GPsbdX67imT-laNPsfVhwl09zFSb8S6gwBjwDbrEiIJPeRb1aob_fIK0_sPcscHaduURYE8f7w9Lg-29pauTJYqliyMJTm4OZmgJNnL1KVRNnbFyJ0Ec-ThypN0c/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270073888928578450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANrW0FNhUKuHzkaV5-tgl1-fbKwxPuPlpxmrWCA5ua10aO1L8sBWfL3ivrJeb73LUzdVgBCWvHT6q2xjQz6c4Dj3sUe1gyHTDkwbSh5NwNAyI8-Ud9uM0oXbbSjjq9fsRVJTEHNNQXm22/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /> <div align="center"></div><div align="center">I was so thrilled.</div><div align="center">Now my little mind is a workin, what should I blend it with? What should I make? What a pattern? Do the rest of you take so much time planning projects? It takes me almost as long to figure what I going to make as it does to make it!! Of course I love looking on the Internet for patterns, and going thru all my old magazines ewing and awing over patterns.</div><div align="center">I have some lovely Shetland in a light grey that I think is calling my name on this :))</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I have also been working on Heathers scarf of the hat,gloves and scarf set. She was at 20 degrees this morning and walks Hayden to school in the morning so I'm thinking I need to spend some time on that for her!!! This is the pattern I'm using. Do you know how hard it is to find a pattern for a matching set of all 3?<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270046545212206994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AU2gQpO4PqOzAlFj8ChaCnb0z6mWa8tUfc8dNctSZZcuKZM4nJrdxvoq2VAQL67DKbfupvWFzi2C8ICjT_7SSZpZxG3ubl_rDhsSsCEgAjNXxgeDd80yMu5aFqhsi7kb-IbphVnnP0y3/s400/zigzag993_72dpi.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Heather loves purple, I have some yarn that was some of the first yarn I ever spun, eeekkk over 10 years ago, I don't even remember all that is in it, except mohair and angora. Looks like maybe Merino, it's all very soft. But it is overspun in some spots and not really even. But it is giving it a nice texture and when it's blocked I think it will be pretty.<br />It changes color and texture so much I am switching from skein to skein so it will look consistent when I am done. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270046546893670834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeEGJ85kpTYGAdEh66W1gR9skDrwdJBuhYo1jpSM5pqgTYyCMCwPhVB0NFb81aH92V89K2ShdB8VcgWBtIW_oRk4gnXVV_WuaCkxNf9eIryozo4oTm6c5tS4iS41GKWO3HftAx20i2VcX/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270046536440654850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTljVhN6jL-dhXW-qbmraqUH1B_dg8hoESD6cdbI7FMR5l55H5lNRNh4rx5-qErd1KON0AN2I27PyHTZNbTkpoQgjHVOYnMULkImu4oXpURgFg3dZvA5DKHZysAbu7fFw90e6ZkfXgdAVO/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"> Here is a picture of the scarf so far.</p><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270038604800636082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHjgoItnNkO69qUmsajDMRRDn7LoEiaxVVsMCEMzWe8TG_7mfFi_C0Z-2SzlcZ4V2rGDKCwZAUCcHAVlaGhX61pJYVomDP0Oki6D94tnUnBMosEJys_SXdTA1CnT_W1QDc23tJmNrDLA1/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /> I also came across my first attempt at weaving! It is a rug I never finished, wasn't happy with the weight. But it's interesting to look at now. The warp is Hemp and the weft is a hand spun yucky yellow wool and the rest is Linen. I got a kick out of it, I may just weave in the loose ends and put in front of the back door.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270002260919150466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1-IRo_N8Hfa1RsBSzGPisXKiO-VpqD_CxisetC-JJBa15CmiHmWgHA5Jy15yvBJ5TfWNmPotulUFhKHtjg7e2_D1LpagtKsZtVlKJ9JfT0p7vClaDeVKXuWhd3FF11aeFbc2iK7s28Ci/s400/033.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270049346637743810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2L_8uSCwN6emPH3jytZ-14kuqSbCRGit5UM8ugYJlPswHsiYpTgxVFfRPncXyigiSon3s5JW7gDhltkFYEyIXTLaT4alYqfrrq-HZZddDYIoHpZv66ndzr70vOuvcyuJvPblE_5UfC-Q/s400/037.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270052465858984530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iJLsZNUgAz-kbb5ZLhphsSotyfCSkWaPRPwmam9lSgx8DvZKY2IBaNF8yA3Kx6HyZrx3d4MBOeBZneE8c9V9HN25aEK8GDCNqOT6P4wJJkiP9kVwQjchkR2ST81vAosFDBP5U-_7W2-o/s400/036.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Here is a picture or the Salish taupe yarn I am spinning for this! It is so springy! This is the neatest fleece. The silver I have is much like very soft mohair, the brown and taupe is very crimpy and soft. I haven't gotten the white, except the lamb, washed yet so I'm not sure what it will resemble.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270038600627397266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8jYdwkWOY4zcX_j0G5mBcRaeJdVoKhmyvtZnYE_fQRsE5602jRJUu3N0Ecd3byb6ZWNhSfXwHgfTQF8bGcWzjla1kQk7oE7jn7ydK0c38-TUIiFhVsvVkiJZHBEnOAcGQ_cJTcyFnj3u/s400/002.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270038591479522402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-z5kvWmQm7V3beTYIx3A7n_2JqMLBDRhsMSX_zyL6Pos2k4cphh8Wvin_0rSMuGRAxQwf-LIrgxP-RG1S_DrW8m1eerm_h3w2Okh_xC47jIX0Aiw6F4GkFFNzqIgBJWFkoUkDeKgrGgI-/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">I have eyed this for a long time, but haven't been in an area where I could really wear it. Well this year in NC, it looks like it will be cold enough. Now will I have it done in time to wear it this year? Probably not :(<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269998436865397042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 328px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFqx2p_g_2F5na_9TkUJHIYxKMWKWs_QZuZqxVLC9vlk5syO_HEj6_UUUENjLWuNgKjfHKM6k70w8NQy5dM1SzOfsbm0CgoYkuhOIOGeo-_DwiPKRL_Ak2k4lSogbDchjPvflH5fHeNPD/s400/Cabled_ShrugL.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">I also got a couple of pictures of the goats yesterday, they are so cute! </div><div align="center">They are Boar goats, as you can see they talk and smile!<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270004029616967490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoSm-CGuRupJigtUcaHq3yk2q7rpGbpgaLXeewqqgu98c7oUC6VKh4ObTbDXXLkNI3mvATI0Tx1H1rrACGNIke030HnbWAEZboy9673LBZ6GncNwMi9q_UsWM3a9TK1BMIK3-1qN7UDEm/s400/030.JPG" border="0" /> Smiddy smiling<br /><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270004030237003682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXbVAUGHWIA424t98PBcNQf5ErAMikZ2asufgfntwb7hGHcBFKDeZSGRYKM1SkhNMYraUavQuJwDKCNZFLkZysvw5GS2PKLiykUmtO2e0xAnHwiEDN46g7QrMH7UMriFBsbGlXLp8wEQA/s400/023.JPG" border="0" />Little Candy :)</p><p align="center">Her hiney is getting so furry, I think I see spinning in her future!</p><p align="center"><br />Then there was this little thing that followed me home the other day.I just turned around and there it was :)<br />She is a Union Special Loom made for rugs in the early 1900's. Made of mostly oak and in good condition. After we move I will get her all cleaned up and ready to go! It's the only 2 shaft loom I have and will be perfect for making fleece rugs.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269998447809794962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9Lzh9AUSzwhw-NlCWszuuBzarzwZ5TNvjv1oY53z7PXDfT92iMrBHtIjXhunjzoAKwDUvTP_2iGv8kYtJYF7lsKo92moIKYSrkUkk1E4nlyLgJAazogdG1ISQu7NXqpiqJO0TMdtpB7C/s400/112144138ZZZZZZZZZ8ag4896e1b462b219c1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269998445327495666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpfCpUBuMQrSPichHaRnuOSHK8E0uDRqp7F7-MFiJE6_QePeHaeMG8KCuws9nE7ByP3XzQmjx94bj7O_eqjIDbLDvLthAekYAyGXLTjxZ-RV9Ut23Ia3eiuPYz7-AqWcOopU-SZ0u5yak/s400/1f41441g9ZZZZZZZZZ8ag5d87e641f377197d.jpg" border="0" /> I am so anxious to get all my looms set up, I'm sure it will take me a year to get them all warped!<br /><p align="center">So I am going to start my socks today. There is a yahoo group I joined to learn how to make socks from the toe up to fit any foot, any yarn, any needles. That will come in handy as I spin all my yarns and have many different feet to knit for!