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KarenP	Posted - May 19 2010 : 3:50:19 PM I just started spinning fiber for the first time last night. My yarn is way overspun, but I'm happy I was able to do it at all. I'm just so excited, I hope this becomes my new addiction! Hopefully I can spin another bobbin full tonight and ply them tomorrow! Maybe even make something! I'm doing the happy dance Karen Sorry the picture is so bad the camera is not long for this world. "Purest Spring Water in the World"
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windypines	Posted - Jul 11 2010 : 04:34:29 AM Hi Karen, sounds like you had a great time. I had hoped to make it down there, but I am dealing with spider bite,and was not hobbling around to well. Sounds like you got lots of practice time!! Michele
grace gerber	Posted - Jul 10 2010 : 4:07:31 PM I am so happy for your Karen - I knew you would have a great day. Yes, I do remember the name - I have sold all my alpaca's but still get their fleeces so I do not do the show circuit anymore. Hope you enjoyed spinning the fibers you purchased from me and I would love to see how they turned out if you have a chance. Again, I am so happy for you and the day you had... Grace Gerber Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.artfire.com
KarenP	Posted - Jul 10 2010 : 3:50:57 PM Wow, I had fun, got a second shower and sunburn, but fun too! Met a lot of people and talked about the Babe spinning wheel. I sure would do it again! Grace, I met someone from your neck of the woods...Julie Tompkins from Colorado Springs,Co. She noticed your fiber I had out and we struck up a conversion. She told me about her Alpacas, I may buy a fleece from her to play with some dyeing. Talk about a small world huh. I better unload the Jeep and put stuff away, I'm beat, and spun longer today that I have ever before. I'm pooped, but happy I went. Karen "Purest Spring Water in the World"
grace gerber	Posted - Jul 10 2010 : 07:47:32 AM Oh Karen I will be there with you in spirit.... You will have a wonderful day and meet such great folks who will be amazed by your talents. You will please tell us all about it when you get back and just know your going to have a great day - heck your spinning all day what could be better then that??? Grace Gerber Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.artfire.com
jill skane	Posted - Jul 10 2010 : 05:51:15 AM Wishing you luck, Im sure you will have fun. Wish I could go some where fun stuck in today, babysitting grandaughter and cleaning, at least what she will let me get done. Have fun. jill
KarenP	Posted - Jul 10 2010 : 05:48:10 AM Wish me luck, I'm packed up to go to the downtown festival and spin. I have all of grace's beautiful fibers, some local ones and business cards for local yarn,fiber and spinning wheel shops. also I got some flyers for the Babe Spinning wheels from the inventor! I'm excited to go, and a little scared, but should be fun. I'll report back on how things went. Karen "Purest Spring Water in the World"
Keeper of the Past	Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 9:27:56 PM Beverley, Midnight is beautiful..and you will have a natural neutral rainbow to spin! www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so..... 'Love the people who treat you right Pray for the ones who don't. "A happy heart makes the face cheerful..." Proverbs 15:13
Beverley	Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 2:49:10 PM it was!!! Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E... http://bevsdoggies.googlepages.com/
grace gerber	Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 10:00:43 PM Sounds like a perfect day to me!! Grace Gerber Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.artfire.com
Beverley	Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 12:07:54 PM it sure is!!! I took midnight for a walk around our property today and we stopped so he could nibble for a while. It was just so fun!!! I know my dogs are fun too but this was just so different, hard to describe really but just so peaceful!!! Goats are great!!! funny too!! Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E... http://bevsdoggies.googlepages.com/
grace gerber	Posted - Jun 28 2010 : 8:35:14 PM Life is always GRAND with GOATS !!! Grace Gerber Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.artfire.com
Beverley	Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 1:58:51 PM these are my other 2 from this year. they also have a beautiful other sister . There were triplets from the mom in the background. She does not her her full fleece yet but she also has a really nice fleece that she gets in the winter too. I am going to have some colorful yarn next year. The one doeling is like a champagne color. just beauitful... Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E... http://bevsdoggies.googlepages.com/
