tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14787307682604536732024-03-14T03:34:26.069-04:00Katiegirlkatiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.comBlogger777125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-59737098931164675602016-06-09T20:33:00.002-04:002016-06-09T20:33:40.051-04:00My awesome garden :) ! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Guest post by Kylee!</div>
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I planted the garden!:)<br />
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Now I have to water it.</div>
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First let me take a selfe with the garden:)</div>
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Okay so first we have the baby cabbage</div>
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Then we have the purple cabbage</div>
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Then we put mulch so weeds did not grow.</div>
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Now we have pics for when they are grown.</div>
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potatoes</div>
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green beans</div>
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He is not having a very good day ''i think''</div>
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''possessed'' hahahahahaha:)</div>
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Theses are really really big potatoes:)</div>
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Say bye garden :) :) :) :) :) :) Well that's it folks. See you next time.</div>
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I'm writing this post in December, but I want to catch up on this year's blog since I haven't blogged since June. Here's a wrap-up post for the rest of May:</div>
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I built a brooder pen for the chicks in the barn. It is 4 panels that come apart for easy storage. </div>
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I did some fleece washing in the kitchen, doing smaller batches in the sinks and some plastic tubs. David said hte kitchen smelled like sheep, like there is something wrong with that? Ha!<br />
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Different stages of washing, rinsing, and drying. </div>
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I made a few dizzes out of polymer clay. A diz is something used to take fiber off of a drum carder. You can see a video of one in use <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Iy7BVe5bU" target="_blank">here. </a> </div>
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I came home from work one day and found a half dead raccoon in the yard. I thought it was dead, until I poked it with a stick. I figured it may be rabid, so I put an x-pen (wire panels to make a circle) around it to keep the other animals away. I called the health department in our county, and they sent someone out to collect it. Turns out it was rabid, so we had to get rabies boosters for all of our dogs and cats, even though they were up to date on their vaccinations, just in case they had any contact with it.</div>
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Buford knows how to get comfortable on the couch!<br />
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David built a clothesline for us. Kylee got in on some photo bomb action.</div>
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In the top picture, there's a deer grazing in the yard in the background. I forgot to post pictures of all of the chicks...some I hatched and some I bought from the feed store. There are some Blue COchins, Speckled Sussex, Welsummer, Ameraucana, and mixed Marans. <br />
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The five older lambs are in the barn now, weaned a few weeks ago. The other sheep and goats are happy grazing. Ida does crazy moves to reach any branches she can. katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-58087677483292874082016-05-22T21:21:00.002-04:002016-05-23T19:31:19.172-04:00In the ShopI listed 4 sheepskins in the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PurlandJune" target="_blank">Purl & June etsy shop</a>. These came from sheep born and raised here. If you've never had a sheepskin as a rug or seat cushion, you're missing out! <br />
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We got there pretty early and made a beeline for the fleece sale barn. I was on a mission to find a fleece with curly locks that I could dye. I wanted a Bluefaced Leicester fleece, because they typically have nice curly locks. The sale barn was PACKED, with both people and fleeces.<br />
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We managed to find a fleece after looking through several dozen, and then we got in line. There were volunteers taking turns holding a sign up so people could find the end of the line. <br />
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We waited....and waited...and waited. The line was moving fairly slowly, and we ended up waiting for over an hour to pay for the fleece. We looked at lots of neat knitted items while we waited, because everyone wears their best knitting things to Sheep & Wool. I saw this really great knitted then fulled (felted) bag.<br />
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Waiting-in-line selfie!<br />
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After we found a fleece, we started making our rounds.<br />
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We went by the Sarafina Fiber Art booth and saw some amazing felted animals.<br />
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We saw some alpacas.<br />
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Kylee picked out some roving so she can spin some custom yarn.<br />
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On the way home, we stopped at my friend's house to meet her new baby boy.<br />
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Here's what we ended up bringing home. We got some roving, a t-shirt for Kylee, a Border Leicester fleece, some washed curls, a pound of wool batting for wet felting (a pound is a good bit), a pound of BFL roving, a pound of Merino roving, and some kettle corn.<br />