</p><p align="center">This is some Salish I'm going to knit my spinnin socks out of,</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270038591129572082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LLfoBdy4JWVKm661As-5ETaPJyQ5MNWJehRRrUuuXwxNHc_xOTnm46eU54YUzxqgcnmOjkwRCH6eAU-CAA7hfg7XjHz2LY4edRmpajT7ZeZAiBUKmBNn4NDptOkbi8eFtaQEcvZwZ8so/s400/sock1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269999931951142418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaB2ufBTTk0LrV7TKDJ16hgMaxNvXA1R__9UOVvUvUj_eMpqi5Vp98lq6KDShGph_KjGXEyU2YL9R7XKTiH4c7T9rQOFMn1ErnkZBfImMsfURHNQ-hDH2-b2gQ-J8xiGvZcXy_3WsISRRH/s400/sock2.jpg" border="0" /> I don't know if I am weird, but I sure do enjoy the yahoo groups I belong to. There is one I can't post to :( but the rest I really like. I have developed a fond relationship with the members and look forward to hearing of their projects, learning from them and sharing mine. I usually check in when I take a break thru out the day.<br /><p align="center">I also really enjoy blogs! I am in awe of some peoples! They are so elegant in their writings, explain things so well, and have posts that are so interesting. It can be very intimidating! I am going to take the time to add some good links to mine this week. I would l really like to search out some good ones for knitting, spinning, weaving and quilting. I haven't added any for quilting and I really enjoy it, but haven't had the time to really participate in that activity for a while. I have had 2 quilt tops finished for several years! One for my "step" ( won't pref ice that again as she is more than that ) mom and one for my hubby. I actually have the batting and backing all basted and ready to quilt for my mom. It's in a box :( O well I do have the best intentions :)</p><p align="center">My leg!! It just isn't getting better. I'm not sure what they are going to do. I will see the Dr at the end of the week if it doesn't look any better. I don't have any health ins. at the moment becasue of the job move hubby has made. So to go into the hospital at this point really isn't an option! Maybe just more antibiotics. It's still red and hot and hard! I keep thinking every morning I will wake up and it will be gone!</p><p align="center">I've had way to much time on my hands with hubby up north and really miss him. I didn't really realize how much we shared at the end of the day, or through out the day as far as that goes! We draw alot of strength from each other on those not so good days too. Hopefully we will be able to finish this move by mid Dec. </p><p align="center">I am also finding I don't make good use of my time without those "deadlines" when you have that extra person in your life you work around. My mom has had that since my dad passed a year ago. It's is very easy to wander and not accomplish things thru out the day. Maybe it's age! Oh No!</p><p align="center"> </p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-71888645795454896792008-11-05T14:42:00.003-05:002008-11-16T08:52:23.201-05:00Leg on the Mend!So today I went to see the Dr about the leg again, it is much better. But I am having a reaction to the Tetanus shot! My whole arm and shoulder is swollen and soooo sore, red and hot! She said I probably wouldn't be getting one of these anytime soon again! I remembered when I was a teenager, way back then, that I got really sick from a tetanus shot. But my leg looked so bad, I figured, it had been a long time ago and I probably was just being a baby. Well, now I remember!! Boy for being fairly healthy, this has been the pitts.<br />Today, I am going to give spinning a go again. I really want to finish the sock yarn on the Mach 1. I need to give her a name. Names really aren't my thing. Maybe wheel 1 and wheel 2?<br />Atleast now, we won't have to watch any more politics for a while!! Even though I am very disappointed at the out come, I am grateful for that!<br />I also need to get my room empty and ready to move. Get the trailer that hubby is staying in cleaned for him this week end, and start packing stuff up. I had an interesting question posted to me today and it made me stop and think. What are you worried about, anxiety over change? I have never really been a person to not roll with the flow. I haven't been controlling, or up tight. So when did this all change? Then it hit me. I got so scared when I couldn't do anything for Jeffery. The whole world changed in a split second for ever. Not just my world, the future of his wife and children, his sister, his dad, mine, everyone who knew him. I now feel scared because I now know, I really don't know what will happen, that I can do anything about it, or what is coming. Now it's not like I didn't know it before! I know who is in control. It is just so easy to say you "know" but then to let him do that! I feel like I am hanging on to something for dear life afraid to let go. I'm not quite sure what it is. It feels like change is my enemy and is very frightening. Now in my mind, I can work thru it, but in my heart and gut, the anxiety is over whelming. I haven't really spent much time trying to work my way thru our loss. I don't think you can, and just getting thru each day is such a exhausting job allot of the time, I feel encouraged to be able to do that. But I guess I also need to get back on track some what to my old self. I have turned off most all feelings except grief, fear and anxiety. But I can put on a happy face! I don't think that is unusual under these types of events, it is very hard to give yourself permission to feel anything else. I also had another mother tell me she got angry when people said they were sorry for her loss. She didn't feel that they understood. She's right. It's a different kind of anger I think. For me it's "why me" " what are you sorry about you have your son" " sorry doesn't even begin to touch it" I could go on and on but you get the point. People are very uncomfortable being around people after they have lost a child, they don't like you to talk about them, how you are feeling and how bad you hurt. They say silly things like "You'll get thru this" or " it'll be okay" "be thankful you have grandchildren" I know they try. Sometimes you just can't say any thing. It's been 2 years for me, and I have stopped crying everyday. I get that hole in my gut several times a day instead of all day. I can get a smile on my face once in a great while when I think of him instead of just tears. I can remind myself I can still enjoy life from time to time. But I hadn't realized I was carrying that fear with me on a daily basis. Thanks Michelle, if you hadn't posed that question, I may not have taken the time to think about it :) So I am going to approach this move as a new adventure. Work harder to have more good days that hard ones, more good thoughts than sad ones, more calm days than anxious ones, and most important, more faith and trust in him that put me here and loved me enough to give his son for me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-38357718239907487262008-11-02T11:04:00.005-05:002008-11-16T08:51:22.936-05:00Twists and Turns in LifeWell it's been a long month for me, and this will probably be a long post. First my bite, as you all said and I wouldn't listen, see I'm not even giving you a chance to say I told you so, I went to the Dr and it has gotten infected. It had started healing so nicely, but there is one spot where Pennys tooth went in so far, it just wouldn't heal up quick enough and has in fact pretty yucky. So I am on meds and go to see her again tomorrow. It doesn't really hurt, it just looks bad.<br /><br />For the last month we have had some difficult decisions to make. When we moved here to help our son in his business, we had pretty much lost every thing for our retirement in a business we had of our own. I won't go into great detail, but had been in business a long time. We depended on insurance payments as we were in restoration, after the Cedar fire, we lived in that area of CA. we got overwhelmed with jobs, there came the big hurricane in Florida and all the ins. companies moved down there and stopped making payments to businesses in Ca. Therefore, we did all the work and ended up having to wait for well over a year for payments! Alot they never paid at all! After a hard look at what we wanted and where we were headed, we decided to close. Weren't left with much, but did manage to pay off almost all bills the business had incurred.<br />We moved to Tucson, love Tuscon, and hubby went back into Commercial truck sales. He had been a Manager for years and is quite good at it. Having always being around the kids and grand kids, when Jeffery called up and asked us to come out to SC to help him, and he was calling his sister to come too, we were excited. So up we went and out to SC. It was great, both kids and all the grand kids were close and we could retire here.