tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post4814989545159917305..comments2023-11-20T03:37:18.313-05:00Comments on The Knitty Gritty Homestead: Pioneering: Part 4The Knitty Gritty Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890656094078973552noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-63288727568944856272010-06-11T14:37:17.950-04:002010-06-11T14:37:17.950-04:00I've been loving reading about your pioneering...I've been loving reading about your pioneering adventure! This post got to me the most of course; I'm totally fascinated by the process of turning sheep's wool into roving into yarn...<br /><br />(This is Kat from katofalltrades.com!)Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12981932711394309178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-38797250060846212282010-06-11T14:19:36.076-04:002010-06-11T14:19:36.076-04:00It's so funny....I was spinning with my drop s...It's so funny....I was spinning with my drop spindle a couple of nights ago and was thinking of your blogs, wondering if you had tried spinning yet! I couldn't believe my eyes when I got to your blog today!!! An easy way to get into it is with a drop spindle )compact, cheap)and I recommend the book RESPECT THE SPINDLE by Abby Franquemont as it is the most comprehensive (but still use-able) one I've found yet. But definitely get out there and start spinning!!!!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729343264973559946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-25902262051203347642010-06-11T11:11:40.779-04:002010-06-11T11:11:40.779-04:00Ha! I just did a google search for Lanaphilia (aft...Ha! I just did a google search for Lanaphilia (after looking up the latin for wool), as you do at 1am, and your blog post popped up. <br /><br />Isn't spinning awkward at first!? I tried it at the local wool festival almost a year ago, and since then have had to buy a drop spindle, then a spinning wheel, then a HEAP of fibre... then my family started buying me fibre... lol. I'm hanging out for the wool festival again in July, when I'm going to stock up again. It is addictive, I must say.Alrischahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267747251542712085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-21899641720591265682010-06-10T21:26:04.706-04:002010-06-10T21:26:04.706-04:00Great post! Hope you start spinning soon, then you...Great post! Hope you start spinning soon, then you can teach the rest of us. I just got a great little guide to using a drop spindle today...I like that it is so compact and could potentially be done anywhere! Reckon we should start a chapter of the Renfrew Country Swingin' Spinners??!!!<br />looks like you had a swell trip! <br />Maureen xoTwigandToadstoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408437451671761958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-71485193520946715912010-06-10T09:25:11.198-04:002010-06-10T09:25:11.198-04:00I agree with you on all points of wool. (Although...I agree with you on all points of wool. (Although, I find myself drawn more to the felting of instead of the knitting of. I am wrestling with a pair of socks at the moment that have been started and pulled off no less than 4 times in a week.)<br />It is truly sad that so many farmers dispose of their wool in whatever way possible - last year I was the beneficiary of one feedbag full of shorn fleece. I washed it and carded it and man was it a whole lot of work....but I ended up with a whole lot of batting, basically for free.sheepishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338525373968705776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825862861569609473.post-63779194195353539672010-06-10T07:45:38.260-04:002010-06-10T07:45:38.260-04:00I giggled when I first read your "lanaphilia&...I giggled when I first read your "lanaphilia" because for a moment I thought it was a reference to powerful sisterly love. But I quickly realized, with a chuckle, that you OF COURSE meant wool! I'm a thinkin' that *your* name should have been Lana :-)<br /><br />Beautiful photos. I'm itchin' (ha) to touch that bin of wool.W-S Wanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242784517253760863noreply@blogger.com