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Here's a picture of a sample lock from the fleece I bought. The funniest part? There were fleeces there from flocks from all over the state, and the fleece I bought came from my neighbor's sheep!<br />
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<br />katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-5335355107737285972016-05-08T22:00:00.001-04:002016-05-08T22:00:29.846-04:00Wet FeltingHappy Mother's Day! But more importantly, Happy Birthday to my Momma! Now that she's opened her gift, I want to share it here. <br />
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I am a felter, and normally I do needle felting. I wanted to try some wet felting on a larger scale than just wet felting soaps and beads and things, so I set out to make a gift for my Mom. <br />
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I started out by laying down a towel and then a layer of bubble wrap, and then a layer of prefelt. Prefelt is a slightly felted fabric and it's great for the base of felted objects like this. You can also needle felt with it. I started layering whisps of wool on top of the prefelt. <br />
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I layered it in one direction first, then in the opposite direction. Once I had a pretty good layer covering the prefelt, I started in with the colors of the scene I wanted. I made a sky and a field of flowers.<br />
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This was fun....putting the colors together to create a "painting".<br />
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Then I started adding in dyed locks of wool. These locks are in natural form, and haven't been carded or combed like the roving. They're a lot of fun to use!<br />
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Once I finished with the sky and the greenery, I was ready to add in the flowers! I wanted to make hollyhocks, so I added circles of roving to mimic hollyhocks.<br />
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Once I was happy with the layout, it was time to wet felt. This was the nerve-wracking part! I was nervous something would get messed up, or the flowers would smoosh together or something. I used a piece of sheer fabric (this just so happened to be scraps from bridesmaid dresses from our wedding). <br />
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The wool was still light and poofy at this point, but then I poured hot soapy water over it. <br />
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You can see above how the wool flattens out once wet. I would push it down gently to make sure the wool was saturated, but not sopping. Then, I wet my hands and put dish soap in my hands, so I could smooth my hands over the fabric to gently start the felting process. I rubbed my hands in circles and back and forth over the picture for several minutes until I could tell the wool was starting to felt.<br />
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Once I peeked at the wool below and could see it felting, I was ready to move on to the more aggressive felting. The wool and bubble wrap get rolled around a pool noodle, then rolled back and forth to vigorously felt it.<br />
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It gets rolled 100 times, then it gets unwrapped and rolled up from a new direction and worked again 100 times. I did this 4 times, rolling up the felt from each direction for rolling. After 400 rolls, it looked like this.<br />
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I was thrilled with how it turned out! I wanted to add some detail though, so after it dried, I got out my beads and felting needles.<br />
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I added some beads to the flowers, and needle felted borders to give it more of a 3D effect.<br />
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<br />I needle felted centers to the flowers.<br />
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And then I added a hummingbird. <br />
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And the finished product:<br />
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I was so happy with the finished product! I was so happy to send it to my Mom, because she is a quilter (doing some really amazing art quilts) and I knew she would appreciate it! <br />
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Wet felting is pretty addicting, and I'm already planning my next piece!<br />
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<br />katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-29038518573203071232016-05-01T21:33:00.000-04:002016-05-01T21:33:05.935-04:00Wash and Dye WorkshopI'm lucky enough to live relatively close (about an hour) from Sarafina Fiber Art, a great source for felting and fiber art supplies. Sara, the owner, has also posted numerous tutorials for different felting projects online. Sarafina offers workshops for things like wet felting, needle felting, dyeing, and painting. I took one of those workshops last weekend. <br />
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The Wash & Dye Fiber Processing workshop was a blast. We learned how to dye different fibers and we all went home with our own fiber art bundle. Each person picked through several different types of fibers to find a blend of things we wanted in our bundle. There were a lot of choices. <br />
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We made cards with the name and a sample of each fiber. Then we picked an inspiration photo and made a plan for the dye pot. <br />
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Sara had quite a few options of dyes available.<br />
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We also washed part of a Cormo fleece, to practice working with raw fleece.<br />
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Then we prepped our fibers for the dye pot. The fibers went into a soaking bath with citric acid.<br />
