Thursday, November 29, 2012

Auto Knitter Made in Canada

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Meet the Auto Knitter, a circular sock knitting machine from 1924. An early Holiday gift from my father, and one that will put to gre...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

You are wonderful! This blog goes on.

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Wow, you actually like me. Thank you. To be completely honest, I stayed away from the internet yesterday, after I posted my request .  I...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Do you like this blog? Seeking help, please read.

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After the goodbye post I wrote the other day, I've been kind of bummed out Looking back at my blog, I'm really amazed at all the ...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

inspiration

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Mostly I'm just writing this post to see if I can upload photos to my blog any more.  But if it works, it's a really inspiring photo...
Tuesday, November 06, 2012

SALE at my Etsy shop - possible last chance

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It looks like I'll be taking my etsy inventory down to the local yarn shop for sale over Christmas. So this is going to be your last cha...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

A Varpapuu Loom from Finland

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She said, "Varpapuu" I replied, "bless you" and reached over to hand her a tissue. But she wasn't sneezing....
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

1950s Traveleze camper trailer - ideas about the electrical system

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Sigh.  How do I say to someone that I'm not actually some impractical dreamer.  I've already taken all that into considerations (an...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

1955 Travleze trailer - goals and random thoughts

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It's been a week since I first discovered this travel trailer project .  Now that it's safely home in our workshop, I need to start...
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1955 Traveleze comes home - evaluation of the shell and some thoughts on reconstruction

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We rented a U-Haul cube van to bring the Traveleze trailer home on Wednesday.  It was quite the undertaking, but everything went smoothly....
Sunday, October 07, 2012

1955 Traveleze Trailer

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The advert called it Canned Ham!  Or, more specifically, disassembled canned ham. photo is from the add for the trailer It looks a bi...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Destash time and etsy shop sale

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SALE TIME IN MY ETSY SHOP.  Special coupon just for you. I just got butt in the hand by a goat, so I'm going to make this quicker than...
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Friday, August 31, 2012

The new me - sewing clothing... the plunge

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Medieval English Woman's Costume - Women's Clothing in the Time of... (clipped to polyvore.com ) Probably not the be...
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Google Adds, you decide

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Some of you might have noticed that I've put the google adverts on the blog a few weeks back. Why? Well, because it makes a (very) li...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Need a new me. revamping my wardrobe to avoid reverse ageism. please advise.

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Oh, I am so rubbish at this.  Anyone want to tell me what I should wear? I'm not one to notice clothing very much.  Especially when ...
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Thursday, August 02, 2012

tdf came and went

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The tour de fleece came and went, and I somehow got overwhelmed with farmstuff... again... as usual.  Oh well. But I'm still around.  ...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Tour de fleece 2012 - day five

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Been busy like crazy but still got a bit of spinning in.  Mystery brow fibre plied with some merino Habu lace.
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Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Tour de Fleece 2012: stage 2 and 3

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(sorry all, don't know what's wrong with the formatting today) Yesterday, Stage 2 of the Tour de Fleece, was for me what they call...
Sunday, July 01, 2012

Tour de Fleece 2012 - Stage 1

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Goals are a very important aspect of yarn sports.  You may be tempted to think that an event like the Tour de Fleece, is a bunch of people w...
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I'm in a contest!

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I wonder if you've ever come across the Etsy Contest ?  It's actually quite a fun little game.  They show you two photos from two d...
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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Tour de Fleece 2012 - Prologue

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Today is the first day of the Tour de France, which makes it the start of the Tour de Fleece . The Tour de Fleece is a yarn-sport where we...
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