Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Shawl I like this shawl that I seen at Black Dog, see if I like it tomorrow and the next day. 11:40:32 PM    comment [] Proverbs 31:10-31. How hard it is to find a capable wife! She is worth far more than jewels! Her husband puts his confidence in her, and he will never be poor. As long as she lives, she does him good and never harm. She keeps herself busy making wool and linen cloth. She brings home food from out-of-the-way places, as merchant ships do. She gets up before daylight to prepare food for her family and to tell her servant women what to do. She looks at land and buys it, and with money she has earned she plants a vineyard. She is a hard worker, strong and industrious. She knows the value of everything she makes, and works late into the night. She spins her own thread and weaves her own cloth. She is generous to the poor and needy. She doesn't worry when it snows, because her family has warm clothing. She makes bedspreads and wears clothes of fine purple linen. Her husband is well known, one of the leading citizens. She makes clothes and belts, and sells them to merchants. She is strong and respected and not afraid of the future. She speaks with a gentle wisdom. She is always busy and looks after her family's needs. Her children show their appreciation, and her husband praises her. He says, "Many women are good wives, but you are the best of them all." Charm is deceptive and beauty disappears, but a woman who honors the Lord should be praised. Give her credit for all she does. She deserves the respect of everyone. 1:55:29 AM    comment [] 12:32:21 AM    comment [] People "People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway. " ~Mother Teresa

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Matted fleece (Breetch wool) Here's a picture of the lower end of Ambush,you can see where she layed down. Her fleece is all matted in that area. 10:34:24 PM    comment [] Kitchen Wear Apron I just ordered this apron. Its a real neat apron because it covers so much area and it has pockets.  I got it at www.kitchenwears.com   Take a look they have some very pretty fabric choices. I just may buy another one! The price for a Women's Apron: $20.95 each plus shipping. 2:58:18 PM    comment [] Ambush Fleece This is a picture of a new Shetland fleece I bought named Ambush. His neck is where the blue ribbon is. I was hoping that you could get a good idea of one end over the other. I could never tell which end was the head. This is what I learned so far. I can tell because the sheep lay down and when they do they leave a matted area of wool on the rear end and you can see it! 12:41:16 PM    comment []

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Sorting Wool Sorting Wool One of my great loves has been old books. Over the years I've collected many textile books and they provide a wealth of knowledge. A couple of months ago, I purchased a copy of "Textile Raw Materials and their Conversion into Yarns" by J. Zipser. The frontspiece says: (The Study of the Raw Martials and the Technology of the Spinning Process) A Text-Book for Textile, Trade and Higher Technical Schools, As Also for Self-Instruction Based upon the ordinary syllabus and curriculum of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Weaving Schools by Julius Zipser Translated from the German by Charles Salter This book was published in London in 1901 and I could not find anything that makes me feel that it has been reprinted. Which is too bad, as it is an excellent book. What follows is a description on how to sort a fleece for wool combing. Please remember that the book was written for industry. Before passing to the spinner the wool must be sorted, i.e., such parts of the fleece as are uniform in fineness, length, and other properties, must be placed together so that the various grades may be employed in producing the kind of goods for which they are most suitable. Frequently only three kinds are made into cloth works, whereas, on the other had, in worsted mills, where the sorting has to be performed with great precision in order to reduce the combing waste to a minimum, as many as four to eight grades are often made. The task of sorting is easier when the wool is in unbroken fleeces, the different parts being then readily recognizable, so that the various classes can be placed separately. The conditions are different when the wool has to be sorted loose. Moreover, in any case the work takes years to learn, and requires a good eay and a precise knowledge of the purpose for which wool is intended. The finest and best wool of the fleece is that on the shoulders, a. Then follow in order of merit the wool from the flanks, b, the sides of the neck, c, and the hips, d, these four forming the best parts of the fleece. Inferior grades are obtained from the withers, e, saddle, f, croup, g, throat and breast, h, the top of the neck, i, thighs, k, root of tail and breech, l, head, m, and skins, o. If you're interested in finding other old books (and hopefully not any that I you should check with some of the sources I often shop at: Hard to Find Needlework Books Robin & Russ If you have comments, please send email to: Rosemary Brock. Other Articles URL of this page: http://www.textilelinks.com/author/misc/980203.html Copyright © 1999 TextileLink (except as otherwise noted). Using the information you find here: Please feel free to link directly to this page and to use any of the information you find here in your own personal fiber pursuits, but do honor all copyright notices as posted. All information contained in the pages maintained on the TextileLink server is copyrighted and may be used and shared freely in any form provided no profit is made from its distribution and provided TextileLink is cited as the source of this information. 6:15:54 PM    comment []

Monday, March 21, 2005

Casey on his pillow My dog Casey on his new pillow stuffed with a sheep fleece. He decided that  he likes sheep and wanted to sleep on one!  2:09:01 AM    comment []

Sunday, March 20, 2005

Cane Fleece Here is Cane fleece drying in the sun. This fleece washed up beautiful. I did not touch it, it was washed in the handy dandy window basket.  My chihuahua Molly is sunbathing too.  My dogs love fleece, whenever it's on the floor they lay in it.  I made them each their own fleece pillows out of fleece that I have felted or I didnt like (ramboulet).   1:18:28 PM    comment [] Felted Fleece Cover Girl Dont know if you can see but I felted the fleece.  Not too bad but bad enough to give me alot of work. I wont do that again. Very fine fleeces felt very easy. Mine felt if I look at them funny! Everytime I touch them in the water....I say do you want felt? Keep Touching!!!!   12:48:53 PM    comment [] Cover Girl and Cane Fleece Well here it is, my shetland fleece. I made the nice bags to hold the fleece because I have so much! The white one is Cane she weighs 3lbs 13ozs (3.81). Cover Girl, (fawn) she weighs 1lb 7oz (1.44) 12:44:20 PM    comment []

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Barnabee's Quest progress I'm also working on Barnabee's Quest cross stitch, it's coming along nicely. Im on the second chart. 12:41:49 AM    comment []

Monday, March 14, 2005

Shetland Handspun I have been busy spinning some yarn.   This is a shetland fleece one of my favorites.  A friend of mine got me hooked on shetland.   9:38:03 PM    comment [] Pagode4 Kit Today I recieved my Hanne Falkenberg kit for the Pagode4 in the black charcoal light green & rust.   The colors are very pretty. It is a very interesting pattern. For the front I must cast on 386 stitches decreasing on two sides till I get to the center.  I did the gauge swatch that came out right. Things are moving right along! 9:20:20 PM    comment []

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