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Then the fibers went into the pot (with more citric acid), and the different dyes were poured in quadrants.<br />
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Then the fibers were put in a rinse bath with vinegar.<br />
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Then we spun the fiber dry in this nifty laundry spinner!<br />
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The fiber art bundles were set in the sun to finish drying.<br />
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This is mine, below. I have a project in mind for it, and hopefully I'll get to work on it soon.<br />
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While I was there, I drooled a bit over all the wool in their warehouse! This picture below was only one small part of the fiber stash!<br />
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It was a fun afternoon, and I've been bitten by the dye bug. I can't wait to do more of this!katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-68659860607173495282016-04-28T22:17:00.001-04:002016-04-28T22:17:43.914-04:00Lamb UpdatesThe last lambs of the year were born yesterday. Dixie had twins, a ewe and a ram. They're all healthy and doing great.<br />
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The other lambs are really getting big. <br />
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The ewe lamb on the far left is really impressing me. She's the biggest of all of the older lambs, and she's a triplet. I hope the kids decide to take her to the fair so I can see how she does.<br />
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Here are the three triplets together.<br />
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The Suffolk influence gives a few of these lambs an interesting face...I'm used to the woolly faces of the Southdowns and Romneys, and these lambs have woolly faces but they've got bigger patches of hair around their eyes and mouths than I'm used to. <br />
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Here's the ram, below. He sure is a long boy. And see how big Dixie was (in front of him) before she lambed? <br />
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The sky was crazy one day a few weeks ago. <br />
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The kids 4-H club glazed ceramic piggy banks during their last meeting. The piggy banks will be fired and returned next meeting.<br />
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There's a bulk foods store near us that sells cereal marshmallows. Cereal marshmallows in popcorn....a great invention!<br />
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We met some friends for dinner one night recently and had some delicious sushi. <br />
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I voted in the primary election. Yay for voting!<br />
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We split a beef with a few friends and this is one of the steaks. The thing was HUGE. David and I each got about 2 meals from it.<br />
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I filled up the incubator with some eggs from my friend's hens and some from mine. I was really excited to hatch these, because they are mostly Marans eggs (some Black Copper, some Blue Copper, Cuckoo, and Birchen). </div>
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Kylee was sitting on the counter this afternoon, watching the eggs hatching and the chicks bopping around. </div>
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I ordered these chicks (above) from the local feed store. I got an assortment: 6 Ameraucanas, 5 Welsummers, 2 Speckled Sussex, and 2 Cochins. The Cochins came in an assortment of colors, and I was so excited that there were 2 blues available. I've wanted Blue Cochins for a long time, so I scooped those two up so fast! Some of these chicks are going to a friend, and I think I may end up selling some, because I'm running out of room in my coop!</div>
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I've knitted a few fun things lately and wanted to show them. First up is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oink-2" target="_blank">Oink</a>, by Susan B. Anderson. It's the cutest little flying pig! I love how it turned out. </div>
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A while back I found Susan B. Anderson's reversible patterns. I knit the little <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/egg-to-turtle" target="_blank">Egg-to-Turtle</a> a few months ago.<br />
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This time I made the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mini-reversible-duck-to-bunny" target="_blank">Mini-Reversible Duck to Bunny. </a><br />
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They're such fun little patterns and take hardly any time at all to knit up! You have to like fiddly things though, because some of the pieces can be a bit fiddly. <br />
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Remember the <a href="http://katiegirlkate.blogspot.com/2016/03/catch-up.html" target="_blank">roving I dyed</a> with Easter egg dye? I spun it and it turned out really well, if I do say so myself. I ended up spinning up the colored roving and some white roving, then plying them together. Stripes! I really enjoyed the dyeing part, and I can see a lot of that in my future!<br />
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<br />katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-83340334948154215612016-04-04T20:51:00.000-04:002016-04-04T20:51:51.356-04:00Sheared<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The dark lamb is Barley's, a triplet and a ram.<br />
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Barley's lamb, the only ewe of the trio. She's the biggest lamb of all 5, and a nice looking girl.</div>
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The lamb above on the left (Split Ear) is Darla's ram lamb. He lost his tag. The one on the right is Barley's ram lamb.</div>
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We got a few inches of snow the first weekend in March. It was a wet snow and clung to everything. Very pretty!<br />
