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Post by Shepherdess on Apr 14, 2016 22:17:34 GMT
The pipes are just stuck in. if you wanted you could make different lengths and use the same elbows.
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Post by zed on Apr 16, 2016 12:14:44 GMT
Thanks, Cathy
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Post by sundownalpacas on Apr 17, 2016 2:31:22 GMT
My daily dose today was dyeing some of my alpaca grey for a customer. I am picking up a female grey alpaca tomorrow and will have her fiber from shearing on May 18th. She could not wait until then as she is knitting a gift. Attachments:
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Post by Shepherdess on Apr 17, 2016 13:32:11 GMT
My daily dose yesterday was more stitching on my felt picture. I now have the 3 bigger trees done. I will have to look up some more stitches for all the small trees on the mountains.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Apr 17, 2016 16:59:21 GMT
I did some natural dyeing yesterday, mixing a few different colors.
Nice alpaca, Liz! What dye did you use to achieve gray?
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Post by sundownalpacas on Apr 17, 2016 21:40:59 GMT
I did some natural dyeing yesterday, mixing a few different colors. Nice alpaca, Liz! What dye did you use to achieve gray? I borrowed an acid dye from a friend. It was a Dharma brand and was called silver grey. Here is a pic of the two female alpacas we picked up today. Attachments:
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 18, 2016 0:46:21 GMT
So cute! I love the silver gray Dharma dye.
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Post by elizabeth on Apr 19, 2016 22:04:46 GMT
My daily dose of fiber has been picking up the drifts of cat fur as the girls shed. I'm in a bit of a felting hiatus with the construction. Sunday I had to move all my supplies away from the windows that we're opening up for access to the new studio.
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Post by chookie2 on Apr 19, 2016 23:28:16 GMT
Whooppee this week has been 2 trips to my PO ( 10klm away) to pick up parcels contains some lovely felting fibres, so yesterday I took a trip to Warrnambool, which is about 100 klm trip, to buy more plastic bins for storage as I have decided I need to rearrange my studio into color bins to fit this extra 6.5 kilo of fibre in.... what fun! I have also knitted a pair of slippers for felting from this pattern here ( www.allfiberarts.com/2012/aa090105.htm ) and started my good friend knitting again as she is fighting liver cancer and not able to do much - we had a lovely day of knitting together and laughing a lot - good for the soul. I have warned her I am going to teach her to felt them too when she finishes them, it was interesting to see her reaction when I felted a sample of knitting - she had no idea what could happen as it turned to felt.
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Post by chookie2 on Apr 19, 2016 23:31:04 GMT
See what happens when we talk about dye and then I go hunting sites- I find new felting ideas! LOL
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 20, 2016 13:22:48 GMT
Great fun and friendship. Good luck to your friend. When you get reorganized give us a peek.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Apr 20, 2016 14:07:21 GMT
My daily dose has turned into a weekly dose of natural dyes, experimenting on animal fibers and mixing colors. Pure fun! The mad scientist has been unleashed. Too bad, no time for cooking food this week. Natural Dyes & Animal Fibers by catwycliff, on Flickr
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Post by lyn on Apr 20, 2016 14:17:09 GMT
Oooh - I might try a pair of those knitted and fulled slippers!
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Post by elizabeth on Apr 20, 2016 20:56:52 GMT
Wasn't that pattern fun & easy, Sue! I knitted pairs for my sis- and bro-in law. Did you put anything on the bottoms? I ended up using some spray-on rubber stuff. I don't know how well it's held up.
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Post by chookie2 on Apr 21, 2016 1:07:29 GMT
Elizabeth, yes the pattern is a good one for me who is needle impaired LOL. I haven't yet felt/fulled them and have started a second pair so may full/felt today if I get time. Carol and I will spend some together again today and sew hers up and knit together. Carol is hard worker who has suddenly had to stop and it doesn't sit well with her at all. I am teaching her that retirement can be fun. Unfortunately the Drs have given her only 2 years so we are going to pack a lot of fun into that time and she is positive they made a mistake so maybe her positivity will help to extend that timeframe- who knows.
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