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| LynnMarie |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 11:42:17 AM
I just got approved to join. I'm so excited. I found the magazine Friday at Border's Book Store and can't seem to stop looking at it. I live on a small hobby farm with 9 sheep, 4 goats (angora and cashmere), 2 angora rabbits, chickens, dogs, and cats. I sew, knit, crochet, spin, weave...you see the pattern here. I love crafts. This last issue of the magazine makes me want to go sew aprons. LOL
I look forward to learning new things on this board.
Later,
LynnMarie |
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| MsCwick |
Posted - Nov 05 2006 : 6:15:00 PM
Welcome to the board, I'm sure you'll enjoy this wonderful sisterhood of talented women!! |
| LynnMarie |
Posted - Nov 05 2006 : 4:29:00 PM
Wow! Thanks everyone for such a warm welcome for me, and Joy too. What a neat bunch of gals! |
| Phils Ann |
Posted - Nov 05 2006 : 1:07:45 PM
OOOOOH a wool duvet! That is so neat. Welcome, LynneMarie. We're so glad you're here!
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
| newheart |
Posted - Nov 03 2006 : 02:09:54 AM
Welcome Joy ! would love to hear about your card making....Tried it but wasn't successful...now I have all this card stock left over....someone told me about using wunder-under to make Christmas cards,never got the "hang" of that....
newheart..................margie
Love of friends and family makes the world go round..and always a little Chocolate....
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| junebug |
Posted - Nov 02 2006 : 12:49:40 PM
Welcome LynnMarie, the more the merrier!! Welcome to you too Joy, would love to hear more about your cards?
Visit me at my blogs:
www.countrypleasures.blogspot.com
www.herbalfarmstead.blogspot.com
And my new food blog at: www.homesteadblogger.com/gardencafe
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| bybiddie |
Posted - Nov 02 2006 : 12:44:41 PM
LynnMarie, you must be in fiber heaven!! I just got a loom - the bargain of a lifetime! Now I can add to my repertorie! Spinning is next on my list... enjoy the group - such a wonderful cyberfamily of love and support here!
Susan
Lovin' my life |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Nov 02 2006 : 12:01:56 PM
welcome to the farmyard gurlfren! xo, frannie
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| Kelly43 |
Posted - Nov 02 2006 : 04:55:11 AM
Thanks for the info. Am still considering it as I would love to have a couple but want to be fair to the rabbits too.
Kel |
| LynnMarie |
Posted - Nov 01 2006 : 05:39:01 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly43
How much work are the Angora rabbits? We have mini-rexs but my daughter really wants an angora.
Kel
Hi Kel,
Like anything else, angora rabbits take as much time as you can give them.
If you like holding a cat and stroking it, you will like holding an angora rabbit and brushing it. Needless to say, with all the animals that I have, I don't schedule my rabbits enough time. |
| Kelly43 |
Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 3:00:44 PM
LynnMarie, Have been away a couple of days so am a little late in giving you a proper welcome, so Welcome!! Your farm sounds wonderful. I have sheep too, but they are the meat kind. I do have a few Romney crosses so their wool isn't to bad. Have only spun once but really enjoyed it, need to find time to really learn how. How much work are the Angora rabbits? We have mini-rexs but my daughter really wants an angora. Glad to have you here!
Kel |
| PlumJoy |
Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 07:57:46 AM
Thanks everyone for that great welcome. I am glad that I am amoung sister craft nuts. HA I have fallen in love with designing and making greeting cards. I gave them for Christmas presents last Christmas and to my delight, everyone loved them so much that they didn't want to send them out. I make them a work of art so that they can be framed if a person wanted to. They are simple to do and they don't really cost much with all of the sales that you can find. Right now I am painting ceramic tile. I made sets of three or six to hang on the wall. They can be pictures of anything. I made these for my daughter-in-law for Christmas. She saw them in a catalog and really liked them. I am not a professional, but I do have fun. Thanks again. JOY |
| LynnMarie |
Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 07:34:15 AM
Hi Frannie,
I had my spinning wheel for several years but was very ill and couldn't get the hang of it. 
Finally one day, I sat down to try again and got it.  So I've really only been spinning a couple of years. I am still practicing. 
So what kind of stuff do you make from recycled junk...oops! I mean recycled stuff. That is a hobby of mine too.
jpbluesky - really Springfield, IL???
I love going to Springfield. We went to the new Lincoln Museum and it is awesome!
newheart - Marie is my middle name but Lynn sounds so plain so I thought why not combine it. It sounds more like a farm gal like Mary Jane, right? Is your daughter's name all in one or first and middle name? |
| frannie |
Posted - Oct 31 2006 : 06:02:38 AM
welcome to the farmsite lynnmarie,
so exciting to have another spinner here. i am a novice spinner and just got my first wheel, hope to learn something about spinning this winter.
welcome again, glad you found the site.
love
fran
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/) |
| LynnMarie |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 9:43:46 PM
[quote]Originally posted by Aunt Jenny
What a wonderful variety!! Are your angora goats all white or colored?
Yes, I have white angora goats. The cashmere goats are one white and one fawn colored. |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 9:26:35 PM
What a wonderful variety!! Are your angora goats all white or colored? I only have ever had white ones..just one little spoiled doe right now. I never have a white sheep so it is nice to have white fiber for sure!
The duvet sounds wonderful..what a great idea!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| LynnMarie |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 9:09:25 PM
Jenny,
I have one shetland ram, 2 1/2 (one is mixed) Babydoll Southdowns, 3 black/brown Suffolk mixes, 2 Cheviot mixes. I get a good variety of wool.
Tomorrow I will pick up a duvet that I had machine quilted using wool batting and muslin. I have tons of roving and I knew I'd never find room for more so I had batting made. Now I just need to find time to make a duvet cover.
Oops! I have three angora goats. I forgot to add the spring baby to the list.
LynnMarie
[quote]Originally posted by Aunt Jenny
Welcome LynneMarie!!
How fun to have another spinner here!! What breed sheep do you have?
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| LynnMarie |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 8:57:49 PM
Thanks for the warm welcome!
You are all so nice. |
| lambgirl |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 4:25:03 PM
Hi LynnMarie,
Always happy to welcome another farmgirl.I love to spin too. Still haven't ventured into weaving yet.
Heidi |
| nouveau_farmchick |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 4:19:07 PM
Welcome LynnMarie,
can't wait to hear more about your hobbie farm and crafts.
Glad that you joined us!
Pennie
God bless Farmers |
| blueroses |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 4:15:33 PM
Hi LynnMarie,
Welcome to the group.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| newheart |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 3:44:38 PM
Welcome LynnMarie.....That's my daughters name and I have never met another LynnMarie....You will love these ladies, they are caring, kind and truly friends...
newheart.............
Love of friends and family makes the world go round..and always a little Chocolate....
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| BlueApple |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 2:06:28 PM
Welcome to the group! I love to spin and would love to hear more about your angoras.
Julia
BlueApple Farm |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 1:29:43 PM
Welcome LynnMarie - I was born and raised in Springfield. I now live in FLorida. There are several Illinoians here! You will be at home.
Peace |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 1:15:48 PM
Welcome to the group LynneMarie! Glad you found us farmgirls!!:)
Karin |
| Lavender Cottage |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 12:52:25 PM
Welcome LynneMarie! :)
Ellen in MI |
