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This must be the week for it......chit chat and all that. I was beginning to wonder if I had subscribed again with the different email address, as I was previously not getting any of the Aussie Feltmakers List talk. Then a few came in from Sandie, and Lo, I knew that I was on board.
So then I had to let everyone know where I was and what I was doing.
Today, My hostess, is beginning the shearing of her little herd of Alpacas and Icelandic sheep. I offered to help, but am still in the house cleaning up a bit, as the house has been left for at least whilst I have been here anyway. We have had no time at all for cleaning house and other domestic chores. I think that the real reason that I did not go out there to start off with, is that I have not been involved in the shearing process for 17 years now, and I would hate for her to see how
much I had forgotten......but seriously, shearing Alpacas is totally different to shearing sheep. Besides, I watched a demonstration of the shearing the other day at the Pagosa Springs Fibre Festival, and they seem to shear sheep in a totally different manner over here in the States, than they do in Australia....strange.....they tie them up and all sorts.
Meg, I am very glad to hear that the rain has finally come. It would be really a shame if WA had a bad year again for rain, especially after the years in the past, prior to last year. We are currently enjoying the very nice spring weather, sunny and not too hot. Although that is not to say that the weather has not been in the extreme temperatures when I was in East of Washington State and in Montana. We had some doozies then, and it was very strange looking at all the snow on the mountains that had not yet melted, and feeling the heat of almost 100 degrees
Farenheit.
If I start to get in the way during the shearing, I will come into the house again and do some feltmaking. I need to make a bag so that I will have a sample of the bag that I am teaching in one of the classes that I have been doing. I sold my last sample not very long ago.
Hello all, I was only thinking last night that you are all too busy to send messages. Lo and behold mail today!! Great to hear all the news and especially from...
Hi Everyone This must be the week for it......chit chat and all that. I was beginning to wonder if I had subscribed again with the different email address, as...
Julie Williams
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May 31, 2006 2:57 pm
HI Meg & Julie Great to hear from you both!!! Sounds like you are having a marvellous time over there Julie, can we request a pitstop here when you are...
Hi everyone, welcome the new members and Julie it's great to hear from you and your adventures. Wendy I will be in the fibre exchange. I'll be in Sydney most...
Hi Kerry Great to hear from you. I have added your name to the Fibre Exchange. When are you arriving in Sydney? The NSW Hand Spinners & Weavers Guild (which is...
Just a quick reminder about our fibre exchange!!!! Add my name to the list please Wendy!! :-) For those who haven't taken part before its a lot of fun and...
Okay guys, we have had about 8 or so of us send a message last week to let each other know what we were up to, where is everyone else?? We have 30 members, so...
Hi Sandie and everyone else, I have done no felt making this year, am busy with study, work & family. I guess you need need mind space and to be very...
Hi Sandie I am now in Austin, Texas, about to head off to Houston the day after tomorrow, to do three days of workshops there, with Jill Gully. Am staying...
Wendy thanks for letting me know about the open day, I'd love to come. I won't commit myself to a stall though as baby might arrive and I'll miss out... Jenny...
Hi Kerry I will look forward to seeing you in Sydney when you come down. Which suburb will you be staying in? Yes Jenny is a great teacher - she runs quite a...
Can anyone fill me in on some info. In Western Australia recently, somewhere below Perth, there was an Exhibition of someone's felting. A person described it...
Hi Kerry Do you know if it was in Busselton or Bunbury, or where in Western Australia that it was. Do you also know the name of the Exhibitioner? I have been...
Dear Julie and others I have re-read what I had written about the felting in WA, sorry it sounds a bit "double dutch"... What I was trying to say was..... ...
Hi Everyone I have been making batts in the 17.5 superfine, hand dyed and 18.5m in
Treetops Nuance Range. They both felt about the same into a soft, smooth...
Hi Pat That is great news about the finer micron batts. I must put an order in. Do you have a colour card for the new softer shades? Wendy ... From:...
Hi Wendy If all goes well, I will be having a trading table at S & W's open house in
July, I well have the new colours with me and bring some samples for you. ...
Hi everyone, Would love to hear what micron wool you all work with, anything from 14, 16, 18, 22 onwards. Is it harder to felt the lower micron. What about the...
Hi Kerry I particularly enjoy working with any merino between the micron count of 17 and 22, and I rarely work with anything higher, except when I am making...
Hi Kerry I have not worked with any wool lower than 22 micron & find that has worked fine for most purposes, including nuno. I would like to try some finer...
Dear Wendy, Try re-felting your corriedale hat. Sometimes it takes a couple of goes. It will felt down into a hat you will be proud of. Regards Kerry....
Hi Kerry Have spun optum and found it okay but have not felted with it yet. Depends on what I am making as to what micron I use. I tend to work by feel ...
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