Tomorrow Begins a New Year!

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Linda S.

What a busy time it’s been.  I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas.   The Christmas season was a busy one and it’s always a joy to have son John home for the holiday.  Today I will finish taking down all the Christmas things.  Tomorrow begins that frustrating thing of trying to remember to change the year [...]

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One Million Hits.. How Can I Ever Thank You? !

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Linda S.

  A SALUTE TO YOU! Sometime this evening or late tonight, this blog will have its ONE MILLIONth hit.  I have to say that I am overwhelmed with gratitude for all of you who have visited over the nearly 5 years I have been blogging here.  You have made all of the early morning, bleary [...]

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“Can’t you buy more perfect yarn at the store?”

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Linda S.

  Have you ever had that question asked?  In fact… have you ever had it asked over and over?  I have.  The thought behind that question is that homespun is thick and thin, not always perfect… Well.. here’s the answer in a photo. This yarn is “I Love This Wool” .  It’s made for Hobby [...]

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Is Spinning, Dyeing and Hand Knitting Cost Effective?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Linda S.

Back in July some of us got together and had a “dye” day.  It was great fun and during the processing I found a piece of wool roving (mystery wool since I have forgotten which bag it originally came out of.. ;o/  It was about 7 ft. long and rather thick roving.  If I were [...]

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Hopefully Heather

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Linda S.

I knew the mystery roving of yesterday had felted a little… but when I started working with it last night it was not anywhere as bad as I thought it was going to be.   As it turns out, there was quite a bit more in that rather compacted  length of roving than it looked like!  [...]

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Red River Fiber Arts and Kool Aid Dyeing

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Linda S.

Yesterday a few of “us girls” from the RRFA  gathered at my house and we had a “Dye In”… ;o) I had some Blue Faced Leicester spun up and some mystery wool roving so we proceeded to dye it. What a fun day! Here’s pics… I put some vinegar in about 4 gallons of warm water [...]

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Apple Leef Farm… Second Saturday Spin-In Day! (free patterns)

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Linda S.

This time last Saturday I was on my way to Van Alstyne, TX with my friend Pat.  It was my first time to attend a spin-in and the first time to Apple Leef Farm.  What a lovely day!  I had no idea there was such a well stocked spinning shop anywhere in the vicinity.  Leef [...]

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Update: Build Your Own Mini Great Wheel Tutorial

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Linda S.

Spin-Off Magazine has had a tutorial online since about 2006 to help those of us who are “mechanically challenged” to build our own mini great wheel.  It’s a wonderful tutorial with pictures for almost every step in the process.  I posted about this several years ago and it seems this is one of the highest [...]

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Free Quilt Patterns.com, Crafty Diversions.com, My Tablet Weaving and SAFF

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Linda S.

Thought I would drop in and let everyone know that Free Quilt Patterns.com has some new quilt patterns on their awesome site of hundred or more free quilt patterns…   I’m using the little snowman clipart to remind myself that there are only about 70 days left before Christmas.  Wouldn’t it be nice to be [...]

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Please Get Permission….

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Linda S.

I have put several free patterns that were created by me  up on this site.  They were uploaded with the thought in mind that others might like to use them.  If they are  used  for personal use… that’s great.  If they are  used  to sell the products ..well… I hope  millions are made,  all the kids are sent to [...]

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