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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
448 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 31 2008 : 9:14:59 PM
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Grace
I vaguely remember something that sounds like the crackling but it was never clear to me till now. I will have to try it right away on all my fleeces. I'll also check my girls too. I love this idea and would love to learn more about it.
Luna The Farm Lady
http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
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oldfashioned girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2391 Posts
monica
oatman
az
USA
2391 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2008 : 9:45:50 PM
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Luna, It's a spinning group I found through freecycle, where you can post stuff you are looking for or giving away! Like Craig's list but free stuff!
Monica
farmgirls rule!
www.justducky48.etsy.com |
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
448 Posts |
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oldfashioned girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2391 Posts
monica
oatman
az
USA
2391 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2008 : 1:15:21 PM
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Luna, I got your package today! Thank you so much! The wool is absolutely beautiful! I will get the cotton out Monday! Spin free is online through freecycle and I am not sure how to tell you to sign up on it! I will check it out and let you know!
Monica
farmgirls rule!
www.justducky48.etsy.com |
Edited by - oldfashioned girl on Nov 01 2008 1:16:52 PM |
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Keeper of the Past
True Blue Farmgirl
925 Posts
Sarita
Battle Creek
Michigan
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2008 : 5:46:44 PM
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Luna, I will try to get some pictures up on my blog site soon of some of my needles...they aren't anything special but I enjoy turning. Do you have pictures of your bowls with pincushions?
I am so excited...I leave at about 6 am to go to Herbal Maid Farm in Rosebud Missouri to pick up White Knight tomorrow. It is about a 3 hour drive from here...taking my camera with me, the fall leaves are beautiful here in Northeast Missouri so I am anxious to see what they are like south of us.
The trailor is hooked up and ready to go!
www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com
The people who make a difference in your life are NOT the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care. |
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
448 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2008 : 8:31:45 PM
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Wow that was fast Monica! the old PO can really crank some times. I'm so glad you liked the wool.....what are you gonna make, hmmmmm??? Is your cotton raw, just off the plant? I would love to see it like that. Then you'll have to tell me how to process it. I've never done it. This is exciting!
Yeah, if you could let me know how to find Spin free that would be great. I have free cycle here and use it clean out stuff that is still good but don't want around any more but I've never seen Spin free.
Luna The Farm Lady
http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
448 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2008 : 8:37:38 PM
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Sarita. Doesn't matter how simple the needles are..In fact that is their beauty isn't it? there is a picture on my blog of one or two of them. I have a few differnt ones. Each different kind of wood has its own unique quality. they are about 3 inches across and I put a prefelted ball inside and cover it with more needle felted random design based on the natural color of the wood. I sold a few at the KY woolfest. I'm pretty sure I have a few more I should put them on my blog. I really do need to pull together a separate blog for selling from. Maybe do an Etsy shop. I just might be ready...maybe....
Luna The Farm Lady
http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/
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oldfashioned girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2391 Posts
monica
oatman
az
USA
2391 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2008 : 06:57:35 AM
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Luna, Good Morning! I am not sure what I am going to make yet, but I sat there yesterday feeling all of the wool and it is all so wonderful! I really want to get a whole fleece and wool carders! I love the pin cushions! I can send you some raw cotton off the plant and some that is cleaned! All I have been doing with it to process it is clean all the leaves and stuff out and you have to pull it off the seed and then I bought cotton carders and then when I get enough cleaned I card it and then roll it off onto a pencil! I figured it would be worth it to buy the carders because I literally have 75 bags of cotton and a huge box and I am hoping to get more before they plow the rest of the fields under! I picked some dried pods that are barely opened, but you can see the cotton peeking through so I will have to find one and send it too. I just think it's neat to see! It makes you stop and think of where things come from! Do you sell fleeces? I found one that was a lambs fleece and it was beautiful white and I really want to get it! I guess I better get busy spinning some yarn so I can support my habit!
Look for Spin free on the page for free cycle under yahoo groups!
Monica
farmgirls rule!
www.justducky48.etsy.com |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
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oldfashioned girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2391 Posts
monica
oatman
az
USA
2391 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2008 : 5:08:03 PM
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Bonne, I wish! I now have 100 bags of cotton that I will be cleaning by hand! I actually called the gin to ask about having it cleaned and I would have to have 500 lbs and it can't be too dirty and I think it would cost around 800.00 if I understood the lady correctly! Oh well! I sit and clean some in the evening and Olivia helps me! I have found 2 ladies here that want to learn to spin! Yipee more victims, I mean spinning friends!
