Posted on 09/01/2021 3:57:36 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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The series are, in no particular order, Tudor Monastery Farm, Edwardian Farm, Victorian Farm, Wartime Farm, Secrets of the Castle, and there's a really neat Christmas special in there, too.
Very well done, lots of fascinating info, fun to watch. The presenters are fantastic. I can't recommend all of the series enough.
And I bet fiber arts enthusiasts would really enjoy them.
That looks like a very interesting book.
Seeing all the fiber animals on the cover reminds me we have a Fall Fiber Festival coming up the first weekend in October. I’ve been twice .... it’s one of those things that is fun, but it’s also “painful” ... so many gorgeous yarns, etc. you want to buy, but not enough time to make projects with them and certainly not enough money ... I could spend a couple hundred dollars easy on the beautiful yarns. Sigh.
The sheep dog trials they have are “interesting” ... the young dogs in particular ... you never quite know what they’re going to do. Sometimes, they get SO frustrated, they just break from ‘herding’ & go to ‘chasing’, regardless of the handler’s whistling & yelling. Dogs will be dogs!
One of the first ‘dates’ I went on with Beau was to a sheep shearing farm. Rainbow Fleece Farm. They showed us the entire process from shearing to final knit products. It was really interesting and I learned a lot.
He also bought me an 8-pound frozen, organic chicken that day. Now seriously, who could resist a man that does these things?
LOL!
I just checked used book prices for the book in very good condition. The prices are better, but not a lot better than Amazon’s 47% off for a new copy.
If that helps at all. :-)
Thanks for the series recommendations. I LOVE stuff like that, too! :)
Thanks for the Heads Up! Don’t tell the nay-sayers around here, but I DO have Prime - so maybe now is the time to look again. :)
Where to Donate Fabric to Charity (13 of the Best Choices)
https://diytodonate.com/where-to-donate-fabric-to-charity-13-of-the-best-choices/
Some awesome organizations, here. Donate fabric, or make something for the charity to distribute. Since I can’t sew much other than a straight line, I am going to try the pillowcases for deployed soldiers via the Daughters of the American Revolution.
This ‘DIY To Donate’ site is FULL of ideas, too! Rather Veteran-centric, but as a Vet, I appreciate that! :)
Thanks. Interesting information.
I found all of the series you recommended on You Tube, so thanks so much! :) Looks like the episodes run about an hour, each.
I remember my Grandmother telling of going what she called ‘snow blind’ sewing bed linens for the soldiers during WWI.
Thanks for those links!
It’s very important to support our troops in whatever way we can, even if it’s just a postcard from a kid that says, “Thanks, I love you.” (Or something close to that!)
I’d believe it!
Knitted socks were the ‘thing’ in WWI. ;)
That’s where I watched them last winter, and enjoyed them a lot.
Today, I finished the 3rd lace baby blanket using yarn I already had - Simply Soft in light peach. This was the 4th time I’d tried to make something with this particular yarn/color! It turned out well ... the big issue with knitting is cast on/bind off (IMO). I found a “stretchy” cast on so my beginning edge wouldn’t be constricted. The pattern called for a regular “knit” bind off (last couple of border rows were just garter stitch). Well, that is an unforgiving bind off - no stretch. I found a stretchy bind off a while back that I use for my fingerless mitten cuffs. The only issue is that it tends to “flare” which is not a look I wanted for one of the blanket edges. I did a test swatch & used the stretchy bindoff with the next size down needles to see if it would minimize the flare ... worked great! The blanket is now off my needles.
Unfortunately, I gave away another pair of mittens the other day - pair #4. They are all in shades of rose pink or pink with a beige fleck. All have gone to women recently diagnosed with breast cancer to help keep their hands warm during chemo treatments. Three are friends of my niece, 2 in her Bible class ... both early 30’s with little kids. The 3rd one is a former co-worker, a little older, maybe 40’s. The 4th went to a friend of my mom’s at church. There seems to be an “epidemic” going on with my niece’s acquaintances.
Since I have given away all my pink mittens (my niece specifically requested something in the pink family of colors), I am going to make up a couple more to have on hand - praying I don’t need to give them away.
“The blanket is now off my needles.”
Yay! :)
‘Simply Soft’ by Caron is great yarn. I use it a lot. :)
Post some pix when you can! :)
My camera is driving me crazy ... not picking up colors well (altering them) & not very ‘sharp’ focusing. I’ve been meaning to dig out my mom’s little camera, that she never uses, which takes much better pics. I’ll try to put that on “project status” over the weekend. :-)
p free pattern here. Some people making them out of material but yarn would be stretchier IMO. https://hearthookhome.com/an-egg-cellent-apron-free-crochet-pattern/
That egg apron is so cute!
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