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I got my hair partially dyed blue! I wanted something fun, and figured a pop of color would be fun! It's hidden under the top layer of hair, so it's not super obvious right away. I love it. It's been about 3 weeks now, and it's starting to fade a bit, so I will probably have it dyed again in a couple weeks. I may add some purple in next time!<br />
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I hadn't made a cake in a while, so I made a rainbow cake. Fun with food coloring!<br />
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Elmer loves to follow the sun beam around and lay in the warmth, even if that means he has to lay on boots! Silly boy.<br />
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My brother and his fiance just bought a house, so we went for a visit and helped them get some work done before they moved in. David and Chris worked on patching drywall, and I primed one of the bedrooms. Devin and Kylee helped with a little bit of everything.<br />
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Peppa, one of the New Zealand does (rabbit doe, not goat doe) had a litter of kits. She had 9, and 7 are still with us. This is her second litter, although she didn't make a nest for the first litter and they all froze. She's doing a great job so far with this litter.<br />
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We dyed eggs yesterday, and Angie, Isaac, and Ernest came over. David and Ernest stayed outside talking to David's Aunt Nancy, and the rest of us got to work. I forgot to get pictures of the finished eggs!<br />
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I was making deviled eggs, and I saw how some people put the hard boiled egg white in dye, and then they have Easter colored deviled eggs, so we tried it with a few of the eggs. It looked neat, but I prefer my deviled eggs white I think.<br />
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We had lots of dye left over, so I put it to good use. I got some white roving and had some fun making some rainbow roving.<br />
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I'll have to get a better picture of the dry roving. I'm surprised at how bright the colors turned out! Now that I look back at these pictures, I notice a theme. I guess I've been a little tired of the dreary winter, because I have been loving lots of color lately!<br />
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Kylee helped me make some egg rolls today. We baked them, instead of frying them. They were pretty good, but I added too much ginger to the filling. I'll have to tweak my recipe (no recipe, just a little of this and that tossed in a bowl) and try again.<br />
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<br />katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-40026014782168763402016-03-13T21:21:00.000-04:002016-03-13T21:21:23.874-04:00Knitting by the Sea 2016Our aunt is a member of a guild that has retreats every year in Corolla, NC. Last weekend was my second time going. It's a fun weekend...spending a weekend in a nice hotel with my sister, knitting and having a great time! I was lucky enough to be asked back to teach a needle felting class and to do a demonstration on making felted beads. <br />
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The hotel where the retreat is held is so nice! <br />
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The view is great. I'd love to have one of these huge houses on the ocean. I'd even settle for staying in one for a week in the summer.<br />
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Becky and I took pictures on the balcony, but that's as close as we got to the ocean. It was a busy weekend!<br />
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Saturday, we set up the Purl & June table and sold some soap, and Becky manned the table for me while I gave my demonstration. <br />
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The felted bead demo was fun, and all the ladies ended up going home with several beads.<br />
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Later that night, we went down for the festivities. We play knitting bingo, win door prizes, and eat desserts. Becky and I wore our matching sheep nightshirts. We got these at our own local Walmart stores, and didn't realize we both had the same shirt until we were talking about what to bring to the retreat. We decided to coordinate outfits. <br />
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Sunday morning was my needle felting class. I picked 2 cute critters they participants could make- either an owl or a gnome. The class was a lot of fun.<br />
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Aunt Linda made a really cute gnome with the cutest ears. Here he is below, not yet finished.<br />
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<br />katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-35488876996138294232016-03-13T20:36:00.000-04:002016-03-13T20:36:17.705-04:00Healthy LambsSo, to quote Paul Harvey, here's the rest of the story (of lambing). After I lost Bean and her triplets, I was convinced my other ewes would all have horrible times lambing. I had to leave last Friday (the 4th) to go to the Outer Banks (NC) for a knitting retreat. I was scheduled to teach a felting class on Sunday, so canceling was not an option! David was home, and I had a few friends I could call if he needed help, so really I should have been confident everything would be ok...but in my sleep deprived state, I was convinced there would be trouble. <br />
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The handy thing I added this year is a barn camera that has it's own IP address, which means I can log in on my phone or on any computer and check on the sheep. Two hours into my drive to NC, I pulled over and checked on the sheep. I saw Darla was in labor. Crap! I called David, and he went out to check to see that the lamb was coming in the normal position, which it was. I drive another 20 minutes, and pulled over again, and checked the camera just in time to see the lamb being born. I was SO relieved to see a normal birth! Darla ended up having twins, a ram and a ewe. A friend of mine was able to stop by that night to dip the lambs' navels (David's not familiar with how to do that).<br />
