Power Plying Class

Power Plying Class
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These ladies belong to the local Spinners and Weavers guild.

The samples

The samples
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These were three samples of yarn passed around to notice the difference.
Over plied, perfectly balanced and under plied.

Power Plying Class

These two ladies were Mother and Daugther.

The skein headband

The skein headband
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This headband deserved a second shot.

The demo on spinning thread

The demo on spinning thread
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Power Plying Class

Power Plying Class
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Arlene helping out a fellow spinner

Arlene is a local yarn store owner. She owns Fiberworks. http://fiberworksdayton.blogspot.com/2006/05/silk-magic-scarf-class.html

Our Teacher (the one wearing the headband)

Our Teacher (the one wearing the headband)
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I went to an all day Saturday spinning class. It was from 9:30 am to 6:30 or so. It was called power plying. If you are not sure what plying is it is what you do to several strands of yarn after you have spun it.
It can be 2 or 3 or lots more of strands spun together. Usually you spin the single strands one direction and when you ply them you go the other direction to make them all stay together. Our teacher came from New Mexico to teach our class in Beaver Creek.

HAII - The Hat That Killed Me

HAII - The Hat That Killed Me
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This is the hat that came in the mail and killed me in Hat Attack II.
The picture is poor quality. I will try to take another photo this weekend and replace this one.
The person also sent me a ball band dishcloth and a little fabric bag.

My Hat Attack Hat

My Hat Attack Hat
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This is the hat I was working on when I was killed. I snapped this poor quality shot at night. I had to send it out unfinished to the peson who killed me. They are suppose to get the hat and finish it for me and try to kill the next person by sending it to them before they finish their hat.

My Fiber Purchases

My Fiber Purchases
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This is the fiber I came home with. There is not many places you can purchase fiber around here. So I had saved up with the intention of getting quite a bit of fiber until the next years fiber festival.

My Favorite Sheep

My Favorite Sheep
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There were many sheep and llamas in the animal tent.
This was my favorite sheep. He was looking at me.

Working Dog

Working Dog
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He was having them go up the ramp and into the baby pool for a swim here.

Working Dog

Working Dog
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This dog was a working dog making the four ducks do an course of different things.

Spinning

Spinning
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I love the motion of the wheel on this photo.

Creatively Dyed Yarn

Creatively Dyed Yarn
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These were her best selling fibers. I did not pick up any of these.

Creatively Dyed Yarn

Creatively Dyed Yarn
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I purchased 3 of these to spin up. I can't wait to see how they turn out. I have seen them on Etsy for sale.

Hats For Sale

Hats For Sale
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This lady was making some lovely hats with flowers on them.

Vendors

Vendors
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Homemade Wheel

Homemade Wheel
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I had seen these wheels for sale on line. They seem so odd I had to try it out to see how it spun. It was not something I was interested in spinning with. I love my lady bug more than spinning on this particular wheel.

Vendors

Vendors
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The First Tent

The First Tent
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I then made my way into the first tent of vendors.
It was rather warm inside the tents.

Weaving The Finished Yarn

Weaving The Finished Yarn
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Here is the last step using the yarn to weave a shawl. They had a goal of making 2 shawls on this day.
How amazing is it to see the whole process?

Spinning The Carded Wool

Spinning The Carded Wool
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Finally, spinning the wool to make a fiber for the weaver.

Drum Carding Wool

Drum Carding Wool
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Pulling the wool off the drum carder.

Drum Carding Wool

Drum Carding Wool
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Another lady was using a drum carder.

Hand Carding Wool

Hand Carding Wool
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One lady was hand carding the wool.

Unprocessed Wool

Unprocessed Wool
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I went to this booth to see the whole process of making a shawl.
This is the unprocessed wool that was used to start the process.

