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Prairie Daisy Handspun

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.

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  • Look, An (Almost) Finished Object!

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 in knitting, scarf, lace knitting, brooke's column of leaves scarf

    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!

    Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 17:41 in wool, wool processing, combed top

    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)

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 13:19 in a closer look

    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

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 14:39 in Soap, handmade soap, 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

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 19:45 in cooking, baking, chickens in the road, apple-streudel ladder loaf

    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)

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 09:52 in roses, a closer look

    No guessing today, either...just a beautiful autumn rose to enjoy....

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