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2 novembre 2006

Noemie

Dear blog, Since I have probably lost the few readers I had, this is going to be just the two of us.I kept postponing writing you because I didn't want to bring you bad news. But time passes and things remain the same...Noemie has been missing for over...

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30 novembre 2005

Six Toe

I've got a couple more pictures taken, so I figured I'll share some with you... My "victim" for today is: Six Toe After being outside in the cold, Six Toe likes to come and snuggles into Me's cardigan... Ok, let's try and get a better look: After he is...

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2 décembre 2005

Early Christmas - Noël en avance

Last night I got an earlier Christmas present from Me: Hier soir j'ai eu un cadeau de Noël en avance de la part de Me: Yes, a blocking kit! Isn't that great! Although I wanted to try blocking wires, I didn't have it on my wish list, but Me knew exactly...

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9 janvier 2006

Spinning - Filage

After making my first yarn, I haven't been able to resist very long to get my own spinning wheel. We got an Ashford Traditional, single drive from Copper Moose who also gave us two additional bobbins and one pound of fawn alpaca fiber (WARNING, that stuff...

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20 janvier 2006

Need yarn? Besoin de laine?

I have been busy making more yarn. I had one pound of the purple wool-mohair-alpaca fiber and I spun it all! Here are a few pictures to show you how it turned out. I love the colors! J'ai été occupée à faire plus de laine. J'avais 500g de fibre laine-mohair-alpaga...

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23 février 2006

Parlor Trick Socks

I am currently knitting the parlor trick socks from "Notes on Double Knitting" by Beverly Royce, and I also joined the double-knitting group . For those who are not familiar with them, those socks are knitted at the same time, one inside the other, from...

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24 février 2006

Berribonned Eyelets Sweater

I have been playing with wool and colors. I spun some of the Romney in the grease. I just love the natural color variations. I then used my Gaywool dyes to dye some of it with the Tomato color and some with the Aster. This is how it turned out: from left...

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15 juillet 2005

Leo came back! - Leo est revenu!

I’m so happy and relieved that Leo came back last night, and he is OK! I wonder where he was, maybe just on a hunting trip… I am surprised that he didn’t want to spend the night inside. But he came again this morning for breakfast. Je suis si heureuse...

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13 juillet 2005

Skunk Family - Famille de Putois

For the past couple of weeks, we had a skunk come to our porch at dusk and eat the cat food. Well, last night, a skunk came as usual, but with five little skunks! I guess there is a whole family living near by! They are cute, all fluffy! Depuis quelques...

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9 mai 2006

My three sheep - Mes trois moutons

Yes, that's right, I now have three sheep... well, only their fleece! All three were acquired at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival on Saturday, where I really had a good time. Oui, c'est vrai, j'ai maintenant trois moutons... bien c'est-à-dire, seulement...

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19 juin 2006

Spinning Shetland wool - Filage de laine Shetland

Before my unexpected out of state trip, I spun a little of the Sheltand I got at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. I took some pictures as I went and I figured I would share them with you and try to describe the process I followed. Now this is by...

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18 juillet 2006

New addition - Nouvelle addition

Last Tuesday (July 11), a new "member" was added to our household. Nope, it not fiber related! It... a tractor! ME's very first tractor! To be more exact, it is a 1957 Farmall 230. It runs, but it is going to undergo a complete check up before it is actually...

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4 août 2006

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Happy Birthday Apollo! He is two year old today. Joyeux Anniversaire Apollo! Il a deux ans aujourd'hui. Looks like Christine is doing the same thing I did for Apollo and his seven brothers... except that I didn't have any helpers! On dirait que Christine...

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8 novembre 2006

Pumpkin massacre - Massacre de citrouille

Thanks everyone for your kind words concerning Noemie. Merci à tout le monde pour vos mots gentils concernant Noemie. What have I been up to during those past months? Well, there was some knitting, some spinning and some sewing, but I'm afraid no picture...

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21 décembre 2006

Photos de Lucie - Lucie's pictures

In case you were impatiently waiting for them, here are some pictures of Lucie. I don't have too many, as Lucie was around before digital time (at least for us) and at a time when I wasn't taking many pictures... Au cas où vous les attendiez impatiemment,...

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29 janvier 2007

Snow ? - Neige ?

We had some snow yesterday. Predictions said that we were going to get burried, so I took some pictures when it started falling. Those were taken from our front porch. There were some Canada geese in the pasture. Nous avons eu de la neige hier. Les prédictions...

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14 février 2007

Echange d'écheveaux

My apologies to my English readers. I will get the translation done later, but you can enjoy the pictures! February 15 update: Translation done! To see the beautiful skeins (and weaving) that were exchanged go here . Mise à jour du 15 Février: traduction...

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23 février 2007

Frozen - Gelé

Behind our dining room sits our laundry room, where we keep not only our washing machine and dryer, but also our dish washer and freezer. The freezer offers a nice surface where I can lay my sweater drying racks (and it is also out of reach of the cats...

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19 mars 2007

Printemps ?? - Spring ??

Lorsque j'ai pris ces photos hier matin, mon calendrier indiquait qu'on était le 18 mars et que le printemps n'était que dans quelques jours... ceci ne ressemble pas au printemps pour moi ! Nous avons eu une autre tempête d'hiver vendredi et tout est...

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27 mars 2007

Edna's shawl

Here is my most recent finished project. It is a lace shawl for ME's great aunt Edna, made of 100% cashmere from Colourmart. It is very soft, very light, yet pretty warm. I hope that she will like it. Voici mon dernier project terminé. Un châle dentelle...

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10 juillet 2007

Part 3 - Cevennes

First, I need to mention that all pictures from this trip were taken by ME. After our stay in Provence we headed for the Cévennes. After debating which route to take (either the autoroute, which is faster or the back roads, which takes longer but is definitely...

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19 juillet 2007

Boutis

Yes, what I showed you earlier is Boutis. Boutis is a technique unique to the Provence area in France. In short, two layers of fabric are quilted together (no batting) and the shapes thus delimited by the stitches are stuffed. When properly done, it is...

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21 août 2009

I'm Baaack !!!!

I can't believe it has been so long since I last posted! I'm still here! Well, I did move... not very far though, but I'll talk about it later. Right now I can't wait to show you my new babies. Je n'arrive pas à croire que ça fait si longtemps depuis...

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20 novembre 2009

I love my sheep!

I've been busy working on my newly opened Etsy shop: http://happyskein.etsy.com I will keep adding items regularly, as soon as I get pictures taken... J'ai été occupée à travailler sur ma nouvelle boutique Etsy: http://happyskein.etsy.com Je continue...

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1 février 2006

Tuxedo Bandit Attack!

First, I guess I need to explain part of the title... "Tuxedo Bandit" is Apollo nickname: tuxedo, well because he looks like he is wearing one, and bandit because of his mischieves and especially that he likes lying in ambush and jumping on anybody who...

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