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| Spinninglady |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 09:08:17 AM
Hi, I'm new! I live in Maine in the country, have 3 cats, one dog, cockatiel, and a fish. We have a vegetable and flower garden every year in the summer. I love to spin yarn, crochet, use knitting boards and I just started making pennyrugs with felted wool. I work for the State Department of Education and I plan on retiring next year. I'm 50 but have been lucky enough to get all those year in since high school.
I look forward to chatting with everyone.
Kathy
crochetingfiberlady.blogspot.com/ |
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Sep 11 2007 : 08:04:53 AM
Hey Kathy! Welcome! So jealous that you're in Maine. I've actually purused houses (and farms) on the market in Gardiner. Some of them are very reasonable, and it's always where I wanted to end up. It's just getting from Kentucky to there, is the thing!
Sounds like you'll fit right in, here. These are special gals that frequent this board. I thank my lucky stars all the time for them.
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. |
| paradiseplantation |
Posted - Sep 11 2007 : 08:01:18 AM
Hi, Kathy! Boy am I gonna want to talk to you! I'm learning to weave on on a four-shaft floor loom, and my mom has offered me her old spinning wheel, should I decide I want to spin, as well. I've been thinking seriously about it. Do you grow your own fiber or buy it? And, I just saw an article on penny rugs. Let me know how yours turn out -- it's something I may want to learn myself! Feel free to email me. I'll look forward to hearing from you! Oh. Sorry. I was supposed to be welcoming you. Okay. And WELCOME to the forum, from one of the Louisiana farmgirls! You're gonna love it here!
from the hearts of paradise... |
| The Handmaiden |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 09:25:01 AM
Hi Kathy! MAINE in the country!! I can only imagine how beautiful that is!!
Please come visit often and tell us about all the fun you're having "retired"....someone should really come up with a new word for that. When you think about it...RE means to do again...so does that mean you are "tired" again? As long as it's the "good tired".:-)
Enjoy yourself here!
"Faith shall finish all that Hope begins."
joan walsh anglund |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 05:58:09 AM
Hi, Kathy. Welcome to the forum. And good for you on the early retirement thing! That's great!
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Sep 09 2007 : 7:51:35 PM
Welcome Kathy. Sounds like you keep busy. BTW, what's a penny rug?
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
www.torismimi.blogspot.com |
| Tammy Claxton |
Posted - Sep 09 2007 : 5:54:49 PM
Welcome Kathy! It's so nice to meet you!
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger! |
| katmom |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 10:57:42 PM
Hey there, Kathy
You will love chatting & crafting w/ the gals here and you will also enjoy retirement, I just retired (July '07) and I have not had a quiet moment yet!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 5:08:03 PM
WElcome to the group KAthy!! I love to spin and knit too..and have made a few penny rugs...none in the last year or so though, I should again..I love that look!! I bet you will just love it here...sounds like you will sure fit right in!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| windypines |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 04:16:10 AM
Hi Kathy, nice to meet you.
Michele |
| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 01:42:17 AM
Hey there Kathy,
Nice to meet you and welcome!! You will find several ladies here that spin, knit, crochet, work with felt, etc and many that sew. Please come visit the Stitching and Crafting Room area. There's always fun stuff going on for you to get involved in!
 Stephanie
"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 11:39:21 PM
welcome Kathy.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
visit me at:
http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/
and at www.stliving.net
you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com |
| Carol Sue |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 11:08:20 PM
Hi Kathy and Welcome. Some day I will do a penny rug. I really like them and have some patterns. Ahhh winter will be here soon enough for those kind of projects.
Carol Sue
Enjoying life. |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 4:44:09 PM
Hi Kathy -- I started a penny rug (for a tabletop) years ago from a Better Homes & Gardens book -- with synthetic felt, glue, and lots of blanket stitches. Needless to say, it isn't authentic! And I still need to finish it (and I should -- the colors are strong and it makes a good impression, if you don't know about the Elmers). Doing penny rugs with felted wool sounds much better. Looking forward to hearing more from you.
www.youaretoocreative.blogspot.com |
| Cheryl |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 4:38:57 PM
Hi Kathy, Welcome! What are penny rugs?
Cheryl
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 1:49:55 PM
Hello Kathy! You are one talented farmgirl! We can surly learn from you! Wow, happy early retirement! Good for you! You will LOVE MJF!
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~est. 1971
"Sisters on the Fly"
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| britchickny |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 1:19:51 PM
Hi Kathy! Welcome to the forum! You will love it here and be sooo inspired by all these talented ladies! Now, please tell me...what is a knitting board?
Angie.
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2 |
| Marybeth |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 12:57:38 PM
Welcome Kathy, from clear across the country. Nice farmgals here. Glad you decided to jump in or should I say 'spin' in. MB
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com www.holyhouses-day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
| carycamille |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 11:42:08 AM
Welcome Kathy!
Camille
www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/14088 |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 11:28:16 AM
welcome to the farm!
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
visit me at:
http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/
and at www.stliving.net
you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com |
| Nance in France |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 10:24:12 AM
Glad to meet you, Kathie, and you will love getting to know the gals here......very sweet and talented, like you! Nance |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 10:19:26 AM
Wecome Kathy, wish I could spin, the only spinning going on here is going around in a circle ha. Think you will like it here, lots of girls with the same interests.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| shannanstitches |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 09:29:45 AM
Welcome, Kathy!
my blog: http://shannanstitches.blogspot.com/
my pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shannanstitches/ |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 09:23:53 AM
Welcome to the forum Kathy! I just love Maine, it's one of my very favorite states to visit! I'm sure you'll feel right at home here, lots of gardeners to chat with.
My cousin Michele, (Windy Pines Farmgirl) spins her own wool and makes hot pads with felted wool. I'm sure she and lots of other farmgirls here can give you all kinds of ideas for your projects.
Dawn in IL |
| Holiday Angel |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 09:12:01 AM
Hello Kathy,
If you love to do all that then you might enjoy checking out a few of my sites, the Heavenly Angels In Need being the first one. We would love to have you join us as well. We have volunteers in your area and we work with babies and children in crisis situations. Your talents would be highly desired. Most f our volunteers are around your age including myself.
Hope to get to know you and enjoy your comapny on both forums!!!
Big old hugs,
Pauline
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President Childrens Division of Heavenly Angels in Need
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http://angelsbeaware.blogspot.com/
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