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The rest of the weekend I was obsessed with checking the camera. I'd wake up every 2 hours and check, but there wasn't any action until Sunday morning when I was teaching my class. Of course! My sister was monitoring the computer while I taught, which was so helpful because I didn't need to worry about it as much. <br />
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I could tell Barley was restless and seemed like she was starting to go into labor, but after a couple of hours she hadn't really made any progress and it was time to get on the road to head home. While I was driving home, she ended up having two healthy lambs. I asked my friend Nancy to go over to help David dip their navels in iodine, and they were surprised to find a third lambs! Barley had two rams and a ewe lamb. <br />
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I've got one last ewe to lamb, but she's not due until around early May. Luckily I don't have any trips planned around that time! katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-6682789120973828792016-03-07T21:35:00.002-05:002016-03-07T21:35:42.193-05:00In Memory of Bean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lambing started off on the wrong foot this year. Bean was pregnant with triplets and I spent an hour trying to untangle the bottle-necked lambs to get them out. After a very difficult labor (hard on me, but worse for her), I had three dead triplets (DOA) and a ewe with a torn uterus. It was the worst lambing experience I've had, and I hope to never repeat it. </div>
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Barley (L), Bean, Dragline (the ram, R)<br />
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Selfie with Darla!<br />
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Another selfie with Darla! Darla always gets lovey-dovey when she's in late gestation. She loves her ears scratched (inside), and also her chest and her shoulders. <br />
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I started working on Barley's fleece in August, and I finally finished some yarn recently. I washed the fleece in the summer, when it could dry outside. Then I sort of got busy with other projects. <br />
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Here's the fleece, right after shearing.<br />
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Then it got washed. My friend Nancy let me use her set up to skirt (remove undesirable and dirty pieces), wash, and dry the fleece.<br />
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It took a few washes to get it clean.<br />
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When it was dry, I started picking it (opening up the fibers) and carding it. Nancy showed me how to use her picker. <br />
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And then the fiber was carded. Carding it aligns the fibers (mostly) to get a smooth batt of wool. Then you can spin it. You can also use something called a diz to take the fiber off the carder as roving (a "rope" of wool) and spin right from the roving.<br />
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When I had 2 full bobbins, I plyed the 2 singles together. One strand (above) is called a single, and when you twist two or more together, that's plying. I made a 2 ply yarn. After I plied the yarn, I put it on the niddy-noddy (below) to make the hank of yarn.<br />
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I think Barley would approve. :-)katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-37262449967612155332016-02-07T20:47:00.001-05:002016-02-07T20:47:04.289-05:00A Couple More WeeksBecause I haven't been blogging as much lately, I don't have record of when some important things happened. I usually blog about breeding dates, and then I can always come back to check to keep record of things. <br />
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Today I vaccinated and crutched the ewes (sheared around vulvas and udders) because lambing is coming up soon. Darla was bred October 8th, so she'll be due around March 2nd. Bean was bred October 10th, so she'll be due around March 4th. Barley was bred October 13th, so she'll be due around March 7th. Dixie was bred early, but didn't settle. I recently preg tested her again, and she is pregnant. The ram wasn't wearing his harness that late in the season, but by my best guess, she was bred sometime around December 14th. That means she won't lamb until around May 9th. <br />
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Darla (center) and Dixie (right)<br />
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Murphy's Law struck breeding season this year, in a big way. My intentions were to have the ewes bred at the beginning of September, so the lambs would arrive in mid January. Mother Nature (or Murphy) had different plans. The sheep got bred much later than I wanted, and they're all due right around the time of my weekend away. I'll be going away March 4-6, and that's exactly when the sheep are due. Now, those dates are based on 147 day gestation, and sheep can vary several days on either side of that. Experienced ewes lamb earlier, in my experience, so I'm holding out hope they lamb before I leave. David is going to get a crash course in lambing, if not!<br />
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The dogs were SO excited (well, Buford especially) to be out and have a clear area to walk in. I took this little video of Buford, who wouldn't contain his excitement.<br />
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I cleared around the sheep gate so I could open it, instead of climbing over it. Plus I cleared a path for them to get to the waterer. They haven't been drinking much, and I even put a bucket of water right in their shelter. I saw Bean eating snow, so that explains it. I guess they'd rather eat snow than drink. </div>
