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| Shi-anne |
Posted - Mar 28 2011 : 10:54:24 AM
If you could learn one new hobby, craft or thing ~ what would it be?
I would love to learn how to make stained glass. It is my dream.
How about you?!
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Apr 15 2011 : 12:13:55 PM
Learned today that a friend and former coworker will teach me to knit at no charge. She owns a cute little yarn shop in a nearby town and can make some good coffee (limited selection, but good) drinks. I stopped in there this morning for a wonderful caramel coffee and visit with her, sitting in a comfy chair. She has a WONDERFUL yarn selection and says she teaches for free . . . that's on my list for this winter. Not possible now with spring/summer coming with all the outdoor work . . . but coffee and kntting with Karen this winter?
YES!!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
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| Shi-anne |
Posted - Apr 15 2011 : 08:38:31 AM
Crystal, I be those socks were a pretty and colorful sight!
Holly, wow, you and your hubs are going to be furniture makers! There is a huge market for rustic pieces.
Fannie, maybe you could find videos on You Tube on tatting. Just a thought.
Grace, you should be making videos!!! You could be like the West Ladies and start a whole new business.
Thanks, Debi, I will try to find the information on the faux stained glass.
http://theprairiemaid.blogspot.com/
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| herb19355 |
Posted - Apr 15 2011 : 07:19:56 AM
I just saw an interesting article on how to make "Faux stained glass using acrylic paints and white glue" It looked like fun and I am going to try to make picture frames for my granddaughter. I am sure if you goggle it, you will be able to find the info. If not, send me an email and I will look for it too.
Debi
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GA Farmgirl #2515 |
| grace gerber |
Posted - Apr 14 2011 : 6:15:59 PM
I would love to teach any and all who would like to learn spinning, plant dyeing, any of the fiber arts skills. I love quilting and started my first business in sewing so we can do that too.... Taught gardening for years in my county so I got that covered for ya...
I would like to pump up my shooting skills and also it has been ages since I did the bow and arrow thing but loved it. Went hunting when I was young and lived in the mountains every weekend so would love to bump up those skills of survival and tracking.
I have been wanting to learn a new language - took German, French and Spanish but thinking I would love to try another but there is no one to talk to out here to practice with...
I would love to get better at canning - had some bad results long ago and since then can not bring myself to risk that again so I freeze, dehydrate and do tons of baking and such but the fear of getting really sick from something I canned is overwhelming...
That's all for me I guess.
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
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| Fannie |
Posted - Apr 14 2011 : 2:53:52 PM
I would love to learn how to tat, but it seems like it has become a lost art. I can't find any one around here to teach me.
Fannie
Farm Girl #2746 |
| HollyHobby |
Posted - Apr 13 2011 : 07:41:05 AM
Eventually my husband and i are going to try our hands at making rustic furniture. Can't wait 'til our shop is finished. I have so many ideas and am dyin' to start! |
| Crystal Koelzer |
Posted - Apr 03 2011 : 10:24:56 PM
In the last house we rented my landlord knitted socks. That is what I want to learn! The socks were so soft and colorful hang on the line to dry. That would be fabulous. |
| Shi-anne |
Posted - Apr 03 2011 : 10:34:30 AM
I now have everything I need for making my first batch of soap. Hopefully, sometime this coming week!!! WaHoooo!!! (dh is so excited) LOL
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Farmgirls don't have hot flashes ~ They have power surges! |
| Simply Ann |
Posted - Apr 03 2011 : 09:35:20 AM
Learn knitting and tatting, soap making.
There is no set path, follow your heart stay the course. |
| classygram |
Posted - Apr 03 2011 : 07:38:44 AM
I have wanted to learn tatting for awile now. Hope to give it a try this summer. It's something small to take along with you when going to all the grandkids sport events. Also I want to braid rugs. I just vision a large one to fit the center of my living room. But think maybe I will start with a small throw rug. haha And I'd like to crochet the hats like Diane(fiddlehead) does, I just think they are the cutest!! Hugs,Brenda
http:///www.scatteredlittleblessings.blogspot.com
Seek reasons to Love..In every sigment of everyday-look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of Love-Abraham Hicks |
| buffypuff |
Posted - Apr 02 2011 : 5:37:12 PM
I'd love to learn how to really draw what I see in my mind. I would also like to learn how to do Tunisian crochet. I have the hook...I just need to be disciplined.
Buffypuff/ Claudia ~ Farmgirl & Sister #870 ~
"It compliments God to ask great things of Him." ~ St. Theresa of Avila
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| Okie Farm Girl |
Posted - Apr 02 2011 : 5:15:36 PM
Kim, I would love to learn to make soap too. If I could learn, then maybe I could talk hubby into some milk goats!
Mary Beth
www.OklahomaPastryCloth.com
www.Oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
| windswept |
Posted - Apr 02 2011 : 4:48:24 PM
Making a stainglass window would be the icing on a cake....I would love to be able to do that!! It seems that so few people have time for "old" crafts anymore.
lovin the country |
| caitlinsmom |
Posted - Mar 31 2011 : 8:38:18 PM
I would love to learn to make soap using fresh herbs and milk from my own little farm. Ahhhh so wonderful....
