tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9407094816955989622024-03-05T14:01:28.138-07:00High Castle Traditional CraftsWeaving, Spinning, Knitting, Sheep, ChickensDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-43111324357673071192023-10-25T20:38:00.002-07:002023-10-25T20:38:47.063-07:0013th Annual Holiday Show and Sale<p>On Saturday, November 11, 2023, the <a href="https://www.mtnspinweave.org/" target="_blank">Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild</a> will host its 13th Annual Holiday Show and Sale at the Prescott Armory (Grace M. Sparkes Activity Center). Our guild will have more than 1,000 handwoven, knitted, handspun, and felted items for sale. The Prescott Area Woodturners will be there as well, selling beautifully crafted items. We will have spinning and weaving demonstrations throughout the day, and amazing raffle baskets are just waiting to be won.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhI1GZ0gwJgSTaVlQfAX9_vsRXhVaBA_u7T07VGjfS-fWI26ZpbM-lmWi9TOw0UQ8IWGwbjxttJLIRBr1u7tEDb8ty8uNjIl0nPYwJdojdUS6gZnf5FYjgbN1cluCLh9TfjHws5itMRLrgbLsaEPidpqazuEoqb4nzGAt5F4m14IpBjljKEp1FMeCiQBdZ/s640/13th%20MSWG%202023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhI1GZ0gwJgSTaVlQfAX9_vsRXhVaBA_u7T07VGjfS-fWI26ZpbM-lmWi9TOw0UQ8IWGwbjxttJLIRBr1u7tEDb8ty8uNjIl0nPYwJdojdUS6gZnf5FYjgbN1cluCLh9TfjHws5itMRLrgbLsaEPidpqazuEoqb4nzGAt5F4m14IpBjljKEp1FMeCiQBdZ/s320/13th%20MSWG%202023.jpeg" width="142" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-40899618595353335972019-04-04T15:45:00.001-07:002019-04-04T15:55:54.100-07:00Vintage Knitting Patterns OnlineThere are numerous vintage knitting pattern sources online--either free to download or as excellent references. These are fabulous sites to learn about the history of knitting in the 19th and 20th centuries as well as to acquire some cool patterns. Below are links to collections I've found useful.<br />
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<u>A note of caution</u>: if you download patterns, be sure they are out of copyright. Unfortunately, there are people who post copyrighted patterns illegally.<br />
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<a href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/1940s-knitting-patterns" target="_blank">The Victoria and Albert Museum</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/" target="_blank">Project Gutenberg</a><br />
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<a href="https://freevintageknitting.com/" target="_blank">Free Vintage Knitting</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/" target="_blank">Antique Pattern Library</a><br />
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/knittingreferencelibrary" target="_blank">Knitting Reference Library of the University of Southampton</a><br />
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<a href="https://vintagepurls.co.nz/resources/free-vintage-patterns/" target="_blank">Vintage Purls - vintage patterns no longer under New Zealand copyright</a><br />
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<a href="http://subversivefemme.com/category/free-vintage-knitting-patterns/" target="_blank">Australian patterns from the '30s, '40s, and '50s</a><br />
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<a href="http://wartimecanada.ca/categories/handicrafts" target="_blank">PDFs of Canadian knitting booklets issued during WWII</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.loc.gov/books/?q=knitting" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.bl.uk/catalogues-and-collections/digital-collections" target="_blank">The British Library</a><br />
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<a href="http://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/index.html" target="_blank">On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics</a><br />OK, this site is for weaving, but it's great!