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<br />katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-80611405990182460152016-01-23T18:16:00.003-05:002016-01-23T18:16:45.026-05:00Snowy SaturdaySnow! I woke up to about 13" of snow on the ground, and we probably easily got another 5" during the day today. It's hard to tell, because it has been blowing around a good bit today. <br />
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Here are some pictures from today. I had these visions of doing nothing at all during the day...enjoying the snow and snuggling on the couch. Don't get me wrong, I've had a chance to sit down and get sucked into social media, but I've also been busy. <br />
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This is how I looked when I went outside this morning. It's not the most glamorous, but it is warm!<br />
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I used our garden tractor to push the snow out of the driveway. I don't care for that chore. David called me (from work) last night to tell me to push snow so I could keep on top of it, instead of waiting until it was deep. I was too warm and comfortable to go out late at night and push snow, so I waited until the morning. It was very difficult. I did what I could, and then used a shovel to start digging out the huge wall of snow left by the snow plows. I got a 3' wide path through to the road, but had to go inside to take a break. My back doesn't care for heavy lifting, and it was starting to hurt. A few minutes later I heard my neighbor's snowblower running, and I looked out to see him clearing the end of our driveway! I was so happy I could have cried. What a relief!<br />
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So I baked him some brownies and took them over as a thank you.<br />
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Buford spent some time outside with me. He's my shadow, so when I went out to take pictures, he made it clear he would be joining me.<br />
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One perk of the snow is that your boots get squeaky clean!<br />
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I've been enjoying watching the birds eat at the feeders. My dad made me this platform bird feeder for Christmas, and the birds really love it!<br />
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Remember yesterday when I mentioned how sturdy the sheep shelter was and how much I loved it? I found a small problem at feeding time this afternoon.<br />
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Oops! I got a garden hoe and started clearing off the roof of the entire shelter. There was only a small portion of the wooden structure I couldn't reach. I was able to pop the cattle panel roof back up, though it's not quite as rounded as it was before.<br />
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It still functions just fine though. The sheep aren't crazy about the really deep snow, but they seem fine. I've been hanging hay bags in their shelter so they're content to stay in and eat hay.<br />
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It's supposed to get windy tonight...gusts up to 50mph I think. I'm crossing my fingers the power holds out. I'm prepared if it goes out, but it's much more convenient with electricity! <br />
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Now I'm going to go sit at my spinning wheel and work on my "Barley" yarn (from Barley's fleece). katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-79817212670897157152016-01-22T20:32:00.002-05:002016-01-22T20:32:47.600-05:00Finally Some Snow!It has been a very mild winter, so I'm really excited we're finally getting some winter weather! Snow storm "Jonas" (I think it's dumb winter storms are named) is here, so I spent the afternoon doing some finally prepping so I can relax and enjoy the snow. <br />
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I let the goats out of the barn for some play time while I worked outside today. They've been in the barn for a few days, and they'll be in there for at least the weekend, so I knew they'd enjoy running around. They were very happy!<br />
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They ran and jumped and played and didn't seem at all bothered by their new coats.<br />
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I didn't intentionally buy goat coats, but I bought a dog coat for Elmer that was too big, and I figured I'd try it on the goat. That's the orange coat. It fit perfectly, and the goats have done some shivering on these cold days. It has been so mild they haven't really grown a good winter coat. Since the orange one fit Ida so well, I went ahead and ordered the purple one for June. <br />
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They seem like they'll be great coats for the price (less than $20 each from Jeffers), but I did see Ida turn her head around and yank down the velcro strap closest to her head. I guess I should have expected that from goats.<br />
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I don't put much straw at the entrance to their shelter, because they just drag it out. This shelter has held up SO well. One side is wood, but the other is made of pallets over t-posts, with a cattle panel roof covered with a tarp. We put this up quickly last year, because they needed more shelter space. It has held up beautifully, and I really love it.</div>
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The rabbits got fresh straw bedding. The adults have their own nesting boxes they can snuggle in, and the babies (well, they're "tweens" now) all snuggle together. </div>
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The hay is sort of exposed to wind and blowing snow, since the sides are all open. I hung a tarp on each of the two exposed sides to help keep the snow out of the hay, and also to keep the wind from blowing all the hay around. It's not totally enclosed, but it's better than it was, for sure.</div>
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The goats are warm and cozy in the barn, along with Kiki the barn cat. She has a heat lamp and loves to sleep under it. If it gets too cold, I can bring her inside (although she prefers being outside).</div>
