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TabithaLenox
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Kim
Gettysburg
PA
USA
605 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 05:50:49 AM
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Hi! I'm a new subscriber to the MJF magazine and just discovered your website/forum. Very excited to have found you! I am 51 yrs old, married and have a 17 yr old son. We live in a small farm (16 acres) in Gettysburg,PA. We have 3 dogs:a retired Greyhound, a Terrier mix and an English Mastiff. We also have 3 horses and a mule: 2 Haflinger geldings, a Leopard Appaloosa gelding and a molly Belgian Mule named Becky! I would eventually like to raise sheep for wool.
My current craft passion is crochet. I would like to learn to knit. I also sew and make soft sculpture dolls. I used to weave but don't currently have a loom.
Look forward to chatting with you!
Kim |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jo
Virginia
USA
1553 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 06:22:13 AM
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Welcome, Kim!
Jo
"Wish I had time to work with herbs all day!" |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 06:50:02 AM
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Hi, Kim. Welcome to the forum. You sound like you'll fit right in! :)
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
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Waco
Kentucky
USA
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 10:29:54 AM
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| Hi, Kim. I love Gettysburg! Many fond memories of college history trips. Was your land involved in the battle? |
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TabithaLenox
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Kim
Gettysburg
PA
USA
605 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 10:38:33 AM
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Originally posted by Alee
Welcome to the forum, Kim! I know you will enjoy it here! I am a beginning knitter myself, but I taught myself to knit using these instructions online- http://www.learntoknit.com/instructions_kn.php3
I just finished my first scarf! Just in time for spring and summer! LOL
Alee
Thanks so much for the link! I've been trying to learn from a book and it's not going well....LOL, that's putting it mildly. I'm so used to crocheting and having two needles and yarn in my hands just seems to be too much for my brain to handle.
I hope to make my first scarf by the Fall....hopefully of this year!
Kim
"Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back."
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TabithaLenox
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Kim
Gettysburg
PA
USA
605 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 10:42:11 AM
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Originally posted by Amie C.
Hi, Kim. I love Gettysburg! Many fond memories of college history trips. Was your land involved in the battle?
No, we're located in between the battlefields that are in the town and Cashtown, where one of the early battles got it's start. The Cashtown Inn was on the SciFi channel show 'Ghost Hunters' about a month ago. Confederate troops would have come thru our area but no battles that we know of!
Kim
"Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back."
Katherine Mansfield |
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TabithaLenox
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Kim
Gettysburg
PA
USA
605 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 10:44:50 AM
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Originally posted by CabinCreek-Kentucky
welcome kim .. gettsyburg is a beautiful place to live. when we lived in annapolis, md ..we would often visit.
would love to see some of your dolls!
True Friends * Frannie
Hi Frannie, I love Annapolis! I'm originally from Baltimore but we moved out to Ellicott City,MD when I was 12. Did you ever go to the Antique stores in Ellicott City? I love those shops.
I haven't figured out yet how to post pics but when I do, I'll post some of the dolls I've made...
Thanks!
Kim
"Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back."
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 10:54:30 AM
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Kim-
I am a crocheter as well and found the hardest part to be learning to cast on and the first few rows. Once you get past the first 3-4 rows you will be an old hand at it!
Also to post pictures you need to load them onto another site, like photobucket or a blog or something so they have their own "url" address. then you simply put [img ] photo url here [/img ] * please note I put a space after the 'g' in the [img ] bracket so you could see the coding. Other wise a broken picture link would show because the forum would be trying to load a picture.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
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TabithaLenox
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Kim
Gettysburg
PA
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 12:15:11 PM
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Originally posted by Alee
Kim-
I am a crocheter as well and found the hardest part to be learning to cast on and the first few rows. Once you get past the first 3-4 rows you will be an old hand at it!
Also to post pictures you need to load them onto another site, like photobucket or a blog or something so they have their own "url" address. then you simply put [img ] photo url here [/img ] * please note I put a space after the 'g' in the [img ] bracket so you could see the coding. Other wise a broken picture link would show because the forum would be trying to load a picture.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Thanks for the info on posting pics! And that is exactly where I'm having my problem with knitting, the casting on. There are so many gorgeous patterns I really want to learn. If I can't teach myself like I did with crochet, I'm going to find some lessons!
Kim
"Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back."
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22shortie
True Blue Farmgirl
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rebekah
sulphur
la
USA
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 3:23:54 PM
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Hello Kim! You are a true blue farmgirl already and 16 acres isn't a small farm to this city girl! Looking foward to getting to know you! Welcome!
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
Farmgirl Sister #44
http://thebeehivecottage.blogspot.com
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cathy cobblestone
True Blue Farmgirl
194 Posts
cathy
greensburg
ky
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 8:10:51 PM
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Welcome Kim - glad you found us! You are gonna love it here! Sounds like you have got plenty of animals to keep you busy - isn't it great being a farmgirl! Welcome to you! Cathy
www.cobblestonefarms.blogspot.com
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 8:21:11 PM
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Welcome Kim!! It will be fun to get to know you here...you sound great!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
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 |
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handyam
True Blue Farmgirl
394 Posts
Ada Mae
Greensburg
KY.
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2008 : 05:14:33 AM
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Welcome Kim, glad you found this site. I have been in your area on a Toby Bus tour. We toured the National Military Park. You live in a beautiful area. I have tried crocheting, but not for long. My mother does it--she makes lace trim for pillowcases that she has embroidered. I like to do different types of crafts and sew a little (not make clothes). I made a lot of the quilted purses with the pockets inside. Now I'm making aprons.
Hope you make lots of new friends here.
www.adasadorableaprons.blogspot.com |
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TabithaLenox
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Kim
Gettysburg
PA
USA
605 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2008 : 1:41:20 PM
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Thanks so much for the warm welcome!
Kim
"Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back."
Katherine Mansfield |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Apr 23 2008 : 6:59:32 PM
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Welcome, Kim! Gettysburg must be a great place to live. We visited there for the first time this past fall.So pretty and so much history! Found a great pizza/Italian place near the KOA. Try it!! Look forward to getting to know more about you. Good luck with the crochet. Easy does it!
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
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napafarmhouse1885
True Blue Farmgirl
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diane
napa
ca
USA
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