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"Live slowly and simply, so that you have the time and space to love deeply and well. Hold your children close, as often as possible. Look deeply into their eyes, speak words of life, love and acceptance into and over them." |
| batznthebelfry |
Posted - Mar 31 2011 : 1:40:30 PM
Cheryl, you come on down anytime...I would love to be able to teach someone something....And teresa you are not alone..I can't make bread...the birds won't even eat it...I tend to knead it like a piece of clay so by the time I am done & its baked its so hard the birds can't break it with their beaks!...& I too got a bread machine that actually came in the mail today! I can do the no-knead artisan breads but lordy if its normal bread it ain't happening in this house without the help of a machine. I keep reading all your messages & I guess I was just really lucky thur out my life...my ex mother in law taught me had to spin wood both ways, by hand & with a spinning wheel plus we raised sheep so she got her wool from my family. I grew up in an area where woman made rugs by hand so learned that, learned to sew in school back in 8th grade...thats when you had to take home ec, not like it is now a days. I learned to knit, ect but get too bored with doing the same thing over & over again....I so do love a lot of the old arts that are now getting harder to find anyone that does them...I guess that's why I learn them so that hopefully I can pass them on to someone plus they are enjoyable to do & relaxing....Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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| vmfein |
Posted - Mar 31 2011 : 07:01:50 AM
I want to learn how to crochet better, I can never get the edges straight. I also want to do tatting more accurately that what I can do now. I do want to learn how to do weaving and bobbin lace.
Farmgirl Sister #2619 |
| pnickols |
Posted - Mar 31 2011 : 06:01:48 AM
can I add that I would love to learn to ride, horses that is, I've ridden a few times and did okay but would love to be able to do more |
| annielaurel |
Posted - Mar 31 2011 : 05:11:12 AM
I want to learn how to crochet. I know how to knit but never learned how to crochet. I think tatting would be fun to learn how to do also. |
| OneHippieChick |
Posted - Mar 30 2011 : 10:15:57 PM
I love to spin! A lady in outside of Rapid City, South Dakota, taught me to spin a few years ago, when spinning wheels were still affordable! haha! I learned how to shoot a pistol, rifle, shotgun, and bow & arrow when I was a kid. My mom taught me how to crochet when I was a kid, but I have been teaching myself how to knit and sew on my own. Tatting and bobbin lace are a couple of things I would like to learn. I learned to make soap on my own a couple of years ago. I would also like to learn how to make baskets. I've made a couple of simple ones from a class I took, but I'm not very good at it. 
Funny thing about being left-handed is that I do most everything right-handed! Go figure..My son is also left-handed, but is *truly* a lefty so he's always been somewhat awkward with his hands. He did teach himself to play the guitar, but he plays it upside down like Jimmy Hendrix did! He plays pretty well and it just flabbergasts me how he does it upside down, lol!
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Susan ~ Farmgirl Sister #1978
Fiber artist, spins, knits, crochets, sews, weaves, quilts, soap maker, as well as various beauty products and some natural cosmetics
Working on getting my Etsy website and blog up and running - stay tuned!
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| Joey |
Posted - Mar 30 2011 : 3:56:52 PM
I would love to learn to spin yarn too. My great-grandmother did and I think her spinning wheel is somewhere in the family but I don't know. Spinning and dyeing yarn would be so cool!
Well behaved women rarely make history. |
| Shi-anne |
Posted - Mar 30 2011 : 3:30:26 PM
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I bought a bread machine Monday night! Is that cheating?
Not if it works for you, Teresa! Enjoy!
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Farmgirls don't have hot flashes ~ They have power surges! |
| TeresaJ25 |
Posted - Mar 30 2011 : 09:56:23 AM
Don't laugh, but I can't bake bread worth a darn. I have tried many times, even MaryJanes's recipe.. Just can't get it right!! My family will try to be delicate when giving me their opinions of "So?? How is it??" But even I know that it is hopeless! I bought a bread machine Monday night! Is that cheating?
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
*Anyone can criticize and complain and predict doom and gloom.
Be the person who fills the room with sunshine! |
| pnickols |
Posted - Mar 30 2011 : 07:26:54 AM
I want to learn to braid rugs |
| Shi-anne |
Posted - Mar 30 2011 : 06:23:14 AM
Mary Beth, I know a lot of people who have tried rattlesnake....I'm not one of them, though I have eaten frog legs (growing up). We do have an occasional rattlesnake here, but copperheads are by far, more frequent visitors. I do not like snakes, but of course the boys are thrilled anytime there is a snake on the place.
Michele, we'll all just come spend a couple of weeks with you and learn how to do stuff. LOL I have a bil who does little blacksmith work.
Yeah, Connie, my list could be pretty long, too.
http://theprairiemaid.blogspot.com/
Farmgirls don't have hot flashes ~ They have power surges! |
| CMac |
Posted - Mar 29 2011 : 6:42:03 PM
I want to learn to process wool from sheep to sweater! Got the knitting part down, but am really fascinated with the rest. I'd even like to participate in a shearing. It is awesome to take to sticks and a ball of yarn and make clothing. I can't imagine how cool it would be to be able to start with the sheep! I'd also like to be proficient with a bow, an axe, and I want to understand the use of all the tractor implements and how to use them to maintain the fields. I'd also like to learn jewelry making specifically bezeling. I'd also like to do some wood working. If I thought more about it I'm sure the list would be longer!
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
Author: Henry David Thoreau |
