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SerMom
Permanent Resident
Canada
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 Posted - 08/18/2004 : 8:19:26 PM
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My turn again. But this time it's a good thing.
I've just inherited a sh*t load of wool. Wool by the cone, wool by the hank, wool by the ball! Mohair (all of it red). Thick wool, thin wool, in between wool.
I'm going to go felting and dyeing crazy!
How, you may ask, did I luck out like this? The friend for whom I knit my shawl masterpiece, lost her mother earlier this year. Her mother was a weaver, and a hoarder. Well, the friend doesn't indulge in fiber arts, except by proxy (through me), so she has no use for all this wool.
And to think I recently spent $40.00 on a cone so I could play with dyeing. I think I'll return the rest, since I don't think I could possibly use more than this windfall!
Barbara
Remember, we're self-selecting!
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Licensed2Cook
Permanent Resident
USA
3554 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2004 : 8:24:48 PM
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Congrats and happy felting!
Dee
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jennidina
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
485 Posts |
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draymer
Permanent Resident
USA
1481 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2004 : 07:23:08 AM
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Wonderful Barbara! And just the right timing! I'm thrilled for you.
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mamid
Permanent Resident
Canada
1568 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2004 : 11:31:29 AM
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Keep it!! Keep it!!
That way you have extra to teach with! |
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Yarnni
Permanent Resident
Canada
1021 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2004 : 11:38:19 AM
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WOW! is right! That is so neat. Only another knitter would understand the thrill of that kind of an inheritance though!
Yarnni
www.knitwerx.com
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knitlethab
Seriously Hooked
Canada
604 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2004 : 9:12:39 PM
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Remember Barbara...you can get more creative by adding (knitting together with your wool) a fuzzy yarn...wool or acryic and then felting...more selection of choices...and you can feed you desire to create and still buy something a little new to go with it...add dimension... congratulations on your windfall. If she was a spinner/weaver...I'm sure you have a great selection.
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dschmidt
Permanent Resident
3920 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2004 : 3:39:15 PM
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Trying very hard to not be jealous -- lucky, lucky you!!!!
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freckles
Sustaining Member
USA
821 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2004 : 4:55:27 PM
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Barbara,
Just want to caution that you should definitely test felt with this yarn you have inherited - I would hate for you to have some yarn that won't felt.
Congratulations on this huge haul! Even if it won't felt you will be able to make many different things!
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tess1e
Seriously Hooked
United Kingdom
627 Posts |
Posted - 08/21/2004 : 03:36:31 AM
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Good things happen to those who deserve it after all!!
Great news, can't wait to see what you get up to with it all.
Keep us posted Barbara!
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shaggy
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 08/21/2004 : 08:29:18 AM
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Yowzza Barbara - have fun drooling over your new yarn
shaggy
Every day a peddler pulled his cart of wool from his home to the village market. It was a long trip. He had to travel around the perimeter of a large lake that was owned by the town tycoon, a modernday scrooge. One day during the winter the lake froze over. The peddler realized that he could cut off 2 miles from his trip if he crossed over the lake. He was spotted halfway across the lake by the tycoon. Scrooge came racing out of his mansion and screamed at the peddler, "I’ll be danged if I let anyone pull the wool over my ice!" |
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Calissa
New Pal
Germany
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Posted - 08/22/2004 : 2:36:50 PM
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Wow, must be soo awesome to get something so unexpected. Good luck with your felting/dying ventures.
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