<br /><br />Well Jeffery was killed, Jane turned horrible, we paid to close up our end of his business, can't see the grand kids, Heather my daughter has moved back the Wisconsin and here we sit. Hubby has gone back into the truck business and things have gotten very tight since the economy has taken a dive and actually even before that, here in SC. He has gotten an offer to move to NC and take a position with one of the largest dealers on the east coast, which means lots of inventory,financing ect. He is very good at what he does they even have offered to pay moving expenses which is very helpful. I am just so tired of moving! We had lived in the same place for over 10 years in Ca. and seems like we have been on the move ever since and it is driving me crazy! Before Ca. after the kids left home, we raised thm in Oregon, we sold our home and purchased a 5th wheel and traveled for 10 years. It was great but at the end of the 10 we were both ready to put the roots back down and stay put. Both the kids married and moved to Ca. and we were able to enjoy both of their families. It really was so nice to enjoy them as adults, neither of them were easy to raise! Both were older when they got married, 28 for Jeffery and 31 for Heather. After the business failed, kids scattered, we scattered and that was that.<br />So now we are faced with another move, guess not always a bad thing. We have been trying to "listen" to what God has in store for us and sometimes I sure wish he would talk louder. We have found a place in NC, with 2 acres, we can take the goats, dogs ect. It has a older mobile home on it we can move to the lower area and I can set it up as a studio. It will be great when all is said and done, but until then I have a tendency to worry, my hubby says, so it is very stressful.. SC hasn't been a very good place for us and I thought I would be looking forward to getting out of here, which I am in a lot of ways, but it feels odd to know I am leaving Jeffery here and that chapter of my life will be over. It is like it is the final act to making me realize he is really gone. At the same time, it is also a new beginning and as far as Jeffery is concerned, I have no choice there.<br />So, I have very mixed feelings, hubby is up in NC and coming home on week ends till we get everything handled, so I have even more time to worry :(<br />I will say that having a blog is cheaper than a therapist! Fiber cheaper than pills :) So I know I will be okay, I seem to remember when I was young, I thought life would get easier as I got older. Wrong!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-13167748575704569172008-10-30T15:28:00.003-04:002008-11-16T08:50:59.386-05:00I GUESS I'M IRRITABLE TODAY :(It must be one of those days. I don't get them often. Everyone seems to be irritating today. I don't know what is wrong with everyone! I have a headache, am having some personal things going on, trying some new meds and feel like smacking someone :(<br />So I figured seeing that everyone was going out of their way to irritate me today, I would stay in and work with fiber. Well that didn't go so good. I can't seem to get this stupid CVM to comb without neps!! It looks like it has neps before I comb it.<br />So I decide to read some blogs, people are even going out of their way to tick me off long distance! So if I left you a nasty comment, chalk it up to a bad day. Now I'm afraid to answer any posts as I am really coming off nasty, and I really don't mean to. So today will be a reading day.<br />I've yelled at the dogs, called my best friend to complain, emailed my puter friend to complain too, complained to my hubby ( he may go out for a beer :0).<br />My blog is my last outlet for this type of thing, but here it is, my journal part :)<br />You can be very thankful you are just reading this and not with in shooting distance :)<br />Am I alone? Does anyone just feel angry for no reason? This is so unlike me!<br />O Well this day to will be over, and tomorrow will be the best day in the whole world! ( I'm making myself sick)<br />So much for Polly Anna, it doesn't become me!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-19661860028222378812008-10-27T09:32:00.004-04:002008-11-16T08:50:36.066-05:00I GOT AN AWARD!!<div align="center">Okay, I promise to not let it go to my head :) The leader of my Etsy team South Eastern US Etsy team, has bestowed upon me an award of Kreativ Blogger! I am so honored! Actually I'm amazed anyone reads it at all ;) I really have a tendency to ramble and I don't live a very exciting life. But I do love my fiber, animals and just being here in it's self. My blog isn't a selling blog, I have used it as a journal many times. I often wonder if that is such a good thing, but there have been times I just need to, so I do. I also tend to be a "keep to myself" type person so sharing my activities with my cyber friends is fun for me too. I love paroosing people's blogs! I also like to get to know them. I often think maybe I shouldn't have slept thru English class at times!! </div><div align="center">So my AWARD!</div><div align="center"></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261828926332644626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxF9adj0V89tOrVwg3VKHGp0yWoSnOQE0GNbdd7MmCFo6KubxmFO-nzmHiJnivS70YIqDjpqnrrk63ghYeJxQzs9hgZyRaz1doJfDqy9J69zL7N2FqCWvSOL4iT31FNp3CCYmWST5vFoF/s400/Kreativ_blogger.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Comes with this reward a great responsibility :o</p><p align="center">Here are the rules for receiving this award:</p><p align="left">1. Mention the blog that gave you the award & comment on their blog when you post the award. </p><p align="left">2. List 6 things you VALUE & 6 things you DON'T VALUE. </p><p align="left">3. Then, pass the award onto 6 other blog buddies! </p><p align="center">Ahhhh TC What can I say about her and her blog?</p><p align="center">She is tireless, puts hours in on our team work.</p><p align="center">Her blog is amazing (as is our team blog)</p><p align="center">Did you know she has several blogs?? (told you she was tireless)</p><p align="center">Very creative, love the Jewelery, if you want vintage she has that too, and the photo's, soooo pretty.</p><p align="center">Thanks TC for my FIRST award and your tireless work with animals and on our team.</p><p align="left">So on to the 6 things I value:</p><p align="center">My relationship with God</p><p align="center">My husband and children</p><p align="center">My animal friends and people friends {Dee and Robin don't pay attention to the order :)}</p><p align="center">My opportunity to work with fibers</p><p align="center">My me time, so very important!!!</p><p align="center">The Troops</p><p align="center">That was easy!</p><p align="left">What don't I value:</p><p align="center">People that are taken with themselves</p><p align="center">Dogs Bites!</p><p align="center">Dog Poop (2 of mine are getting <span style="color:#663366;">very very </span><span style="color:#000000;">old)</span></p><p align="center">Grand kid poop (been there,done that, don't want to again)</p><p align="center">People with out compassion</p><p align="center">People that mistreat animals</p><p align="center">That wasn't as hard as I thought it would be! </p><p align="left">Now who to pass this on to:</p><p align="center"><a href="http://keetacollection.wordpress.com/">http://keetacollection.wordpress.com/</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://fairy-spunfibers.blogspot.com/">http://fairy-spunfibers.blogspot.com/</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://sochicandvintage.blogspot.com/">http://sochicandvintage.blogspot.com/</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://sittinnspinnin.blogspot.com/">http://sittinnspinnin.blogspot.com/</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://laughingratstudio.blogspot.com/">http://laughingratstudio.blogspot.com/</a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://www.funkytimeart.blogspot.com/">http://www.funkytimeart.blogspot.com/</a></p><p align="center">Oh my, only 6 :(<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-15402300864214474772008-10-23T14:05:00.005-04:002008-11-16T08:49:45.260-05:00So Today I'm Bored!<div align="center">I know, it doesn't make sense, I have to sit here and now all I want to do is get up and do things! Any other day I would say yea I get to sit and knit, but today, I don't want to. So I did some spinning on the Mach 1 and let me tell you, you really can spin with 1 leg. It just isn't as comfortable with the other on a foot stool!