March 18, 2007

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  Wool, Whipped Cream And Other Stuff

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  To answer a few questions:

  • my MIL had this wool washed and the rest (to come later) will be turned into roving at a mill.

  How to card wool:

  you take the locks and lay them thinly and evenly on one carder and then drag another carder across it in the opposite direction until the wool is cleaner and the fibers lined up nicely.

  

  lovely

  

  and then you can take it off the carder for spinning or felting or what-have-you.  I am going to use some of this for doll making and plan on dying some this summer (and have hopes for a spinning wheel in the next few years)

  I am also pulling out the very best locks to save for doll hair

   Bits of The Day

  puzzlemania

  

  good reading

  

  More boobettes (these are from the past few days)

  

  all my mermaids are pregnant and I have no idea why

  

  

  if I were to make a boobette for Megan Mullally, it would look like this one

   

  see?

  

  For those who asked, our mushrooms are from a kit, you can buy them online from a number of places and the kids love watching them grow!!

  

  whipped cream is always good

   

  this child is changing before my eyes

  

  Jesse’s new shield

  

  And more snow!!!

  (this is looking from our bedroom window down the hill, the driveway is on the left)

  

  I am quiet and happy and rested and pleased.

  

  and that is all I need.

   

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