Monica
farmgirls rule!
www.justducky48.etsy.com |
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
448 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2008 : 8:08:24 PM
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Hey Monica...so happy you love the wool...I really do too. And as it turns out, unexpectedly the shearer that I wanted was available and came today and gave my sheepies their fall haircut. So now I really am swimming in fresh fleeces. This shearer is very experienced and did a wonderful job on my little crew. And since they havent had a chance to do their hay diving yet, the fleeces are virtually free of all VM, yay! This was a first shearing for my spring lambs so it is also amazingly soft. The crimp varies from crinkly tight to soft curly waves. And I have a range of colors from creamy white through shades of tan and brown to grey and black. A few have mixes of two or three colors on one fleece. I am just loving it. I'm now deciding whether to keep it all and work it up or sell some off.
I'm trying to upload a slide show of the girls onto my blog. Hopefully, it will be on there later tonight. They all look little kids getting their picture taken at school. I'll also post a picture or two of the raw fleeces.They are really beautiful.
Don't worry about cleaning up the cotton for me. It will be ages before i get around to working with it. I think it will look nice just to have the bolls sitting in a basket. That sounds like quite a job you have on your hands. A good winter activity. Alternating withw Spinning of course...
Luna The Farm Lady
http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
448 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2008 : 8:12:37 PM
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Grace
I'm going around crackle testing every fleece and I tried to listen to the girls fleeces before they got sheared but it was too noisy. I did hear something on one fleece that I think I might have overwashed. Does it sound sorta like crinkling cellophane very softly?
Luna The Farm Lady
http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/
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oldfashioned girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2391 Posts
monica
oatman
az
USA
2391 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2008 : 8:24:53 PM
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Luna, Let me know if you decide to sell any of the raw fleeces! I would be interested! I am excited to see pictures! I got to see Bam Bam, the Dorset sheep down at the farmers market, today and I still could bring him home! I am really fascinated with the whole process! I am hoping to get some wool from him when he is sheared! And yes I have my hands full with the cotton, but I was able to get a good amount before the plowed the fields under! I was actually out there today gathering cotton after church and grocery shopping and I had to laugh because I was out there in my long skirt and clunky high heel shoes getting all dusty, wishing I had my apron with me to gather up the cotton! Oh well I had fun! My hubby thinks I am nuts! He adores me, but still thinks I'm nuts! I don't mind!
Monica
farmgirls rule!
www.justducky48.etsy.com |
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
448 Posts |
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Keeper of the Past
True Blue Farmgirl
925 Posts
Sarita
Battle Creek
Michigan
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 02:08:48 AM
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Monica, did not get any wool out...I will this week. Don't give up on me yet.
Luna, love your blog...I keep thinking it will slow down here but it just gets more hectic every day lately. I put up a few pictures of my knitting needles last night. I will try to get time at work today to look at your blog and pincushions...on this slow internet and it takes me an hour to look at anything with pictures...
Grace please do keep your eyes open for a larger carder.
www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com
The people who make a difference in your life are NOT the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care. |
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
448 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 05:53:22 AM
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Sarita
Thanks for checking out my blog. I'm working toward making it more informative about the sheep and wool. Still figuring out some of the blogger features. I have a feeling, thought that part of the problem is that blogger is limited in what can be done with it. I think I may start another one, not sure yet whether to add it as a companion or switch. I love yours too. The knitting needles are so pretty! Love the woods and tops. And you had to go and mention turned ink pens! Of course I must see these sometime also. If you decide to get into making more and selling knitting needles,let me know.
Also love your Shetland Ram. He looks like just what I would need to bring some more variety of color to my little flock. I just cannot take on another ram until I do something with all my ram lambs and my main sire Lincoln. He is a two year old beauty of multi colored black and silver grey. The ideal thing for me, would be to find someone nearby who would trade with me for a season.
And loved looking at your countryside. It is indeed beautiful there. How is White Knight doing?
Boy, do I understand about it never slowing down. It's always going. Yesterday's shearing left me with 15 new fleeces to work with. I spent hours also trying to get a slide show of pictures up on the blog to then have it fail. To me, that was missed spinning time!