</div><div align="center">So dogs are fine, best friends today, me on the other hand probably should have gone to the Dr., but to late for stitches now so I will just tuff it out. If I can get it to stop bleeding I think it will be fine. It doesn't look infected or any thing, just bruised,swollen and bloody!</div><div align="center">Enough details :)</div><div align="center">We have Directv and have more that 500 channels and there is nothing on TV! This is ridiculous. As you can tell, I am not a very good injured person.</div><div align="center">Here are some pictures of some German wheels Vickey on the handprepared fibers group posted the other day. It is always so interesting to see more wheels!! These are different. Now I want to know what it costs to get them here.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAnSbIEhyphenhyphenLR46FVazdIsaKlmUGNXGR7e14FSDO5zo3j1hrG-o6VupoazwDYBaSVpa6nnElrcMkjZ4uYA1UtHySnO1Yuqsl04LOyRD33F5BROHkQ-JwcLXdcxD33_BhzTQcj-sum4HKk2G/s1600-h/ella.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260413755539940082" style="WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAnSbIEhyphenhyphenLR46FVazdIsaKlmUGNXGR7e14FSDO5zo3j1hrG-o6VupoazwDYBaSVpa6nnElrcMkjZ4uYA1UtHySnO1Yuqsl04LOyRD33F5BROHkQ-JwcLXdcxD33_BhzTQcj-sum4HKk2G/s400/ella.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rKZRv_N_C1uAApHhnHmux6qazcgIYiSJHaGxt4UoNFKl5yvp4p1Jyi_dIiK4coVzUiCYxsIzLj01BrNQe76BqoBDVCJo7KARKxcomHZgfP12SnZz04g4ynpoD8xD2bdb3qmZYucpkjE9/s1600-h/tom_triskell.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260413757376538146" style="WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rKZRv_N_C1uAApHhnHmux6qazcgIYiSJHaGxt4UoNFKl5yvp4p1Jyi_dIiK4coVzUiCYxsIzLj01BrNQe76BqoBDVCJo7KARKxcomHZgfP12SnZz04g4ynpoD8xD2bdb3qmZYucpkjE9/s400/tom_triskell.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsPTYWgHWxAQ37wc2x__AZh5uDxA9yTU4DCMj2W-89LwS_OR5yFNZcKmAMLhkBda7-2g_KuB3Sv29HIrQNJZejTD0USZFC-lhBruLyRGLFxh3Swd1U8UaHQKVsAHlXqdKhJcsy4imRPio/s1600-h/breiter_tritt.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260413751711818930" style="WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsPTYWgHWxAQ37wc2x__AZh5uDxA9yTU4DCMj2W-89LwS_OR5yFNZcKmAMLhkBda7-2g_KuB3Sv29HIrQNJZejTD0USZFC-lhBruLyRGLFxh3Swd1U8UaHQKVsAHlXqdKhJcsy4imRPio/s400/breiter_tritt.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoZB5N2huZEwHpyEjuPtS2qdjDd4D30QtfaNYQeX-hZja0e9MxL5dNni7i92i0p9K9tzrNulV2Givdm7AcNXcZSsHY1AHiLN05t_cWfcbzbOykJr72UyWCAUhhWOO8gJW5Va8FxEBzmdv/s1600-h/birke.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260413741111369170" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoZB5N2huZEwHpyEjuPtS2qdjDd4D30QtfaNYQeX-hZja0e9MxL5dNni7i92i0p9K9tzrNulV2Givdm7AcNXcZSsHY1AHiLN05t_cWfcbzbOykJr72UyWCAUhhWOO8gJW5Va8FxEBzmdv/s400/birke.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">Nice looking aren't they?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I am looking for a knitting pattern for a matching hat and gloves and scarf if possible for my daughter. I would like something that has 2 colors as I have that nice gray Shetland and Angora mix with the Lavender mohair mix I was knitting a hat for her, but have lost interest and would like to try another pattern. I just haven't found anything I like.</div><div align="center">So best get on with the knitting, I would like to have my shawl done, it is so soft!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-61143884173218958992008-10-22T13:12:00.004-04:002008-11-16T08:49:06.664-05:00Not For The Faint At Heart!!<div align="center">So I am doing my morning chores, feeding the dogs, cleaning kitchen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ect</span>. Our rescue Jack always eats by him self, he was starved before we took him in and has taken his food very seriously now that he has had some! Pete and Penny have always eaten together since pups so we have never had a problem. I usually stay present so I can see whats going on, pick up dishes as they are done and finish cleaning up the kitchen. Today I decided to go back and brush my teeth as I was in a hurry to go out and work on some of my stuff. Penny decided to go and check out Jack and see if he was done! Jack growled, Penny lunged and that was it. I come out running, both are gnashing at each other, Jack is on top and Penny is exhausted, after all she is "old girl" and he is the "young pup". It's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">alittle</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">intimidating</span> being <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">in between</span> 160lbs and 145lbs, but I get him off of her, looks like things are calming down and out of the blue, Penny goes for Jack and my leg is in the way! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">OMG</span> does it hurt!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiID_HZBrhyYN8zpNuQwzcL6MmTHLgSg4FMxddh-CtsZ3Ye6O8HHxt2Xs5Nntv7MUz0-7je1AYxzwUit2EjneRpBwqWgfXvHsgxcKUqzKSHT3nPcj74bMNmkik2ylPqBuQVpQo14rj0-348/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260029284133808738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiID_HZBrhyYN8zpNuQwzcL6MmTHLgSg4FMxddh-CtsZ3Ye6O8HHxt2Xs5Nntv7MUz0-7je1AYxzwUit2EjneRpBwqWgfXvHsgxcKUqzKSHT3nPcj74bMNmkik2ylPqBuQVpQo14rj0-348/s400/2.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Trust me, it looks better in the picture :( So I get some ice on it as it is quickly swelling, now I am just having <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">alittle</span> trouble stopping it from bleeding. It really does hurt :O</p><p align="center">So now how will my day go?</p><p align="center">And yes, the dogs are fine, Penny has a puncture on her ear and neck, Jack looks to have a couple on his neck, mom definitely got the worse end of it!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-52754978847510822712008-10-20T15:56:00.003-04:002008-11-16T08:48:05.046-05:00Week End Catch Up!<div align="center">It seems after each week end I am always behind. Behind in house work, behind in fiber prep, behind in groceries, behind in energy! I lag behind in shipping things that have sold from my store too. I always try to be so prompt on that one in particular. I hate waiting for things! So today isn't any different. I have spent all morning cleaning, who would think 2 people and 3 dogs and 2 goats would need that much work! No the goats aren't in the house, but they still need tending. If someone had told me how much Danes shed I would have told them they were crazy, but boy how they shed! I love my vacuum, it's a Dyson and it works!</div><div align="center">So now I'm tired and need to get more done so I am going to spin and knit for a while :) Makes sense don't you think? I got caught back up on my shawl, ya know how you put a pattern down and then when you pick it up you have lost the rhythm? It always takes a few rows to get it back and get the counting right. I don't know if I am just getting old, or soft in the head, no comments, but I have a hard time keeping count. I used to keep it all in my head, not if it's not on my clicker, it's gone. I also got another <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">batt</span> done for my sock yarn, I am beginning to think I am going to have to spin up some solid Salish to ply with it so I have enough yardage. I ran out of the blue green, darn. But it should still look okay. I'm not a sock knitter and would like to try the magic loop method, I've got a book around here somewhere.</div><div align="center">We had frost this morning! I was so surprised. These days are so great, love the weather. We have Pines and Hardwoods on the property and the leaves are looking so pretty. What I should do is take out the Mach 1 and do some spinning outside :))</div><div align="center"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-66450709581573875732008-10-16T11:27:00.004-04:002008-11-16T08:47:26.791-05:00Spun up My Sample!<div align="center"></div><div align="center">I spun up some of the sample I had carder the other day and wasn't happy with the way the white spun. I needed to much twist compared to the rest of the fibers. So I got some Cormo out and blended it and it looked good. So here is how it turned out.