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And if you want to purchase vintage patterns or reproductions of them:<br />
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<a href="https://www.thevintageknittinglady.co.uk/index.html" target="_blank">The Vintage Knitting Lady</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.vintage-knitting-patterns.com/" target="_blank">Vintage Knitting Patterns</a><br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-700121351142700412019-01-12T16:56:00.000-07:002019-01-16T08:50:33.400-07:00Baby Lambs!Galadriel had twins late Tuesday night -- a boy and a girl. I was getting ready to go to bed about 11 pm when I heard something that sounded very much like a lamb. Sure enough, there were two! In order to move them to the lambing pen, I had to put the flashlight in my pocket. It's not easy catching two black lambs, one in each hand, on a very dark night.<br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-10851593173575424982018-12-27T17:23:00.000-07:002018-12-27T17:23:57.724-07:00Channel Island Cast-onWanting to view the Channel Island cast-on, I went to YouTube. The first video that came up was from Eunny Jang. I've watched several of her other videos and liked them, so I watched this one. It taught me what I needed to know.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up-0QOubXQ8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up-0QOubXQ8</a><br />
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I figured it's always useful to get more than one take on a subject, so I watched the next Channel Island cast-on video in the YouTube queue. That knitter presented the subject a bit differently.<br />
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So I watched two more YouTube videos, and each of them took varying approaches to the cast-on, especially the last one by Ann Kingstone.<br />
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The moral of this story is don't rely on just one source to learn something new. The more you know, the more options you have. Oh, and this is a very cool cast-on.Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-88205605932093199002018-09-23T14:38:00.003-07:002018-09-23T14:40:30.883-07:00Sheep on a ScheduleWhen the summer monsoon rains come, I let the sheep out most afternoons to graze on the green grass. They love it, of course, and it lowers the feed bill for the alfalfa hay.<br />
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Awhile back, I opened the gate for them to graze in the morning. Apparently, I messed up their schedule. All the sheep hesitated to go out, and Gimli, one of the rams, simply refused to exit at all. Instead, he shifted over to his usual spot to await hay. I finally scattered COB (corn, oats, barley, and molasses) <u>on the grass</u> to get Gimli out. After they ate it, the sheep dispersed and started browsing.<br />
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Seriously, guys, you can graze in the morning as well as the afternoon. Silly sheep.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-91373248910566527332018-09-20T18:44:00.001-07:002018-09-20T18:44:36.397-07:00Autumn TowelsI just finished weaving five autumn towels and a bread basket cloth. OK, so the bread basket cloth was supposed to be a sixth towel, but I ran out of warp yarn. Hey, bread basket cloths are good. They're all from the same warp. Changing weft yarns certainly makes a huge difference.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-90979607157603456232018-09-18T10:55:00.000-07:002018-09-18T10:55:11.675-07:00MadeleineSome of this year's wool from Madeleine, one of my Cotswold sheep. Her fleece is absolutely gorgeous. It was her first shearing, though, and she was <u>not</u> cooperative. I had the bruises to show for it.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-91036863193532305042018-09-11T21:06:00.000-07:002018-09-11T21:06:30.920-07:00Knitting LessonsI'm teaching a woman to knit who works in the same building as I do. I dropped by the other day to say hello.<br />
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She's knitting her first slipper and somehow managed to wrap a stitch instead of knitting it. I was pleased she recognized there was an error even if she didn't know how to correct it. She's enthusiastic about knitting and already has a list of things she plans to make. Teaching is so much fun.Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-33867701652288964062018-09-09T19:00:00.000-07:002018-09-09T19:00:01.971-07:00Herd or Play?Yesterday, returning the sheep to their pen after grazing was easy. It was hot, and both Logan and the flock were tuckered. The sheep simply followed Logan as he ambled to their enclosure and through the gate. Below is a picture of a job well done.<br />
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Instead of gathering the grazing sheep, Logan entered the barn and discovered a hen. He was in a bouncy, playful mood and started chasing her around. He plays with the chickens often and doesn't want to hurt them, but he was overexcited and kept trying to pick her up. I told him to stop, and the chicken ran off. She didn't go far, though, and Logan continued the game. I finally scooped up the slobber-covered hen, put her in the hay storage room, and gave her some COB (corn, oats, barley, and molasses) to mollify her. She can leave via the open window when she's ready.</div>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-14745942621924513492018-09-07T20:34:00.001-07:002018-09-07T20:34:07.936-07:00Vet Visit Anxiety<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you run into your vet while out shopping, someone who you usually see just once a year, and she greets you by name, does that imply that your dog is a bit too memorable?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Logan is perfectly happy to go to the vet's and to see her and her office staff, but he emphatically does not want to be examined or treated. The situation makes vet visits a challenge.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wondering about the other sheep, I asked Logan, "Where's Gimli?" Immediately, I heard a deep baa and looked up to see Gimli rounding some scrub oaks and trotting towards me. After I petted him, he wandered off to graze some more. That was a really weird experience: I had no idea the ram knew his name.</span></div>
Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-40730413035807167032018-09-03T10:13:00.000-07:002018-09-03T10:18:30.600-07:00Hooded ScarfPreferring a hooded scarf knit in one piece without picking up stitches, I designed the scarf below using short rows to shape the hood. I knitted it from 100% alpaca worsted weight yarn. It's warm, comfy, and drapes beautifully. I'm selling the pattern on my website and on Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hooded-scarf-with-short-rows).<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-33874267546829848432017-01-31T20:20:00.000-07:002018-09-02T17:46:26.436-07:00Capes of Eleanor BostwickEleanor Bostwick, a fellow guild member, is a lovely woman and an amazing artist. Watch the YouTube video "Art Over Your Shoulder: A Chat with the Woman Behind the Capes."<br />
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eDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-69937777328178759132016-12-05T18:16:00.003-07:002016-12-05T18:16:57.082-07:00Finished PonchoBack on September 26, I posted that I was going to make a poncho from yardage I wove some time ago. I finally did it.<br />
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The fabric was longer than I needed, so I cut it and fringed the cut end, thus avoiding the need for seams. I made a template for the neck opening, pinned it onto the fabric, and zigzagged around it with my sewing machine. (The tissue paper template kept tearing and shifting, so next time I'll outline the template with tailor's chalk and sew around the markings.) I then cut out the fabric inside the stitching.<br />
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Next, I decided on an appropriate gauge for the yarn I was going to knit with and picked up stitches around the neck opening accordingly. I knit twice as much distance as the width of the collar I wanted and then turned the extra knitting inside and sewed it to cover the zigzagged edge of the weaving.<br />
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To maintain the V-neck, I decreased a stitch on both sides of a central stitch every other round for three sets of decreases. After knitting one round even, I increased one stitch on both sides of the central stitch every other round to return to my original number of stitches. That way I was able to turn the knitting inward and sew it without the fabric puckering at the V.<br />
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The sides of the poncho are open. I may leave it that way or add a button on each side so the wearer can fasten it if desired. I'm quite pleased with the result.<br />
<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-24506141992434761032016-11-23T20:01:00.000-07:002016-11-23T20:02:16.652-07:00The Tarkhan Dress: The World's Oldest Extant Woven GarmentA linen dress found by the British Egyptologist Flinders Petrie in 1913 was thought to be the oldest woven garment known, but until recently scientists were unable to determine its age. Radiocarbon dating has now established that the dress was made approximately 5,000 years ago.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-72313097429651538462016-11-14T17:45:00.000-07:002016-11-14T17:45:14.561-07:00Soft FurnishingsThe pillow top is woven in overshot with an 8/2 cotton background and a slightly heavier rayon/wool pattern yarn. I made the piping from the same material as I used for the pillow back, and I inserted a zipper at one end. The pillow's 12" x 16".<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-85161669200155235432016-10-30T18:54:00.000-07:002016-10-30T18:54:26.965-07:00Knitting in the Fresh AirThis morning I was sitting on the deck knitting the second of a pair of mittens. It was pleasantly windy, a refreshing late October day. Logan, my dog, had come over to be petted and then wandered off to lay on the other end of the deck.<br />
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The mitten was progressing nicely, and I had almost finished a round when a gust of wind caught the ball of yarn at my right. The skein flew into the air, passed between the vertical metal uprights of the railing, soared over the water tank, and landed out of sight on its other side.<br />
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I took a moment to contemplate the recovery operation and decided my best alternative was to toss my knitting onto the tank and retrieve everything from below. It was highly unlikely I could throw the ball of yarn back up onto the deck in that wind. So I walked down, picked up the skein from the ground, and rescued my knitting from the top of the tank.<br />
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Although it was still very pretty outside, I decided knitting in the house would be a good idea.Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-30842544621142815332016-10-16T15:27:00.005-07:002016-10-16T15:27:57.939-07:00WoolhandlingA short video about sheep shearing and handling the sheared fleece. Very cool.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-8623159166629380532016-10-15T19:08:00.000-07:002016-10-15T19:09:57.083-07:00PlaymatesAnimals can be so entertaining.<br />
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Last week I bought a couple bales of hay. Since my back was hurting, I didn't want to unload them, so I parked the truck a short distance from the barn and left the hay in it. I've been feeding the sheep out of the truck the last few days.<br />
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My hen, Miss Kitty, is free range. She doesn't need chicken feed, but she enjoys it, so I usually give her some every couple days to supplement what she chooses to eat on her own. The hay was in the truck, so I didn't need to enter the barn to feed the sheep since Tuesday, which meant I hadn't given the hen any chick feed since then.<br />
