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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5769 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
5769 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 06:49:16 AM
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Thank you Peggy for the great idea for our December/Christmas Swap, the Chickees will have so much fun with this swap as well.
A little teaser for our December/Christmas Swap. Think Stockings! Hee Hee.
Sign ups for this swap will start in November, so put your thinking caps on and get ready. More later.
Hugs,
Debbie
Proud Mama Hen of SPG
"LIFE IS 10% WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU AND 90% WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU." ~ANONYMOUS"
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marlee
True Blue Farmgirl
871 Posts
Marlene
DeRidder
Louisiana
871 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 07:32:39 AM
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Mama Hen I'm here. lol! I will like Christmas Stockings...This will be fun.
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
296 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
296 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 10:24:55 AM
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I Love Stockings too...they are my FAVORITE Part of Christmas!!!!
It's going to be FUN. And IF you see anything posted on other Forums about something similar...
Just remember...you can't always be guaranteed you will get anything...from a Swap Partner there.
BUT if we keep it in OUR HEN HOUSE...Your chances of getting a great Swap...go up 99%.
Love and Christmas Fun In Mind,
Peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be His! |
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tammyc
True Blue Farmgirl
481 Posts
Tammy
Danville
California
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 10:54:13 AM
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Peggy, I have done the stuff a stocking swap for the last two years! In 2011 I had you for a partner which was only my second swap...LUCKY ME...that started me off with such a wonderful experience! In 2012 I had sweet Connie...YAY...LUCKY ME again! So I will only be doing this in the henhouse for certain. Henhouse partners are the best!
"Be who you are and say what you like because the people who mind don't matter and the people who matter don't mind" - Dr. Seuss |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
2115 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
2115 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 1:44:25 PM
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He filled all the Stockings then turned with a jerk,
and laying a finger aside of his nose,
and giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!
Clement C. Moore
I'm in for sure! Thank you Tammy, your a Sugar yourself!
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sweettea59
True Blue Farmgirl
1371 Posts
Sherry
Longview
Texas
USA
1371 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 2:23:54 PM
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I'm in I love Christmas, I did the stocking swap last year and had a great partner. Not someone form the hen house but she was a good partner. Just count me in.
Farmgirl Hugs & May all your Wishes come true.
Sherry
Farmgirl #2215
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
168 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
168 Posts |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5769 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
5769 Posts |
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
168 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
168 Posts |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5769 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
5769 Posts |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
2115 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
2115 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 4:18:41 PM
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I bet Terri can Spin straw into Gold, Like Rumplestiltskin's Daughter! LOL! To me spinning wool into yarn is just as awesome!!
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
168 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 4:27:31 PM
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Connie, I am going to have to try that ...
you all will be using a wheel or spindle ... I have 2 wheels, and who know I may have more ... love them ... oopsss ... I have three wheels ...
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
www.whitesheepfarm.com
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
2115 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
2115 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 4:54:19 PM
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Terri, if any body can you can!! That is so exciting to learn to spin! My Aunt Judy got a Toy Spinning wheel for Christmas when I was about 8 years old and you used yarn and spools and it would like knit, but you had to turn the wheel to make the spool go round. I found one on Ebay and wanted to buy it for her cause we talk about that little spinning wheel all the time, when we reminisce about Christmas as a child. it went way out of my price range and sold for over $200.00. It cost about $5.00 in 1965!
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
168 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 5:03:17 PM
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oh yeah, some of those table top vintage wheels go for a pretty good price ... you can buy a used wheel cheaper ...
I lucked into my Ashford Traveler wheel for $100.00 the girl only wanted 25.00 but I just could NOT bring myself to rip her off ... I put another 50.00 into it and have a $500.00+ wheel.
I love the Ashfords ... but I am NOT a production spinner. I spin because I love it ...
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
www.whitesheepfarm.com
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
2115 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
2115 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 5:45:29 PM
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Seems like it would be good for the nerves! I just took My stroll thru White Sheep Farm, I love your first home and the flowers and the jars of canned goods made me miss helping my granny can. Hugs!
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Sue Feely
True Blue Farmgirl
243 Posts
Sue
Buffalo
New York
USA
243 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2013 : 7:27:55 PM
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
296 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
296 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2013 : 11:40:42 AM
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Talking about spinning girls...I saw a gal (I almost went up and asked her if she knew about MJF)
walking around Barns and Noble with a Big Drop Spindle...just spinning away while she looked at
books etc. I was impressed! She did look like she was right off The Cover of a Mother Earth
News Magazine from back in the 60's and 70's. She had two leather pouches on belts buckled around her
waist. I'm assuming one had the wool in it and the other the yarn as she spun it off. And yes, they had
Mother Earth Magazine back then... for those of you younger than me. LOL
How did we go from Christmas Stockings to Spinning??? Oh yeah, somebody started it with a Burlap
Comment (Mama Hen) and off we go into the Wild Blue Yonder!!! Are we funny or what???