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBcU3uKp6fuP3vZikDn0gLOkmCkOE1KC1hqbsKF2mfSoxTjsBNzF7sDhPm8YQcNyy7I6WMtdfEjIA08L0BzUEyXyy4igtp0jWVFWe0MkhzYyzbOOTivO4WOmfJcMGd9kc71f6dYEZyXas/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257778719101425218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBcU3uKp6fuP3vZikDn0gLOkmCkOE1KC1hqbsKF2mfSoxTjsBNzF7sDhPm8YQcNyy7I6WMtdfEjIA08L0BzUEyXyy4igtp0jWVFWe0MkhzYyzbOOTivO4WOmfJcMGd9kc71f6dYEZyXas/s320/7.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCl1Tv2HQvgssX4BomgKWOUcz1ivJ9Q8R72K14AijJWwVPzYx3C5FcYyBllJQh8EZ-xXhUJJ4WItrjNnaV3NabUPbgwJ930eS79hSWRAK3qEAWv4B7R87CXdTZ2H9zNFGbahhkiYf6yoFM/s1600-h/190.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257778722743815538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCl1Tv2HQvgssX4BomgKWOUcz1ivJ9Q8R72K14AijJWwVPzYx3C5FcYyBllJQh8EZ-xXhUJJ4WItrjNnaV3NabUPbgwJ930eS79hSWRAK3qEAWv4B7R87CXdTZ2H9zNFGbahhkiYf6yoFM/s320/190.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu_KUhrEZ0dptkuZ4vMDLCJ6N5XVr8f8jmf-0vAMT0rEdts-xgkE_rpH0NuqH2fTtuANw1kIr9xNDN0jZls8NsiZOjo-Hw1Z9jSTimItRLosGZcr1lWncrdyoEaBXhZY1gzT5Zo-V7K-8/s1600-h/186.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257778726863301746" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu_KUhrEZ0dptkuZ4vMDLCJ6N5XVr8f8jmf-0vAMT0rEdts-xgkE_rpH0NuqH2fTtuANw1kIr9xNDN0jZls8NsiZOjo-Hw1Z9jSTimItRLosGZcr1lWncrdyoEaBXhZY1gzT5Zo-V7K-8/s320/186.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-55100052946942395062008-10-15T12:11:00.003-04:002008-11-16T08:46:50.643-05:00RavelrySo I have been a member of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ravelry</span> almost since the very beginning. I haven't done anything with it. I just don't seem to have the time. Is it me, or do others find it a bit time consuming to enter all the stuff you need to, to become a participating member? I have a problem loading pics for some reason, of course I don't use flicker. Guess I could check into that. I also have found <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">alot</span> of the gals seem to be a bit on the younger side. Not that that is a problem, but sometime the conversations just seem to go in a direction I'm really not into. Now before everyone gangs up on me, and touts the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">benefits</span> of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ravelry</span>, I fully admit I haven't given it a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">full</span> hearted try! I'm just wondering if I really have the time to do that. Interested in getting feed back on how you think it adds to your fiber life.<br />I spun up the sample yesterday and it turned out nice. The white seemed to need much more twist that the Alpaca and Merino surprisingly! So today I will blend another breed and see if it spins nicer. Then I will get it up on my site. I'll post a picture later today after I change the mix.<br />My poor old dog Petey, he is having the hardest time. He is just not getting around well at all. The last 2 days have been very hard. He trips so easy and then plop down he goes, or looses his balance and plop down he goes. Yesterday he fell going down his ramp and got his leg caught in the fence. He did the splits and I could tell he hurt. So I'm out there in my flip flops slipping off them, trying to get him <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">un</span> stuck and to calm him so I can get in the house and get the towel I use to help me move him around, of course it's dinner time and I have left the water running in the sink for some pots and pans! I got him <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">layed</span> down and calm, of course I have water all over, get that turned off, grab the towel and he has dragged himself off the side of the ramp and fell. Now we are talking about 135lbs with no help. Today my back hurts! I know most of you are probably saying, for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">pete</span> sakes ( no pun intended) put the poor guy down! But most days he's much better, and he's not in pain, and he is so happy to still be part of the family, I just can't bring my self to do it. He loves to go out and watch the goats play, lay in the sun, watch <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">TV</span> and sleep. Most of which doesn't involve moving around much. So while I can, I'll help him move around and complain about it when he gets to heavy :_)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-40825314823714156682008-10-14T16:03:00.012-04:002008-10-14T17:35:56.102-04:00Comb,Comb,Spin,Spin<div align="center"> I have gotten some pictures taken of my last couple of days work or I should say fun. First I have been complaining so about not having any of my knitting caught up. As I looked thru it and decided what I was going to finish and what I wasn't, it's not as bad I thought.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I have this vest for hubby, it is CVM and so soft! Variegated greys with dark grey trim. This is what it will look like when it's done.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2FyejZ_QnYPVBwpMXULeVEdddnaIitUeDmFfpIVdJFhxvowtp6FX43ZwCoNdQX7PyZk1TNRtinsNLNiQFQtftH9xiJth6YvUWClIdRQsP2m4r1gSic_5wzOqxTa0w3NJuvHpoYvKm-Ty/s1600-h/033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257103856152120962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2FyejZ_QnYPVBwpMXULeVEdddnaIitUeDmFfpIVdJFhxvowtp6FX43ZwCoNdQX7PyZk1TNRtinsNLNiQFQtftH9xiJth6YvUWClIdRQsP2m4r1gSic_5wzOqxTa0w3NJuvHpoYvKm-Ty/s320/033.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">As you can see, I only have 3/4 of the back done. I need to get going or he will never wear it this winter.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCG20SoliY37kO62iVRKuE3ikR9H8li-g7TWBKx7c414zGu8-o5cErFrdwBoDwiQRTYbT2FJGO3bh6_A0_wPm-gPoW2se5ta5xiBAIvb91hsbMXvdjIXQ70iizKO9wLhkBbUhde8KOTNKn/s1600-h/034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257103861996909394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCG20SoliY37kO62iVRKuE3ikR9H8li-g7TWBKx7c414zGu8-o5cErFrdwBoDwiQRTYbT2FJGO3bh6_A0_wPm-gPoW2se5ta5xiBAIvb91hsbMXvdjIXQ70iizKO9wLhkBbUhde8KOTNKn/s320/034.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9r71iS00MVGcZzrI9d_K53ZUBg-DDGjFisi4DecE5MFtssEpkItGzvM98WIBjj1abzF49NirQ9WYajPJu7CiQXvOmJFkOUVE2vXP8lenIN7f8TxD7FOd4QAtsJguWlLVvexX2IZ6dXdUW/s1600-h/031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257103858762622290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9r71iS00MVGcZzrI9d_K53ZUBg-DDGjFisi4DecE5MFtssEpkItGzvM98WIBjj1abzF49NirQ9WYajPJu7CiQXvOmJFkOUVE2vXP8lenIN7f8TxD7FOd4QAtsJguWlLVvexX2IZ6dXdUW/s320/031.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This is another vest, yes hubby likes vests, he wears them instead of coats most of the time.</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAVU9fwo9pru-mEDO8EfFBw0AiimHbe610E3K2uKezi2COzkr7yUewZpuaLK7_44d_gndjATn_Y2wlCepnvenCSwSosazScIkhHdAHC7ELjiaGXIb8eevT4Jp15gH5qT_Zh3L06LZf9l1/s1600-h/035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257103859839492338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAVU9fwo9pru-mEDO8EfFBw0AiimHbe610E3K2uKezi2COzkr7yUewZpuaLK7_44d_gndjATn_Y2wlCepnvenCSwSosazScIkhHdAHC7ELjiaGXIb8eevT4Jp15gH5qT_Zh3L06LZf9l1/s320/035.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">This fleece was huge and so full of colors! It was so much fun to knit up and see how the colors mingled.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZAFcYAAGZEBqro7sGznobkQHC74bL3XzWu_YNR3q_OgYIh9ARDYrP-0xYzkUnNVkSwr2yQGpfi_RSsm27Bh5q_2K8pe7yeJm3VTNhE9m1L2q8_GDMDupJa0f3jOKBWhrBmoxtuA71PLD/s1600-h/137.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257111715721807042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZAFcYAAGZEBqro7sGznobkQHC74bL3XzWu_YNR3q_OgYIh9ARDYrP-0xYzkUnNVkSwr2yQGpfi_RSsm27Bh5q_2K8pe7yeJm3VTNhE9m1L2q8_GDMDupJa0f3jOKBWhrBmoxtuA71PLD/s320/137.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">This one is all done except the pocket lining which I need to spin a little yarn for, it gets a zipper up the center, blocked and it is all done! It has 2 big cables up each side, it is so heavy and soft, makes you want to cuddle up in it.</div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUh6JZz-FvwpkKcon69XjN-k8yogA5zeOSgXpvlQMqB9woGyDLEU43kpCs8ChrZa0S8MnhU1SJatPJ9_u_ucs5lve9myfdjASspww1KUnd87I6gl39vQ5EWVrBAOwEHnaQ16X61LoT9kbJ/s1600-h/136.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257103863310383298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUh6JZz-FvwpkKcon69XjN-k8yogA5zeOSgXpvlQMqB9woGyDLEU43kpCs8ChrZa0S8MnhU1SJatPJ9_u_ucs5lve9myfdjASspww1KUnd87I6gl39vQ5EWVrBAOwEHnaQ16X61LoT9kbJ/s320/136.