Simply A Farm Girl: May 2012

May 26, 2012

My Very Own.....

Yarn!

From start to finish.

Here is some spinnings of my wool that Ma and Pa bought me before I plied it. I'm planning on making a short sleeve sweater for my little sister. Ma, liked this one and so did we.

My moveable work basket has been floating around the house for a few days. It's finally back in my room. I'm sure Ma is happy about that. She doesn't have a basket full of wool in her kitchen anymore =)

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May 23, 2012

Bath Salts

I just made my very own bath salts this evening!

I've wanted to for a while and we've had the ingredients for quite some time but I never did the Google search to find a recipe.

So here is my recipe:
1 cup Epsom salts
1/2 cup sea salt
10-12 drops of essential oil of your choice. (I used lavender this time but I want to use lime next time. I love the smell of lime essential oil!)

Store in an air tight container for best results. I used a small mouth pint mason jar and then used a plastic cap cover full in my bath.

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May 17, 2012

Have Wool - Will Spin!

Ma and Pa took me (and my younger siblings) to a Wool and Fiber Festival last Saturday! I had the GREATEST time and want to go back next year!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't take any pictures but there was HUNDREDS of home spun yarns, rovings to spin your own yarns and even raw fleece so you could do the whole process yourself.There was live working dog demonstrations, sheep to pet, as well as llamas. The kids liked that part the best =)

There was a silent auction with about 100 (or so) different bags of raw wool. All from different breeds of sheep (some bags were the same). It was cool to see the difference between the different breeds. Mom and I bid on a bag and won! I got 3 lbs of Shetland fleece. Ma and Pa also bought me a pair of used hand carders.

Photo from Wikipedia

So all day Monday and Tuesday (between gardening and other household duties) I was on Google trying to figure out what to do with it all! Here is the process that I found to work for me.

Washing the wool. Really it should be called soaking the wool. All I did was put enough water in to cover the wool then added a little squirt of hand dish washing detergent. Stired that around a bit then added the wool and let it soak. I did three different soaks for about 2 hours each and it's as clean as a whistle!

Drying the wool on a towel in the sun.

My washed and dryed wool.

Placing the wool on a carder.

This carder is full and ready to be carded.

Brush the other carder over the first but don't mesh the teeth!

All carded!

Here is a great video of the carding process.

All rolled up off the carder and ready to spin!

My little brother wanted to help.

May 13, 2012

Rabbit Tractor

Dad built a new chick brooder and what we used for our old one was just sitting there. So I took the chicken wire that we used and used a cardboard box and I now have a rabbit tractor. They all love to eat the dandelions, clover, and grass.

May 4, 2012

Camouflage

I finished my Camouflage skirt a few days ago! It was very easy and I would recommend it to a beginner. I used Simplicity 3796 View E and shortened it to 20 inches long. The pattern called for a drawstring waist but I don't like those so I made it elastic instead . . . . . it's the same thing - but different =)

I got a new pair of black ballet flats, from payless, that go well with it (I'm wearing them in the picture) BUT my cowgirl boots look the best with it.

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