Luna The Farm Lady
http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/
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oldfashioned girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2391 Posts
monica
oatman
az
USA
2391 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 06:40:17 AM
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Sarita, Oh my gosh, I will never give up on you! I don't have any sheep (yet!!!!),but I have 3 kids and it is a never ending zoo at my house! I often think it will slow down at my house, but it seems to only be a momentary lull!
Luna, I love the pictures of your sheep! How beautiful they are!!
Monica
farmgirls rule!
www.justducky48.etsy.com |
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oldfashioned girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2391 Posts
monica
oatman
az
USA
2391 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 06:42:47 AM
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Sarita, I just checked out your blog and I love the knitting needles! They are really beautiful!
Monica
farmgirls rule!
www.justducky48.etsy.com |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
2804 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 10:31:42 AM
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Slowing down - I keep thinking that would be nice but then what would I do - really figure out that I am totally nuts..
The sound of plastic wrap is a good description - I know what you mean about the noise - in a barn with everyone milling around, and talking (animals and people alike) it is a hard time to evaluate. I have a card that I have designed so the moment the fleece is in the bag or on the skirting table I fill out the blanks on the card and then place it in the bag. That way I know the animal, inpression, and even what I plan to do with it. It has the weight, stable length, age, color, and prep work needed. I do this because my shear day on average have 40 animals or so and this old brain really can not be bent over shearing all day and then expect it to think...
I will be visiting blogs tonight, I have the very slow dial up too so I do that at night while I can spin, crocheting, or do labeling while things are loading - can not wait to see the needles....
Have a great day ladies - I am back to the dye pots today - dyed Icelandic yarn Sunday, Alpaca yarn, Saturday and today is a couple of special orders of alpaca felt that I make for the farm shop. See it will never slow down and that is just fine with me.
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com
http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com
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Keeper of the Past
True Blue Farmgirl
925 Posts
Sarita
Battle Creek
Michigan
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 12:01:27 PM
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Thanks for the nice comments about my knitting needles. I am on fiber hold a few days...just got the new ram home yesterday. I love his wool. But the real reason I am on fiber hold is that I do my school nursing and then I am a Parents As Teacher Educator and I will be doing visits and making sure all those charts are in good shape for a mini survey this week. This is usually no big deal but I have several parents and children that I see of an evening.
Thank you for your inspirations...you keep me going.
www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com
The people who make a difference in your life are NOT the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care. |
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
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grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 4:30:31 PM
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Sarita
Loved looking at your needles - great talent at work - I am sure they are a pleasure to knit with. Sounds like you are going to be working hard off the farm - enjoy and soon you will be back in fiber land.
How is White Knight settling in? I remember the feeling of bring home new animals - it is like the butterflies you feel when you are dating someone - giddy excitement. Can not wait to see pictures of him - I know you are busy so I will sit on my hands, not pushing the button on you blog every 10 minutes. I should be back to the dye pots - off I go...
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com
http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com
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oldfashioned girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2391 Posts
monica
oatman
az
USA
2391 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 6:47:42 PM
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Grace, I thought I would be safe to click on your blog! I guess not! Oh my gosh I love the purple silk!!!!!!!!!!
Monica
farmgirls rule!
www.justducky48.etsy.com |
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
448 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2008 : 10:34:55 PM
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Hi Grace
Love that purples silk...what a great color!
I like your system for shearing day. It does get hectic. I did do my record keeping in a notebook but the reality is if the notes are not with the fleece they will be forgotten. I am happy to say that my fleeces seem to have passed the crinkle test. i did them all this afternoon in the quiet and i don't think I heard anything. One of my fleeces from the spring did though. I have had mixed feelings about it so the test confirms it for me.
Can't wait to see more of your dye work. I had icelandic on my wheel tonight. A natural dark silver grey. I'm wondering what colors you did your icelandic.
I agree that being active is what makes it interesting. Different ages and stages keep is active in different ways. Having young children like Monica and Saritat will definitely keep you hopping, right! I loved being with my children and sharing their discovery of life. Later, the activity is different, and if we are blessed, it is of our own design.
Luna The Farm Lady
http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/
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Stitching & Crafting Room: Tail Spun Anyone?? |
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Tail Spun Anyone??