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Now for my shawl, I'm making it from Store Bought Yarn! Yes I know, it went against my grain too, but it is Cashmere and I loved the colors. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">This is what it will look like when I am done.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqmF56LqFrTAMvYIP_2JXDzzJ_xyac9Pg5ltT91IrXj7QtUHA6F53cJSK6JbiGYVKfKrQeBKOzmjQiZQ6kgY-SQA9JPxPGApyYIBNtLKZK4WUzNgPY4YZpYSSxNxgPeRFC1QwJLjTGr9-/s1600-h/147.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257107488790580802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqmF56LqFrTAMvYIP_2JXDzzJ_xyac9Pg5ltT91IrXj7QtUHA6F53cJSK6JbiGYVKfKrQeBKOzmjQiZQ6kgY-SQA9JPxPGApyYIBNtLKZK4WUzNgPY4YZpYSSxNxgPeRFC1QwJLjTGr9-/s320/147.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div align="center">It is called Waves in the Square Shawl by Silva Harding. The yarn is a pink,taupe and brown marl.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5N6EsgyfDrcNhMjVZ0cScjjv5U2NHUvrWKWhtqQLf97v-aheHsq6v1ST1Hg5gMvbxPSiy40vDhxymsEx6kU8InpFDEPJQ1EG0h952t7Vlrjw2b0ZmF_k43fKxOuIndCmo2oLz5aprvWN/s1600-h/145.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257107494016715986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5N6EsgyfDrcNhMjVZ0cScjjv5U2NHUvrWKWhtqQLf97v-aheHsq6v1ST1Hg5gMvbxPSiy40vDhxymsEx6kU8InpFDEPJQ1EG0h952t7Vlrjw2b0ZmF_k43fKxOuIndCmo2oLz5aprvWN/s320/145.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center">I am only about 1/4 of the way finished with this one. If I would just sit down and get to it, I could have it done in a week or so. So what's keeping me? That's a good question :)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusywSXp_Rk8iN42GxJWvO-90baohmWr0wL6iFmC8IB4RgrijIah_hbaZwISechvdkgBv7TBVmyE8d7-tDHFsVZieQQKk_0QTQsfL5Tnm4-jTqW2I4Cc9hrRp9WzpeJPv3uNTAst7JK7it/s1600-h/144.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257107507838251810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusywSXp_Rk8iN42GxJWvO-90baohmWr0wL6iFmC8IB4RgrijIah_hbaZwISechvdkgBv7TBVmyE8d7-tDHFsVZieQQKk_0QTQsfL5Tnm4-jTqW2I4Cc9hrRp9WzpeJPv3uNTAst7JK7it/s320/144.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM6-nUvYy6DixXDxogGCkRCLm4sJXZu0XuXZmZgAtwUifplX31_7EIm71zByA7pZ1RFOjxWhi-kEnGqnQE5Qi-udJx6zVsw9bjSrVSy5LikDPEaEqqlLd9eoAQJe1A5nk2lKlwgm9_G6e/s1600-h/143.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257107499135320162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM6-nUvYy6DixXDxogGCkRCLm4sJXZu0XuXZmZgAtwUifplX31_7EIm71zByA7pZ1RFOjxWhi-kEnGqnQE5Qi-udJx6zVsw9bjSrVSy5LikDPEaEqqlLd9eoAQJe1A5nk2lKlwgm9_G6e/s320/143.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Here is my experiment with a variegated yarn in a Fair isle. I guess you would actually call it Fake Fair isle. It was going to be a hat for my daughter, if it gets done. For some reason I have just lost interest in it :( The yarn is gorgeous, Grey Shetland and Angora back ground and a Mohair,Shetland and Angora design yarn. It was one of my first attempts in blending Angora. That tells you how old the yarn is!</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4Ip9j1SJrsNuAatkUJzAd39ooiy9BJNoCCcIYgCxS-lOPa4RfuImi1O4KdY1vkJk9GpqgqlaYEKkltSPdsJHpnSmu_TqZhTk9JcwoE7RHIUGyhnuRpFhgxVhrog3SiKOWyMKknnufqFO/s1600-h/141.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257111283116367074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4Ip9j1SJrsNuAatkUJzAd39ooiy9BJNoCCcIYgCxS-lOPa4RfuImi1O4KdY1vkJk9GpqgqlaYEKkltSPdsJHpnSmu_TqZhTk9JcwoE7RHIUGyhnuRpFhgxVhrog3SiKOWyMKknnufqFO/s320/141.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuHWLjp5gAhgJPLslzIEOaIBJVXxt3pPOEq8oPGNVzDP1QMconAdwYhQJKESAFOEIWieeiwr7rS3V5NsHxgAbL-lrAyUX6VlPsYIn__b22OCshtoKg3BLzYP78ZO1iAKT3Xq7o4nEJxjp/s1600-h/139.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257111279782822562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuHWLjp5gAhgJPLslzIEOaIBJVXxt3pPOEq8oPGNVzDP1QMconAdwYhQJKESAFOEIWieeiwr7rS3V5NsHxgAbL-lrAyUX6VlPsYIn__b22OCshtoKg3BLzYP78ZO1iAKT3Xq7o4nEJxjp/s320/139.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This is some Green Salish,Silver Salish and a blend of Rose Llama,Columbia. I'm going to spin this up for a sock yarn.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtCbqpuSu9Hp8-pRkWERtzbqUahNO36WILUXA4xbGUZUAeUfQwCcV_51GSnPq9cKfCUMa0bhKkUsNT66fhOqBQeDJNEqSiqBYyWDwJ4JX1x9ss3KCfHPoZxvOuh2FK1Fs0xPoQMkMkoLw/s1600-h/239.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257111720736485010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtCbqpuSu9Hp8-pRkWERtzbqUahNO36WILUXA4xbGUZUAeUfQwCcV_51GSnPq9cKfCUMa0bhKkUsNT66fhOqBQeDJNEqSiqBYyWDwJ4JX1x9ss3KCfHPoZxvOuh2FK1Fs0xPoQMkMkoLw/s320/239.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">The Salish gives it a fuzzy look like Mohair only softer. It is as strong as Mohair so I should make some nice socks. I am tearing the batt and spinning with the colors blocked.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCkn9vzs54P7jwZk2wxowy56sPzfC-rjJl9N9EjA_7OnG2ZbJ88gJ324GCKdtCsTk8pvh7vTka3xlG4GO_RIsWe3IhyRNvQemwf6LlKtoa7IZZBiSwWfmHQS4uIyUVvAQ0dhdEhP4SmJz/s1600-h/022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257112802987865266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCkn9vzs54P7jwZk2wxowy56sPzfC-rjJl9N9EjA_7OnG2ZbJ88gJ324GCKdtCsTk8pvh7vTka3xlG4GO_RIsWe3IhyRNvQemwf6LlKtoa7IZZBiSwWfmHQS4uIyUVvAQ0dhdEhP4SmJz/s320/022.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Remember when I washed and dyed up the Rambo a few weeks ago? Well here is some I spun up last night. I had a break in the yarn while plying it so it will be used for weaving. I have about 270 yds. of lace weight in this skein, so I think I will spin up something to go with and make a scarf on the loom.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6h1d1s168WXzWNwZo06agggtn5tKsVHYUHcc4Nb9yLjzs0EHgF6OkMLHEeBv43T7l8SbIHk-RfHpb6ovm3h1cLC8fh-v0g2YE_trxPqCj1E8Vu_M32wD9PAvRsvHfabQXLG_lQpLU6Cn/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257112802736275410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6h1d1s168WXzWNwZo06agggtn5tKsVHYUHcc4Nb9yLjzs0EHgF6OkMLHEeBv43T7l8SbIHk-RfHpb6ovm3h1cLC8fh-v0g2YE_trxPqCj1E8Vu_M32wD9PAvRsvHfabQXLG_lQpLU6Cn/s320/023.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">This was spun woolen long draw, it really is a springy yarn.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHstnW3ZIgIBjFjYMwl0W1DLgFK5GyQihJ73VZcoY-UGujLn20qlMuWFplwWnQcWO6tVXzhaSCT2UFQ-nz0fU-6PJO-iIGfd-N-5HIU4Dbasn8ILmIJ1QGZQv5-0qSvwA22fEafuURQI-/s1600-h/024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257121657885980018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHstnW3ZIgIBjFjYMwl0W1DLgFK5GyQihJ73VZcoY-UGujLn20qlMuWFplwWnQcWO6tVXzhaSCT2UFQ-nz0fU-6PJO-iIGfd-N-5HIU4Dbasn8ILmIJ1QGZQv5-0qSvwA22fEafuURQI-/s320/024.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">The color turned out a soft red, I wonder what color would look good with this in a scarf? Any ideas?</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsLiqd15-Ed4Njxvlo-RTkaXLDfdSzATrVIl6s_WmOR8WUdzD_1TZ-4JBdjHuRFuPbkJiFWUgmsrijpGAnVDyJOURpPI0xVDqNvEfYb2XLdPKsJyJaYFOmHeExUlogcuuzkBoBJCH6W-P/s1600-h/025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257112809434213282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsLiqd15-Ed4Njxvlo-RTkaXLDfdSzATrVIl6s_WmOR8WUdzD_1TZ-4JBdjHuRFuPbkJiFWUgmsrijpGAnVDyJOURpPI0xVDqNvEfYb2XLdPKsJyJaYFOmHeExUlogcuuzkBoBJCH6W-P/s320/025.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This is my skein that I am so please with! You know when you are spinning something and you have it in your head how nice it will be, only to get it off the wheel and it isn't as nice as you thought? I was so hoping this would turn out nice. After looking at the taupe color so long, I was wondering if it would be boring. It is CVM blended with Angora also spun long draw. I plied this on my Mach 1 and ended up with a total of 700 yds in one skein. It is a very light weight lace and oh so soft! I have it washed, but it's not quite dry, after it is good and dry, it will go in my dryer on air and fluff up! Then I will take another picture and post it.</div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8YghsmNZLlFhDzJn3pYunX-g2w6NDWgHYZz5wVFUoWMpR8J3Xi7A_H1RkG_7wzvR89nt9uzEui5GQ2XeFvE-flEQYj97oD4jeSCkqc6foyD3AzrjfBUIdTQSBFkAtebJ4tO1IKYsApAd/s1600-h/taupe3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257119447196811458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8YghsmNZLlFhDzJn3pYunX-g2w6NDWgHYZz5wVFUoWMpR8J3Xi7A_H1RkG_7wzvR89nt9uzEui5GQ2XeFvE-flEQYj97oD4jeSCkqc6foyD3AzrjfBUIdTQSBFkAtebJ4tO1IKYsApAd/s320/taupe3.