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Spinninglady
Farmgirl at Heart
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Kathy
Gardiner
Maine
USA
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 Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 09:08:17 AM
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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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Holiday Angel
True Blue Farmgirl
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Pauline
Sweet Home
Oregon
USA
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4832 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4832 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 09:23:53 AM
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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.
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shannanstitches
True Blue Farmgirl
62 Posts
Shannan
Havre de Grace
Maryland
USA
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9094 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 10:19:26 AM
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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
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 10:24:12 AM
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| Glad to meet you, Kathie, and you will love getting to know the gals here......very sweet and talented, like you! Nance |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
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carycamille
True Blue Farmgirl
163 Posts
Camille
Cathlamet
Washington
USA
163 Posts |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
1048 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 1:19:51 PM
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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 |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 1:49:55 PM
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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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Cheryl
True Blue Farmgirl
919 Posts
Cheryl
Magalia
CA
USA
919 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 4:38:57 PM
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Hi Kathy, Welcome! What are penny rugs?
Cheryl
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 |
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
1818 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 4:44:09 PM
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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 |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2007 : 11:08:20 PM
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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. |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 01:42:17 AM
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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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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4541 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4541 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 04:16:10 AM
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Hi Kathy, nice to meet you.
Michele |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 5:08:03 PM
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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 |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17453 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17453 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2007 : 10:57:42 PM
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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 |
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
1559 Posts
Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2007 : 5:54:49 PM
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Welcome Kathy! It's so nice to meet you!
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger! |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9680 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9680 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2007 : 7:51:35 PM
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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."
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 05:58:09 AM
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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 |
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The Handmaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
Kim
Shreveport
Louisiana
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 09:25:01 AM
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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."
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Sep 11 2007 : 08:01:18 AM
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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... |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Sep 11 2007 : 08:04:53 AM
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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. |
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