Beverley	Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 1:51:22 PM I just love my baby goats. hehehehehehe and I love their fluffy fleece to make stuff out of too!!! 2 for one!!!! Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E... http://bevsdoggies.googlepages.com/
KarenP	Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 1:15:40 PM Beverley, What a cutie midnight is! Karen "Purest Spring Water in the World"
Beverley	Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 12:27:38 PM His name is midnight and his father was a purebred angora, black, and mom was a brown nigerian. He came from triplets, himself and his 2 sisters that were black and white. I hope to get a black and white one next year after breeding him. Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E... http://bevsdoggies.googlepages.com/
grace gerber	Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 07:02:15 AM Are there pictures of your new wee one??? Grace Gerber Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.artfire.com
Beverley	Posted - Jun 26 2010 : 6:32:07 PM LOL you have got the bug and it doesn't go away, sorry!!! hehehehehehe those fibers are beautiful!! Got a new nigora buckling today so I hope next year to have some natural colored fibers . he is so cute!!! Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E... http://bevsdoggies.googlepages.com/
Keeper of the Past	Posted - Jun 26 2010 : 11:45:05 AM Way to go girl, the new green yarn is lovely. I told you about this fiber addiction and now you know Grace is an enabler...next thing will be sheep, goats, llamas..bunnies???? Just keep spinning and maybe the worry of having this new addiction will go away...NOT! Sarita www.coffmanspinningcfarm.blogspot.com Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so..... 'Love the people who treat you right Pray for the ones who don't. "A happy heart makes the face cheerful..." Proverbs 15:13
grace gerber	Posted - Jun 26 2010 : 11:45:01 AM I am so glad you like them - I can not wait till you get to spin them and please tell what you think of them. I have been a busy bee on the carding machine creating new goodies to tempt folks with - Oh, I even made up a couple just for me.... Enjoy and many thanks Grace Gerber Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.artfire.com
oldfashioned girl	Posted - Jun 26 2010 : 09:36:53 AM Karen, Welcome to the wonderful world of fiber addiction! Grace has the most beautiful fibers! I have a lot of fiber from her and it is all just incredible! Happy spinning! Monica farmgirls rule! www.justducky48.etsy.com www.justducky48.blogspot.com www.duckystreasurechest.etsy.com
urban chickie	Posted - Jun 25 2010 : 10:38:41 PM OMG Karen, I just LOVE that green yarn!!! Good work there! Catherine Farmgirl #1370 City Girl By Birth, Suburbanite By Location, Farmgirl at Heart
KarenP	Posted - Jun 24 2010 : 3:30:23 PM Here is what I spun... and those plied together ended up with this... Well I got a great surprise today! The fibers I ordered from Grace arrived!!!! oooh... this will be fun to spin, beautiful colors! Grace has amazing fibers! Count me as HAPPY! Karen "Purest Spring Water in the World"
KarenP	Posted - Jun 20 2010 : 09:29:12 AM This one was 65% wool and 35% mohair. I love the color and will ply it with the darker greens I got from shepherds festival in May. I hope it will be pretty. This was wool from her own animals, dyed and sent out to have carded. I bought 8 oz of it! Karen "Purest Spring Water in the World"
grace gerber	Posted - Jun 20 2010 : 06:22:13 AM I love what your spinning - what is it??? I am always eager to assist in anyway I can and love getting folks hooked on spinning. I tell folks you never have to dust if every surface is covered with fiber and yarn.... I just finished some batts Saturday that are Alpaca, Mohair, Merino, Cormo, and Bamboo. I am going to hopefully get them up on the blog and Etsy by tonight. I have not named them yet but they remind me of rubber ducks in a bathtub.... I also spent time stringing sequins to ply with a yarn that I just finished spinning - it is a lovely shade of corals and so I think the white sequins will make it look like a coral reef. Keep spinning and let me know what I can do to assist. Grace Gerber Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.blogspot.com http://larkspurfunnyfarm.artfire.com
KarenP	Posted - Jun 19 2010 : 3:07:01 PM Hooray! I found someone selling fiber about 1 hour from me. I bought some and started spinning some, very nice... She was very helpful and I had her all to myself! for 2 hours! I can see housework isn't going to get done again today. Grace, I need get going on some fiber from you. I want to make sure I have some for July 10. downtown spinning session! Karen "Purest Spring Water in the World"

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