A Wool Gathering

A Wool Gathering
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Darn that Ike

Last, Sunday at about 1:30 or so we lost our power. I was on the phone with my Mother in the morning and noticed it seemed a bit windy. But, I thought nothing of it. So I went off on my merry way to get a hair cut and eyebrow wax. Because J's work was having a party the following weekend.
The winds were very high by the time I got out of the hair cutting place. The power was going on and off while I was getting my hair cut. I was planning to go to the gym afterwards but I decided I better just go straight home. On the way home I saw this large piece of drywall cartwheeling down the street at my car. The winds were pretty bad at that time. As I was driving past the entrance to the golf course by our house a tree had fallen on the power lines and had caught fire.
Since, I am the last living person without a cell phone I decided I would call about the fire when I got home. I drove around the corner to our street and there was a big tree down in the road and no one could get through. Everyone in the line of cars got out of their cars and helped move the tree. When finally pulled in to our place we had no power and no phone. So much for calling about the fire.
This wind business lasted well into the night. There were all sorts of trees uprooted all over town. The power has been out for most of the town all week. Most people got their power back by Thursday. But a few people at the gym and at my work still have no power. There are many street intersection lights still out. It took me 50 minutes to get home last night. It should have been a 20 min drive at the most. With all the lights out it became much longer.
We were lucky we only lost our potted plants and the a large trash bag full of shingles from our roof. Our power was only out for about 20 hours.

I was planning to go out to a fiber festival this morning in Yellow Springs at http://www.youngsdairy.com/. I saw online on the Dayton daily news that they had alot of damage from Ike.

Here is the link to what happened to the dairy. http://public.fotki.com/youngsaw/specialevents/we-got-ike-d!/

It seems the fiber festival is still going on so I will take pictures and post later on.

Chicken House

Chicken House
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This is my Mother's new chicken house. I love it. She is just starting to raise chickens. I am sure this will be interesting.

Rmsheffler's Traveling Scarf

Here is a picture of the latest scarf to come to my house for an addition. It belongs to http://rmsheffler.blogspot.com/ she is in our group 11 traveling scarf group on Ravelry.

Recipes of the week

I am thinking of making the butternut squash soup on this link. The recipes all look so wonderful.
http://www.iliveonafarm.com/recipes.html

Extreme Makeover Home Edition - TV Show

The company I work for is currently working on the Extreme Makeover house that is currently under construction in Toledo, Ohio. I have attached a photo of the site. The entire home is being built in 106 hours. I hear there will be more updates and pictures.
I can't believe you can build a home in 106 hours.

Hat Attack II - Knit Along or Knitting War?

I just joined a new group while awaiting my dish rag tag race box.
It is called Hat Attack II
http://www.hat-attack.com/Default.aspx?pageId=143369

HAT ATTACK! is a friendly kill or be killed competition where the weapon of choice is a hat. You will receive a target and original weapon pattern. Your goal is to knit and mail a hat to your target before you are killed before receiving one yourself!

The last assassin standing will be awarded US$500 worth of SWTC yarn!
LAST DAY TO ENLIST: September 8, 2008.

At the very least I will get a hat from someone who kills me.

My Favorite Things

I thought I would post a small bit about my newest favorite things. One of my favorite things is http://www.sabra.com/c22/Sabra-Hummus.htm I love the Peppa Dew flavor one. I purchase it at Sam's. It is 80 calories per serving. I have it on these low carb tortillas 50 calories each. YUM !!!http://latortillafactory.com/jadworks/ltf/jwsuite.nsf/ViewSelection/4268019D4EFFAF018825723A0074F6FA?Open&site=Home*ViewSelection=Tortilla_Talk**mb

Applesauce Anyone?

Applesauce Anyone?
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I made applesauce last weekend for Jeremiah. He loves homeade applesauce. I made it in the crockpot each day. I canned it in the evenings. I used apples and my favorite cinnamon from the pampered chef. It is thick and chunky with very little sugar.
I am making more this weekend as we have already used 3 jars. I picked up some fresh apples at the popcorn festival.

The Beaver And His Popcorn

The Beaver And His Popcorn
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I love the little beaver.

Beaver Creek Fire Dept.

Beaver Creek Fire Dept.
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This must have taken hours to clean up and straighten out for this display.

Beaver Creek Fire Dept.

Beaver Creek Fire Dept.
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The fire department was working at the festival. They were showing lots of trucks and vehicles they use at one end of the festival.

Popcorn For Everyone!

Popcorn For Everyone!
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There was a few kettle corn booths. Everyone was walking around eating popcorn. I must admit I had a medium size bag. I brought it home and nibbled on it the rest of the day.

Deep Fried Pickles

Deep Fried Pickles
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I had to take a picture of this stand. Tell me again why you would fry pickles?

Popcorn Festival

Banner at the info booth
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