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The dogs also got new coats, and they had a lot of fun playing outside today while I was working.</div>
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Their coats are the <a href="http://www.jefferspet.com/products/ripstop-dog-blanket-22?via=5338847b9fa2600f00000029%2F5338847c9fa2600f00000049%2F5338847d9fa2600f00000058" target="_blank">Ripstop Dog Blanket</a>, from Jeffers. Buford has the 22", and Elmer has the 24". Oh, the goats have the 28". </div>
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Now the dogs are passed out on the couch as I type this. I need to go get my oil lamps and candles and put them on the kitchen counter. I've filled lots of jugs with water, and will fill a tub too, in case we lose power. We have a well, and will have no water, but I can still flush the toilet with water from the tub if needed. I also went to the library and got a new audio book and several books in case I feel like reading this weekend. I've got a lot to choose from....reading, watching movies, knitting, spinning, practicing on my ukelele. Yes, I have a ukelele. I got it for Christmas, but will write about that another day!</div>
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I haven't been blogging much lately...not a single post in over a month. I am struggling with it. Blogging used to be fun for me, but for the past while it has felt like a chore. I love looking back and reading my blog to see what we were up to (as a sort of diary), but I won't have anything to read if I don't start blogging again! </div>
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Here are a few random pictures of what we've been doing these past weeks.</div>
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Kylee set up her easel and paint stuff on the deck (months ago, when it was warmer out). </div>
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Chris came to visit and Elmer stared at him in adoration.<br />
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Buford found a very comfy spot on top of all of the pillows.<br />
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Isaac (2nd cousin) came to spend the night and the kids took turns reading to him. </div>
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Elmer went outside to potty and completely missed the deer nearby. <br />
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But then he saw it and the deer ran away.</div>
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The goats got some stumps in their pen. Goats love stumps.<br />
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Elmer was playing outside and broke his dew claw. I had to clip it off and wrap it because it was very tender. He's fine now. </div>
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I farm sat for a friend and the kids learned how to halter and lead a pony.</div>
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We had a nice, 60 degree day, so the bunnies got turns running around in an exercise pen outside. </div>
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Then I clipped their nails and brushed them, and ended up with all of the hair on me.<br />
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We went through a mud season. It rained every day for 10 days. After that, it rained some more. Luckily it isn't muddy any longer. I was getting so sick of it, and I know the animals were too.</div>
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I weaned a litter of 10 rabbits from a first time mother. She did a fabulous job raising them. </div>
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Elmer's was WAY too big on him, but it fits Ida perfectly! The poor goats haven't grown a decent winter coat, since winter has been relatively warm so far. These nights in the low teens are hard on them, so they're in the barn for a little while until the temps are a little warmer.</div>
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Last night was the annual Christmas Parade. The kids' 4-H Club made a float and participated in the parade. Our float had a gingerbread house, a giant popcorn cranberry garland (made of spray foam insulation and red plastic ornaments), and giant lollipops and ribbon candy. It turned out pretty nicely, if I do say so myself! It was a chilly night, but when you walk the entire parade route, you keep warm!katiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232045088235784636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478730768260453673.post-48885785359072012015-11-30T22:18:00.000-05:002015-11-30T22:18:59.687-05:00I thought I'd post some animal pictures since I haven't posted any in a while.<br />
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Barley is so photogenic. Even when she's covered in hay.<br />
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The sheep enjoyed a nice meal of hay and grain for Thanksgiving.<br />
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Lucky, the buck, was very interested in my camera.<br />
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Ida is so funny, her bottom teeth always show.<br />
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Ida was coming into heat, so Lucky was blubbering to everything. I got a video of some of it.<br />
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Kylee's doe, Snowflake, had 10 babies a few weeks ago. The babies are now hopping all around, eating pellets and hay and drinking water (in addition to nursing).</div>
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A couple weeks ago we had a few friends over for a lamb roast. We butchered 3 of our lambs, and decided to roast one. We had it quartered, and roasted it along with one of the Boston butts from the pig we raised a couple years ago. </div>
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Our good friend Mark came over that morning and helped David get a good fire going so they could roast the meat. Of course it was supposed to rain, so they fashioned a roof out of a sheet of metal. It worked perfectly!</div>
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