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">I am as pleased as I hoped I would be!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GGBD5ZRz5LEDPWV_ovOQn4IcDxQOCbQfPfKHEVeW-001pGye7-aA8WNvXXAUymyByOwzza_IzdttnwIZWPYUdDoFM-6JTLwgx9NZ60i0vGo7WuJ0P7hKheL7EP52Lb-YZGrRtPJz6rZx/s1600-h/taupe1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257111721161206866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GGBD5ZRz5LEDPWV_ovOQn4IcDxQOCbQfPfKHEVeW-001pGye7-aA8WNvXXAUymyByOwzza_IzdttnwIZWPYUdDoFM-6JTLwgx9NZ60i0vGo7WuJ0P7hKheL7EP52Lb-YZGrRtPJz6rZx/s320/taupe1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-DA_laPgsiLrSlJqWkXx4ROV-ZjcqFkml-L50yrsEMAV83Dsi5ABd4aLBELKmlyvnFMWlo9Jg7lyL4enPO5ibhhB5S4y6liU81Ia6zI06SsDcjhm6EdXcVGM3-M2xKAzWRNaWAHmtpWe/s1600-h/taupe2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257111720978968738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-DA_laPgsiLrSlJqWkXx4ROV-ZjcqFkml-L50yrsEMAV83Dsi5ABd4aLBELKmlyvnFMWlo9Jg7lyL4enPO5ibhhB5S4y6liU81Ia6zI06SsDcjhm6EdXcVGM3-M2xKAzWRNaWAHmtpWe/s320/taupe2.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Now the big decision, do I keep it and make a shawl? Do I put it up on my Etsy site for sale? Only time will tell :)</div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyN4GhRdTQ-Iz1033MIZaoCcZ4B5PQxnWZwGic_ilBU5s2vXrS4JkCbcbmMkpHH8dkyLQXsoNuOCdfi1EqDzoFLUsu-HDchdOlC6O0dQwAKDX25Af3OG0RFPAvVKaLEUibZ7h65VSsG2-B/s1600-h/taupe5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257119451062032178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyN4GhRdTQ-Iz1033MIZaoCcZ4B5PQxnWZwGic_ilBU5s2vXrS4JkCbcbmMkpHH8dkyLQXsoNuOCdfi1EqDzoFLUsu-HDchdOlC6O0dQwAKDX25Af3OG0RFPAvVKaLEUibZ7h65VSsG2-B/s320/taupe5.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">Here is my experiment for this evening. I blended this today, it is Rose Alpaca, White Romney and Brown Merino. Oh yes soft!! So I'm going to spin some up and see how it turns out. I don't want to blend something and put it up on my Etsy site and then have it spin up into a glob of colors. I am hoping for a nice variegated yarn. Will see!</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeWJc0iNbqUC-BHkCGA6opWAl35nZ08hyphenhyphenogUK4vFu95nWRhJO8XdSlJdrnRCUhHM-6aebeUNxZI5pxsAFjJb7Q6-5T6Jdfq8pFBWwiUGcr9IZDH4L3hH6YAjE9wnU8843ku5W5DXoIShK/s1600-h/148.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257111282339240242" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeWJc0iNbqUC-BHkCGA6opWAl35nZ08hyphenhyphenogUK4vFu95nWRhJO8XdSlJdrnRCUhHM-6aebeUNxZI5pxsAFjJb7Q6-5T6Jdfq8pFBWwiUGcr9IZDH4L3hH6YAjE9wnU8843ku5W5DXoIShK/s320/148.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg87pdrYmKxDmfLMyLXPXjt7DwQ8EElGmnnS4GRy0e9gDy7vZVm8VUfbKYh7e3Ns6I3HkNiKnfNBGGGeF-TrIzaBDorGEJpqSblQEk6Ua3PvYR0znTExDaAxm01art5dJ39CplKeLu6WDb/s1600-h/149.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257111286128508130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg87pdrYmKxDmfLMyLXPXjt7DwQ8EElGmnnS4GRy0e9gDy7vZVm8VUfbKYh7e3Ns6I3HkNiKnfNBGGGeF-TrIzaBDorGEJpqSblQEk6Ua3PvYR0znTExDaAxm01art5dJ39CplKeLu6WDb/s320/149.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpde9obToW7vGPY59y3L5Fv1nX47Xs-Quw0AuPMBeJLfOC5imIb8__8uyIgASzrhjd4P3zlTePP8E58URZmklDuvXdLTkYNjipMwGl4dAFGS4slqDaOveoi2lQCR2Qzf6wvP8bWpPzQ7e/s1600-h/151.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257111285682699714" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpde9obToW7vGPY59y3L5Fv1nX47Xs-Quw0AuPMBeJLfOC5imIb8__8uyIgASzrhjd4P3zlTePP8E58URZmklDuvXdLTkYNjipMwGl4dAFGS4slqDaOveoi2lQCR2Qzf6wvP8bWpPzQ7e/s320/151.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">Wow this was a long post! I guess I have been busier than I thought!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCG20SoliY37kO62iVRKuE3ikR9H8li-g7TWBKx7c414zGu8-o5cErFrdwBoDwiQRTYbT2FJGO3bh6_A0_wPm-gPoW2se5ta5xiBAIvb91hsbMXvdjIXQ70iizKO9wLhkBbUhde8KOTNKn/s1600-h/034.JPG"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-37696453705969923752008-10-10T16:41:00.008-04:002008-10-14T11:18:16.729-04:00Felting Can You Do It???<div align="center"></div><div align="center">If you have read <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">thru</span> my blog at all, you know that I have really wanted to learn how to wet felt. After all, look at all the fiber I have left over!! I joined a Wet Felt yahoo group, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">unfortunately</span> it is very quiet. But there is one member who just started her own <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Etsy</span> shop. I went to look, how can you not :), and wow, she really has some pretty neat things! Now for those of you that know about felting, you know how much work wet felting is. For those of you that don't here Kim explains it her self.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">"My passion now is making felt by the wet-felt technique. I sometimes use the felting needles. Thanks to my friend who moved to Sweden and introduced felting to me. A fine <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">colleque</span> helped me with different <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">felting techniques</span>. Felting is so much fun to do! It gives me new energy in this world where everything has to be done fast. Felting is physical hard work and can take a while before it's finished. Never the less Is felting something magic every time. Colors somehow mix together and become new colors.The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">process</span> of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">felt making</span> is as follow: Start placing the short <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">wool fibres</span> in opposite directions,Make it wet with warm water and soap,Place another 2 layers of fibres, wet it and repeat till 6 layers are done.Now the hard work comes: start rubbing very gently in the beginning, but more and more firm to the end. This rubbing helps the fibres decline together. After a while (mostly 3-4 hours depending how much wool)the wool is felted. Rinse the piece out and let it dry flat. It's a WET-FELTED piece now"</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">That's some elbow grease! Here are some pictures of a few of the things in her store.</div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGSdg7ALIhQkakKxlY1eqCnPkLmZGlgYQUx6ZFVwq8zZcDl3P3Xm_QAl92_z_CVgAtifyMk5-W4ShMN23ibSKzQmpN2g2LLPtZu_XoRnR3vy7_mIxao0WQuJH9IFTln_mcFTCus-niZQa/s1600-h/il_430xN_40397302.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255629956653448162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGSdg7ALIhQkakKxlY1eqCnPkLmZGlgYQUx6ZFVwq8zZcDl3P3Xm_QAl92_z_CVgAtifyMk5-W4ShMN23ibSKzQmpN2g2LLPtZu_XoRnR3vy7_mIxao0WQuJH9IFTln_mcFTCus-niZQa/s400/il_430xN_40397302.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvXAoarBwvC3XCEAPeSMDiiH1-mFOgNqRytPtw3B68ATNhC0GrKo8XzX_lOd9Tohp6rVGKo0GhmHrQWjDDjXOyYfZk990CyzFcfoxenQBq9rw6jAcxvLHr9go0ZF0EXBZ-CPLtdaydGPw/s1600-h/kim5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255631163664216498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvXAoarBwvC3XCEAPeSMDiiH1-mFOgNqRytPtw3B68ATNhC0GrKo8XzX_lOd9Tohp6rVGKo0GhmHrQWjDDjXOyYfZk990CyzFcfoxenQBq9rw6jAcxvLHr9go0ZF0EXBZ-CPLtdaydGPw/s400/kim5.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">This is made of wool and silk, you really need to go to her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Etsy</span> store, she tells how she made it! </div><div align="center">Wow, it's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">gorgeous</span>!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBbjDFuru82d-MuDU5C1h8_h9H4-pyh01QXTRcz3bAgZMXX8YfHwqi3gvUJfSpjFDESJ8pePFZ9gJOryzOOVfYR34ZvuEbimMTPPnSKJPqc94pPb5hGN8LQX6NrKj4IMBYh-MqSGWD3PN/s1600-h/kim6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255631156982512322" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBbjDFuru82d-MuDU5C1h8_h9H4-pyh01QXTRcz3bAgZMXX8YfHwqi3gvUJfSpjFDESJ8pePFZ9gJOryzOOVfYR34ZvuEbimMTPPnSKJPqc94pPb5hGN8LQX6NrKj4IMBYh-MqSGWD3PN/s400/kim6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcQ03GwT9tfhQxQLFyjqIdJL2-mGUsPq1Dwla00Wc-gvV795jOBhUIH9ayITVrObcRejltWymtrrv8zp4vLEsyhdTq1CRM2oH-sH7ztf5ANsRu_5YkJ8G5ABvFLTuw7Tkiwp6MCl4-cGw/s1600-h/kim3.jpg"></a><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbc_9HPa7iyACIK0OZIzSa3oP6sxyyrDtttCtHg2PaLf86HLm6Il8oj57iFmob7AqEfJihIjBWC_jicJ-ZOJUsBQkrxIB_5nQH7M0vuJCnR-u5G3UXJVjqTxCwe4UREgf4DXwVjIVZlKe/s1600-h/kim3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255631840090094530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbc_9HPa7iyACIK0OZIzSa3oP6sxyyrDtttCtHg2PaLf86HLm6Il8oj57iFmob7AqEfJihIjBWC_jicJ-ZOJUsBQkrxIB_5nQH7M0vuJCnR-u5G3UXJVjqTxCwe4UREgf4DXwVjIVZlKe/s400/kim3.