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Apparently Miss Kitty decided to protest. She was waiting for me near the house when I came out this morning and, clucking, followed me to the truck. She was obviously letting me know it was past time to refill her bowl.<br />
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In the meantime, Logan, my dog, spotted Miss Kitty. Chasing her from the truck to the barn, he could have easily caught her. Instead, he kept about two feet behind her the entire way, clearly enjoying the game.<br />
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He's quite extraordinary. He weighs 60 pounds and is perfectly willing to jump on me without holding back. But with the hen, he's gentle. When he catches her, he nudges her with his nose and even drools on her and then lets her go. She's not real thrilled with the experience, but there are times when she could avoid him but doesn't, so maybe she likes the attention.<br />
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I have enough trouble trying to understand dog psychology. I can't even begin to understand the thought processes of a chicken.<br />
<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-65493734681030184912016-10-08T16:56:00.000-07:002016-10-08T16:56:01.465-07:00Originality...or Not"What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original."<br />
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"If we're free from the burden of trying to be completely original, we can stop trying to make something out of nothing, and we can embrace influence instead of running away from it."<br />
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From Austin Kleon, <i>Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative</i>, pp. 7 & 8.<br />
<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-69820877065137039892016-10-04T17:40:00.000-07:002016-10-04T17:40:35.239-07:00Bronze Age Textiles Discovered in Eastern England"Excavations, 30 miles north-west of Cambridge, have unearthed the earliest examples of superfine textiles ever found in Britain. They are also among the most finely-made Bronze Age fabrics ever discovered in Europe as a whole – and are of huge international significance."<br />
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<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/vast-treasure-trove-of-fine-textiles-shows-importance-of-fashion-to-bronze-age-britons-a7135786.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/vast-treasure-trove-of-fine-textiles-shows-importance-of-fashion-to-bronze-age-britons-a7135786.html</a><br />
<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-26101273722847240072016-10-01T16:09:00.000-07:002016-10-01T16:09:56.937-07:00Tying on a WarpIn more than 25 years of weaving I have never tied on a warp. I always beam a new warp and then thread and sley it. Usually I weave a variety of items--towels, scarves, purses, etc.--which is a prime reason to not tie on.<br />
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However, this time I decided I would weave another set of towels following the same pattern as the last batch but change the weft color. I'm going to use the same warp yarn because it blends well with a variety of colors. I'm using unmercerized 8/2 cotton for both warp and weft.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-89083237557259099952016-09-29T18:23:00.001-07:002016-09-29T18:23:27.727-07:00"Linen Weave" TowelsUsing a linen weave pattern, I wove four towels from unmercerized 8/2 cotton. They're approximately 18" x 27", hemmed. The warp is turtledove and the weft foliage green.<br />
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I like this weave structure. It gives a slightly raised effect to alternate rectangles.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-88467467216344307812016-09-28T15:02:00.000-07:002016-09-28T15:02:18.060-07:00EquifestWeekend before last I went to Equifest, an event sponsored by Olsen's Grain, a local feed and pet food store. Although the gathering primarily featured horses (as you've already guessed from its name), there were numerous dog food companies represented, and almost all of them gave away free samples. I came home with at least two dozen.<br />
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Logan is quite pleased. Each time I feed him I add a little dog food from one of the sample bags to his usual food. There's usually enough in each package to jazz up four or five meals.<br />
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He gets particularly excited when I open the sack with the untried samples and eagerly waits to find out what new treat I'm going to pull out. He sniffs the small bag while I open it and happily watches me pour a bit onto his regular food. His favorites so far are Taste of the Wild and AvoDerm, although he hasn't turned up his nose at any of them. Logan certainly likes the concept of free samples.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108477805900134003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940709481695598962.post-9302945840147325182016-09-27T18:08:00.002-07:002016-09-27T18:08:42.580-07:00Wandering EggsWell, it's happened again. The two wooden eggs in the laying box are gone. When that occurred several years ago, we figured a bird took them. Ravens are the usual suspects in such cases, so I imagine there's a crestfallen raven out there somewhere.<br />
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Wooden eggs (or plastic, but I like the aesthetics of wood) encourage chickens to lay in the laying box. Without that inducement, free range hens tend to lay eggs in a variety of places, sites often difficult for humans to access or even find. One of my previous dogs, Dreamer, used to locate such egg clutches. She would eat one before showing me where they were. I caught on to her methods when I spotted the proverbial egg on her face.<br />
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Now I just have to remember where I bought the wooden facsimiles last time because I want to egg on my hen as to where to lay.<br />
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