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Prairie Daisy Handspun
http://prairiedaisyhandspun.blogspot.com
This is a place where I talk about spinning yarn, knitting, raising sheep, farm life, and maybe a little felting now and then.
Recent Posts
Look, An (Almost) Finished Object!
Remember awhile back I started on the Brooke's Column of Leaves Scarf? It's finished, sort of.The pattern says it needs to be blocked. Being new to lace knitting, I've never blocked anything before. I don't know if it would make much of a differen...
The Wool is Here! The Wool is Here!
Yesterday the UPS man rumbled into the driveway and came out with a HUGE box. "My wool!" I squealed. Our processed wool had come back from the mill!Back in September you might have seen the raw wool.Off it went to Zeilinger's in Michigan for washin...
A Closer Look (11/30/09)
I've decided to change the format of the "closer look" posts just a little. Instead of "closer look" meaning literally a close view of something, it will mean, rather, stopping to appreciate the beauty that surrounds us. So here's today's shot:...
Handmade Natural Soap
I mentioned in my previous post that I've been on a made-from-scratch spree. One of the things I did first in this spree was make a couple of batches of soap. I had made a batch some time ago, and liked the soap, but just hadn't tried it again. Bu...
Made from Scratch
For some reason, I was recently seized by this urge to start making more things from scratch. This includes bread (well, sort of scratch, because I'm employing the help of my bread machine), soap, and hand lotion. Yes. Hand lotion. But we'll save...
A Closer Look (11/23/09)
No guessing today, either...just a beautiful autumn rose to enjoy....

