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*Farmgirl Barter™:  Spinner in need of a niddy-noddy and/or roving  |
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KatTylee
True Blue Farmgirl
230 Posts
Katrina
Mitchell
Nebraska
USA
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 Posted - Oct 13 2012 : 5:04:05 PM
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So I finally dived in and started spinning. I love it! But, I don't have a niddy-noddy yet or a yarn skeiner of any kind for that matter. Would love to have something besides my hands or my old chair to skein my yarn on. Also, if anyone has fleece or roving to get rid of I'd help you with that. Let me know what you would like for these items.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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sunflowercritters
True Blue Farmgirl
1102 Posts
Debra
Springfield
Maine
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2012 : 1:46:33 PM
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Hi Kathrine,
So glad your having fun. I got into spinning last December. I love it as well. It is so...rewarding and relaxing for me. I'm fooling with wool and some of my angora rabbit fibers in my drum carder that my friend and I chipped in together with. Going to have some of my roving in craft sale in couple of weeks. Cann't wait.
So how and when did you get into this hobby?
Deb
I Thessalonians 5:16,17
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Deb-farmgirl sister #462
http://sunflowercritters.blogspot.com/
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Katlady93
True Blue Farmgirl
361 Posts
Charlotte
Denmark
SC
USA
361 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2012 : 1:51:48 PM
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i haved decided i need to learn to weave, but i can't decide that i need to spin. it sounds like maybe i need to give it a try. i talked with several ladies who had Angora rabbits at the Sheep and Wool Festival a couple of weeks ago, the fur is so SOFT
Some dreams are worth the risk it takes to make them real.
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KatTylee
True Blue Farmgirl
230 Posts
Katrina
Mitchell
Nebraska
USA
230 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2012 : 6:47:49 PM
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Let's see, I got into spinning just recently. I spun one time as a little kid and it must have hooked me then. I love going into a yarn store. All the colors and textures get me. I can spend hours just looking and touching. I went to our local fiber art fair and a wonderful spinner had wheels for sale. Actually lots of people did, but this particular woman said, "Want to play?" Yep, I did. So I sat for a couple of minutes and she walked me through drafting and treadaling. Then I went back the next day and spent another 30 minutes to an hour with her. Well, I ended up ordering a wheel. Then the local college here advertised their community education classes. Spinning! So I took my brand new wheel I'd put together the night before to my first class 3 weeks ago. This next week is my last class. I'm loving it. So far my major hurdles are getting ahold of roving, winding my skeins, and having to teach my 4 year old and my 1.5 year old to treadle. So I'm brand new to this, but I'm having so much fun. I found a pair of wool cards at an antique store too. I've now got that to take care of some of the carding. Now I just need to find some local fiber. Actually I'm very close to a wool mill but they are pretty big. I haven't gotten up the guts to go over there yet. :)
Charlotte, you talking about soft fiber reminds me. I want to pick up some camel silk and some regular silk. Oh I love all the blending you can do. I'd love to eventually get some animals but I'm renting right now and I don't care for my rental so I'm hoping we'll find a place to buy with a little property where I can have a couple of critters.
Deb, I'm hoping I'll get a drum carder someday. *sigh* Now is not the time just yet.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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jenne.f
True Blue Farmgirl
643 Posts
Jenne
Wagontown
PA
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2012 : 1:14:22 PM
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Hello farmgirls,
You are making me so sad. I bought a spinning wheel from New Zealand when I was 15 years old. I already had a table loom, (so of course,I had to learn to spin). Well, I grew up and left home and about 10 years later, I sold my spinning wheel. I want it back! I recently got rid of my loom, thinking never again. Isn't that always the way?
I am also looking for some land, so I can have some critters and a garden and space for my camper and glamper. It's hard to be patient and find the right piece of land. All good things come to those who wait. And so I wait! Sorry I can't help you with your needs.
Good luck to you both.
Happy Trails,
Jenne
"Follow your bliss"
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KatTylee
True Blue Farmgirl
230 Posts
Katrina
Mitchell
Nebraska
USA
230 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2012 : 1:19:36 PM
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Good luck on the land Jenne. I'm looking too. We thought we had it found but then the deal fell apart. Must not have been the right place for us. It is so hard to be patient though!
Maybe once you find that place, or before, you'll find a wheel or loom again.
Kat
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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jenne.f
True Blue Farmgirl
643 Posts
Jenne
Wagontown
PA
USA
643 Posts |
Posted - Oct 18 2012 : 7:24:26 PM
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Thank you Katrina. I have just begun looking again for land. I am relying on my women's intuition to know when I have found that "perfect" piece of land. It has usually worked in the past with big decisions. I am hoping it does again.
Good luck finding your little piece of heaven.
Happy Trails,
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KatTylee
True Blue Farmgirl
230 Posts
Katrina
Mitchell
Nebraska
USA
230 Posts |
Posted - Oct 21 2012 : 8:49:26 PM
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Hi Jenne. I think you are right to rely on the your intuition. It seems that we know when something is right or not.
On another note: My husband got me a niddy-noddy for my birthday! And a little roving. The roving was actually some that was set up for felting. He didn't realize it when he bought it that it wasn't much. He was pretty disappointed in the amount. No worries. I'm making embroidery thread for crewel work. :) He picked out some beautiful Fall colors.
I'd still love roving or a fleece if anyone has it.
Any other spinners out there have much luck finding folks with fiber? I have a couple local sources maybe but it seems like it is very seasonal. That and it seems a lot of spinners raise their own and don't sell the fiber much. Anyone else find this to be the case? And maybe I just haven't been in this area or spinning long enough to know who is around and doing this stuff too.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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sunflowercritters
True Blue Farmgirl
1102 Posts
Debra
Springfield
Maine
USA
1102 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2012 : 2:30:38 PM
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KatTylee,
Is there a spinning group you can get together with? The one I go to some of the ladies do have fibers to card for sell. If your interested in fiber let me know okay and get your address as well and I can send you a price list..
I have spun up some fibers for a craft fair to sell. So looking forward to see who would be intereted in yarn. Also I will have some angora fibers to sell as well. Fun, Fun...
Deb
I Thessalonians 5:16,17
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Deb-farmgirl sister #462
http://sunflowercritters.blogspot.com/
Be like a Sunflower, Turn your Face to the Son. |
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KatTylee
True Blue Farmgirl
230 Posts
Katrina
Mitchell
Nebraska
USA
230 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2012 : 1:57:20 PM
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Hi Deb,
Did you get my reply e-mail? Mine is funny about replying to you ladies here on the MJF forums. Sometime it says it sends but no one ever gets them. Not sure where into the cyber-world it goes but...
Kat
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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Edited by - KatTylee on Nov 09 2012 1:57:45 PM |
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