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Wow, I was really shocked at the low number of venders at this event! This "Great" festival was really quite the bore. Kinda disappointed that more people were not selling fleece at more reasonable prices than $4 an OUNCE. Wow, milkers!
I did find the yarn meter however.
I have pictures of the Alpacas and shows here: http://flickr.com/groups/sheepandwoolfestivals/
Look for the ones posted by user crowcallerwoman (me).
Until next time...
Or rather, a fishing line meter. Seems that the Nancy's Knitknacks uses the same brand of fishing line meters made by Shakespeare fishin products. Get ready for this...brace yourself...
Nancy's yarn meter (wood and all) is $50
I paid $14 for the meter alone (that measures in feet instead of yards) that can be clipped securly to just about ANYTHING. I'm wondering why the Nancy product is so darned much money! Being the crafty person I am, I could construct something similar for just a couple bucks! But, I am more ambitious than that. I want to be able to meter the yarn as I wind it onto my skein winder. From what I am thinkin, I think I need to add a dowel through the main stem, and then attach another dowel to it at a right angle so that the meter is in line with the yarn being wound onto the winder.
I tested the meter out and it turns out that I have 100 yards of my silk and alpaca yarn left from the wing of the moth shawl. Hummm...what can I knit out of that?HUmmm, so if I put a screw through the dowl and just have it bolted to the main stem, then I could loosen it to fold down when not in use. I think I have the materials I need for this. If not, it's gonna be a fantastic day to bike down to Menards.
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From: C4G [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, 30 March 2007 11:31 a.m.
To: Reception
Subject: Thunkida-thunkida....Kiwi thunks...
I bought my Kiwi from the woolery.com (
From what I can tell...it is the first treddle rod and it seems to be knocking around quite a bit against the metal rod (the treddle rod in the back, closest to the main stem). I dunno what to call all these parts as the assembly guide is purely graphic!!
I've tried moving the peddles up on the plastic tube thingies to increase the tension so the rod does not thunkida, but it still happens and it is driving me mad! Any suggestions?
BOOP!
I saw a glimpse of spring...then it morphed into summer!;
C4G
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"If dandelions were rare and fragile, people would knock themselves out to pay $14.95 a plant,
raise them by hand in greenhouses, and form dandelion societies and all that.
But, they are everywhere and don't need us and kind of do what they please.
So we call them weeds and murder them at every opportunity"
.....Robert Fulgham.
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I just wanna hug em and squeeze 'em!!! This makes me sooooooooooo happy!Until next time...
After spinning, plying, dying, knitting for six months....this is quite the occasion!! Enjoy!
Create Your Own
Check out the Romance Novel cover I made in this post.
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I came across this topic while watching the latest episode of Lets Knit2gether .
I noticed that a lot of the people interviewed had mentioned that they learned to knit on thier own, as a solitary endeavor but made it sound undesirable. WELL...knowing me, I have to offer up the opposing view that PREFERS to knit alone.
I really don't enjoy going to knitting "circles"...who has time to talk when you need to pay attention to a pattern? Who has time to chat when you are not as skilled to be able to knit while not watching every stitch you knit? I've gone to our local knitters guild which is a hefty 300+ group and I find the meetings to be overly crowded, noisy, and just plain boring...at times painfully so!
They do invite venders to the meetings, but I have noticed that they seem to bring the most expensive yarns they carry! Not all knitters are filthy rich, and not all knitters knit because they have oodles of money to blow on yarn that will end up being thrown in a "stash" and most likely never used! I sure don't have oodles of extra money to spend. I've ended up spinning most of what I knit (because I can get 10 times or more as much yarn out of a $50 fleece than I can from 3 skiens of overpriced yarn for the same amount of money-and that would probably not be enough to knit what I would prefer to knit out of it...therefor spending even MORE money to finish a UFO started with it)- but besides that, I usually cannot afford anything from the guild venders. I am just dissapointed from expecting too much. I became a member with high expectations...I really should not do that! LOL
I for one prefer the solitary part of knitting alone. It gives me a chance to slow down and reflect (if I am not following a complex pattern). I feel the same about spinning. When I spin, I tend to go into a meditative state and I am able to reflect.
I'm the odd ball...I like being alone-because then I can actually get something done and be more productive than listening to or spreading local gossip (or bitching about what we heard on the news this morning, or how the president is so good or so bad...there is nothing anyone can do about it, why waste precious time bitching about it when we could be finishing that UFO!! LMAO).
Although I do enjoy the OCCASIONAL outting to a late night knit at a coffee shop/deli/yarn store that is Sow's Ear in Verona WI, but my attendence is a rarity anymore because it has just become unnessecary and boring to me. Not to mention the local gossip hounds are usually in full roaring swing by the time I arrive...bleh...the noise, the drama, the crowds....I just don't find it enjoyable. One lady who goes talks so damned loud that it hurts my ears! And she talks about shit no one really cares to hear more of, or she talks like she knows the president personally. They really ought to say something about that because it is driving away potential business. When I did go, I always bought something to eat and drink, never any yarn because I feel they have overpriced a lot of stuff that I get get cheaper elsewhere-but STILL-I bought SOMETHING from them even if that overpriced piece of what I would not call a real sandwhich isn't enough to satisfy me.
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From taking a short survey. Pretty darned cool!!!
Click here to create your own painting.
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Okay, I am sensible. But I am in one hell of a smart-ass mood...*whispers* so bare with me.
*loud, obnoxious and dorky like with heavy british accent-kinda Monty Python like*
OOOOOOO novel idea Captian!!! Create a blog JUST for the ranting tirades!!! Keep the negative to one side while this side is all pristeen-pretty-fluffy-muffy-goodiness-of-sparkling-non-flamitory-text that portrays life like a bowl of freshly candied cherries. *big dramatic show of rolling eyes*
YESSsssssSSSSssssssss!!! Very Good! That way people who do not want to be freely offended are not, and thier eyes do not burst into great balls of fire (although that is way cool to watch)...and those who enjoy a good tirade can read them here .
*insert canned laughter here*
And those who feel the must abosolutely be heard and have uncontrolable googly fingers that don't seem to be controlled by any one brain or another *looks down at crotch...feeling for that second brain, then out to audiance, smirking*, are free to type out a blathering idiotic response...
*perky now*
But seeing as I am blog owner and controller of this here universe
*clears throat*
....comments will be moderated and deleted at will as I see fit to do so.
*eyes narrowed...daring, smart-ass like*
OOOOoooo you must click right over there and try it again.
Must....be....heard....must....get....a....response...cannot....keep....fingers....from....typing....ragin.....attitude....
cannnot....keep.....to self.....must.....return....tirade....must....
Okay then. Embrace the insanity while we walk together in a ranting parade, that is life.
Everything is OOOOOOookay. Really...
Disclaimer: Owner of blog is not repsonsible for your clicking to the ranting parade blog, and if you be offended-it's your own damned fault for clicking over there in the first place. Disclaimer out of the way, warnings posted...I am free to rant, rave, throw the most uglilest and foulest language known to Human Society as I relieve myself of stress. AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Is that a breath of fresh air? NO. I. Farted.
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Me so Happy!! After six months of knitting on it- on and off- the beast is now finished and being blocked! My LYS is the best! The are just down the street from me and they let me use thier blocking equipment! This is made from 100% hand spun, hand dyed, alpaca and silk by me. EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
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