I will admit that all three years I had great Stocking Swap Partners...but we know it isn't ALWAYS LIKE THAT is it? That was
my only reason for commenting about keeping it where you are pretty
certain you will be getting a good Swap Partner. I was going to
beat Beth this year and Host it again in the regular Swaps...but then
I thought...NO, I will suggest it to Mama Hen and maybe we can
do it here....where all my FAVORITE CHICKIES ARE ANYWAY!!!
Hugs,
Peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
"Leave Your Cares Behind...Join Us On The Porch"
"I'm only as strong as the caffeine I drink, the hair-spray I use and the Girlfriends that I have."
When I was a lonely wallflower, Jesus asked me to dance. Then he asked me to be His! |
Edited by - LadyInRed on Aug 31 2013 11:46:05 AM |
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tammyc
True Blue Farmgirl
481 Posts
Tammy
Danville
California
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2013 : 11:59:01 AM
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Peggy, I'm so glad you did suggest that, because the only partners I would want are Henhouse girls anyway!
"Be who you are and say what you like because the people who mind don't matter and the people who matter don't mind" - Dr. Seuss |
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
168 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
168 Posts |
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Rain K
True Blue Farmgirl
150 Posts
Rain
Paonia
CO
150 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2013 : 12:36:17 PM
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I would like to participate...are we handspinning stockings, or just handmade?
I've been teaching spinning for a lot of years, and have taught many people how to spin on wheel and spindle, even on your thighs. Fun, but easier to learn in person!
Rain
Farmgirl #3381
The Ninth Wave
Earth Meat farms |
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tammyc
True Blue Farmgirl
481 Posts
Tammy
Danville
California
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2013 : 12:50:00 PM
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If we are handspinning stockings or even handmaking them, you would have to count me out....LOL
Sorry gals I don't sew, but Etsy has some really cute stockings :) All this talk of spinning is making me dizzy!
"Be who you are and say what you like because the people who mind don't matter and the people who matter don't mind" - Dr. Seuss |
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treelady
True Blue Farmgirl
1305 Posts
Julie
medina
ND
USA
1305 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2013 : 12:51:31 PM
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Jingle Bells, jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to see
Stockings on there way!
Hmmmm, Teri I was thinking burlap too, great minds do think alike. Peggy, so glad you suggested it to mama hen. I think this is where the trick or treat swap is headed next year. Much less controversy here. Rain, you and Teri have to start giving spinning lessons, I have been wanting to learn for years. Back to the kitchen and canner, making pickled beets, my whole house stinks.
Hugs girls,
Julie
A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
168 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2013 : 2:00:07 PM
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well, Tammy ... I'm not really sure how to spin a stocking so you will have to count me out on that one too ... but I can spin yarn and knit one ...
Altho, I just started on my prototype stocking ... LOL ... pattern all made and I'm roughing it in now ...
Julie, Mine will have burlap touches ... me thinks ... building it in my head now.
I was going to do Elderberry jam today but the birds got most of it ... so I might have enough to make syrup for the cold season ...
Just have apple sause left to make and can a few whole Romas
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
www.whitesheepfarm.com
https://www.etsy.com/shop/whitesheepprimitive |
Edited by - kysheeplady on Aug 31 2013 2:13:40 PM |
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
168 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2013 : 2:17:29 PM
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Debbie,
Did you read that ... maybe Rain can learn ya how to spin.
And Tammy, Connie showed me a bunch of Halloween cards and asked if I could pick yours out of the bunch ... it was a little hard ... but, does this post make my butt look big???
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
www.whitesheepfarm.com
https://www.etsy.com/shop/whitesheepprimitive |
Edited by - kysheeplady on Aug 31 2013 2:18:10 PM |
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AmberNWichita
True Blue Farmgirl
108 Posts
Amber
Wichita
Kansas
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2013 : 2:31:08 PM
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oh I love it this sounds great, i'm all in
I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.
Henry IV |
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AmberNWichita
True Blue Farmgirl
108 Posts
Amber
Wichita
Kansas
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2013 : 2:42:36 PM
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oh wait I didn't read this whole thing you'll have to count me out unless buying one locally counts.
I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.
Henry IV |
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Project Discussions: SiXtH AnNoUcEmEnt ~ Another fun one |
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SiXtH AnNoUcEmEnt ~ Another fun one