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdVlo80i58g0kqD6v4Dcm5h5L-aalRUEL_4f2GvwLRudRWIJZCKx8GcVDA9gD3PiS9cvwfr1bf0lENBvdGQsf4dgk8beQKS4XnhCe96wtX7cbwPuJo3wG7hFO94HG-EwOEg6HQVk-z69So/s1600-h/kim1.jpg"></a><div align="center">Are these necklaces not cool?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLljtW6ZObY21UnKYemRSaECeMUi6qB4Eaa53BctWBVNo9zjewDu4_jmXD_7srPBIx_Q8RXnM9pEKRri_NkmV9iopwv0R0MeVOATdeXE4S_hhZbqAq-wdjX-nd4x9MgCKutk9W6sl2ZLU/s1600-h/kim4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255629961935470866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLljtW6ZObY21UnKYemRSaECeMUi6qB4Eaa53BctWBVNo9zjewDu4_jmXD_7srPBIx_Q8RXnM9pEKRri_NkmV9iopwv0R0MeVOATdeXE4S_hhZbqAq-wdjX-nd4x9MgCKutk9W6sl2ZLU/s400/kim4.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><p align="center">Need a crown for a Prince or Princess?</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8X3R2v12Ryd2BnIOEKLq6T2Adsw2_yU5iq_ZY3DKPR2u10x0fBCmBMUWwYPMgIWJTKTi4o6zXEl3JjBV4Dzo6rKB3KrWlV8nWSpME9xRsAvePyQIm_ytKBhiKb-DPy1-UFdO9pxmGwzW/s1600-h/kin7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255631167141441218" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8X3R2v12Ryd2BnIOEKLq6T2Adsw2_yU5iq_ZY3DKPR2u10x0fBCmBMUWwYPMgIWJTKTi4o6zXEl3JjBV4Dzo6rKB3KrWlV8nWSpME9xRsAvePyQIm_ytKBhiKb-DPy1-UFdO9pxmGwzW/s400/kin7.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">And who is this little Princess?</div><div align="center">Here is a link to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Kim's</span> Store</div><div align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Vilt</span> A La Kim</div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5962958">http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5962958</a></div><div align="center">Stop by and leave her some hearts and welcome her to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Etsy</span>!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479958912987113852.post-40065829536640691412008-10-09T09:32:00.010-04:002008-10-14T11:00:53.325-04:00Look What They Made!!!<div align="center">Well, to change the subject from yesterday :))</div><p align="center">There is a lady Marie, in my South East US Group, puchased some of my yarn, and look what she made! Isn't it pretty? This is some of the Salish and look at the sheen. I just love that fiber! Here's her store <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6161285">http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6161285</a></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieB39LAWwgRKMV0U2N5W9hyD9NjGlRpQLNogp32TeAmRxxzr737XGyyfacjJe9ss3MIkzsxhXSqh3MwntvJrvpcR0Xj6scf7H_KFGKbGxOY1cke0Op0SGvCrEHasD4sexLaaIdQ-Aizfli/s1600-h/il_430xN_40685701.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255147473481251506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieB39LAWwgRKMV0U2N5W9hyD9NjGlRpQLNogp32TeAmRxxzr737XGyyfacjJe9ss3MIkzsxhXSqh3MwntvJrvpcR0Xj6scf7H_KFGKbGxOY1cke0Op0SGvCrEHasD4sexLaaIdQ-Aizfli/s400/il_430xN_40685701.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK1AguUu_4_wwgYVKEQ9FKSOsqFt5dVsXkjyOkAK-cV99hosEi-CJDfNCRC6wtrXGjNQmaXpvMso27NZ_RplP7PZzFuTooz-A601csoFEhGjjNvOyGoyHEa2fWKljVme37CY81D-FyOB5/s1600-h/il_430xN_40685751.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255147473567785826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK1AguUu_4_wwgYVKEQ9FKSOsqFt5dVsXkjyOkAK-cV99hosEi-CJDfNCRC6wtrXGjNQmaXpvMso27NZ_RplP7PZzFuTooz-A601csoFEhGjjNvOyGoyHEa2fWKljVme37CY81D-FyOB5/s400/il_430xN_40685751.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Isn't this pretty?</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6SGTusE2YeY20qXRy8_IGvae5VwNI5KxZkUpKnLzHpsUJdq6cunF9lVYkF9Y8hzzqTZYiUWQm9aobdXQhgZA2GupX__vHrkDPZk5zr2dKPLzlalAr84sShB_JoMZd7xAM7i6cwLCjoYQ/s1600-h/il_430xN_40686011.jpg"></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6SGTusE2YeY20qXRy8_IGvae5VwNI5KxZkUpKnLzHpsUJdq6cunF9lVYkF9Y8hzzqTZYiUWQm9aobdXQhgZA2GupX__vHrkDPZk5zr2dKPLzlalAr84sShB_JoMZd7xAM7i6cwLCjoYQ/s1600-h/il_430xN_40686011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255147477981069698" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6SGTusE2YeY20qXRy8_IGvae5VwNI5KxZkUpKnLzHpsUJdq6cunF9lVYkF9Y8hzzqTZYiUWQm9aobdXQhgZA2GupX__vHrkDPZk5zr2dKPLzlalAr84sShB_JoMZd7xAM7i6cwLCjoYQ/s400/il_430xN_40686011.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6SGTusE2YeY20qXRy8_IGvae5VwNI5KxZkUpKnLzHpsUJdq6cunF9lVYkF9Y8hzzqTZYiUWQm9aobdXQhgZA2GupX__vHrkDPZk5zr2dKPLzlalAr84sShB_JoMZd7xAM7i6cwLCjoYQ/s1600-h/il_430xN_40686011.jpg"></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">I don't crochet, but I think I'm going to have to learn! Thanks so much for showing me what you made!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Well I just add to add to my post as I got another interesting email from Janelle!</div><br /><div align="center">She purchased some of my fibers I have left over from combing, I figured they were only good for felting. Well this little lady is very handy with a spindle and has a very creative side! </div><br /><div align="center">Click on the images !</div><br /><div align="center">Look what she has done!</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWNJc97Tj2mHY-rlEtzW72xNeNXRC_ajDGOJwWzoaovQPA1wJQp6-UzWz2nLKEF6hrrMQA72-ER-XOyXDYe2hDauMmX_FIuAtdGGln5OfxiNw3hmHVtRPgLQaR18WUxwrtK1ZJ82T5hMJ/s1600-h/untitled3.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255240355703692594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWNJc97Tj2mHY-rlEtzW72xNeNXRC_ajDGOJwWzoaovQPA1wJQp6-UzWz2nLKEF6hrrMQA72-ER-XOyXDYe2hDauMmX_FIuAtdGGln5OfxiNw3hmHVtRPgLQaR18WUxwrtK1ZJ82T5hMJ/s400/untitled3.bmp" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7ZRkD9UrYeE4WXRRh8ZHMWmIHg3ltBL1Yz-9hrJWr6QMhk3ML7PBMnnUud9NsIwEycQYkVEjGnU_bKfi9CQNc2XjWFoNCF-utbAyBLgNFRimSw0Rcho10uBq-wKkZ2DWnsqKJDkA6CTD/s1600-h/untitled2.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255240354028594306" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7ZRkD9UrYeE4WXRRh8ZHMWmIHg3ltBL1Yz-9hrJWr6QMhk3ML7PBMnnUud9NsIwEycQYkVEjGnU_bKfi9CQNc2XjWFoNCF-utbAyBLgNFRimSw0Rcho10uBq-wKkZ2DWnsqKJDkA6CTD/s400/untitled2.bmp" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ExHfk3ZE8QZF3Nwkb3L4uXJyOHaXvhJxb4aE0hoJPuWfzZUTmCo8MOU60BCIPmf-Hl3fwZ33UWF8lXijFXGOP6WpChlo02_J3Jzj7i7UbDrtVHnPk602R7vQ017OG1kPc5R8En0DbcZb/s1600-h/untitled1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255240359998682194" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ExHfk3ZE8QZF3Nwkb3L4uXJyOHaXvhJxb4aE0hoJPuWfzZUTmCo8MOU60BCIPmf-Hl3fwZ33UWF8lXijFXGOP6WpChlo02_J3Jzj7i7UbDrtVHnPk602R7vQ017OG1kPc5R8En0DbcZb/s400/untitled1.bmp" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASwlmEJ-vkJCpTRi6SZd4PeYzKMNEvxDGvFjJiBqRBSK_rCKivs6zsHs5bvM7b0aBaK8RX7_SsQG8LEsbE1rL8jZQKkHnPUbasmluwIQKugI4_wfNg4RilZYr7G4lvi1skmzUv3oMRyDe/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255240360329740402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASwlmEJ-vkJCpTRi6SZd4PeYzKMNEvxDGvFjJiBqRBSK_rCKivs6zsHs5bvM7b0aBaK8RX7_SsQG8LEsbE1rL8jZQKkHnPUbasmluwIQKugI4_wfNg4RilZYr7G4lvi1skmzUv3oMRyDe/s400/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div align="center">Isn't that amazing? So now I need a picture of the project she uses it for :)</div><br /><div align="center">Some people can make a silk purse from a sows ear :))</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7ZRkD9UrYeE4WXRRh8ZHMWmIHg3ltBL1Yz-9hrJWr6QMhk3ML7PBMnnUud9NsIwEycQYkVEjGnU_bKfi9CQNc2XjWFoNCF-utbAyBLgNFRimSw0Rcho10uBq-wKkZ2DWnsqKJDkA6CTD/s1600-h/untitled2.bmp"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyATHjKqV3YWBwzHkifWMF93PRwbFfxZY_FlOvEsEXK4C2yyc-q4uLZaRt5Q7jhE5t2K-uWucJVkT0OJdP9KmYFhB2RYGAFewaDrF4B19iu-EdSH6JbL4MdHy2yY7ez30Xjqv8_YkmMTUT/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7ZRkD9UrYeE4WXRRh8ZHMWmIHg3ltBL1Yz-9hrJWr6QMhk3ML7PBMnnUud9NsIwEycQYkVEjGnU_bKfi9CQNc2XjWFoNCF-utbAyBLgNFRimSw0Rcho10uBq-wKkZ2DWnsqKJDkA6CTD/s1600-h/untitled2.bmp"></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1