Enjoying a more relaxed lifestyle on the Canadian Prairies it is possible to take a 5 mile horseback ride and not meet a single neighbor. Privacy and freedom of movement not enjoyed by much of
the population any more! Against this backdrop I spin, dye and knit various fibers, always eyeing that pet Llama and scheming...
CLICK on his sidebar pic about half way down the page and read about his first haircut!
CLICK on the second Llama pic for the story of his latest shearing!
CLICK on Caulisheep for pics from our farm
CLICK on "What addiction?" pic for Clara Parke's article on interesting ways to hide yarn!
CLICK on "CLASSIC POSTS" in Category Archives for the Best of the Lazy Knitter
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My original watercolors of Spinning Wheels, Spindles and Fiber Tools are now available as 4 x 5" blank note cards and mini-cards! In sets of 4 at my Etsy Shop
Click the pic for Clara Parke's article on how to hide your stash...
I Love My Llama
Click on this pic and read about his haircut!
Click on this pic for photos from our farm
Why I Love Wool
DID YOU KNOW? Unlike synthetic fibers, wool is fire retardant. Up until recently, the blankets firefighters used to rescue people from burning buildings were made of tightly woven wool. This is because wool will only burn if it is held on a flame and immediately stops burning if the flame is removed. Synthetics only need to be exposed to high heat before they combust (they don't even need an open flame) and will continue to burn even after being removed from the heat source. This makes synthetics HIGHLY DANGEROUS for infant bedding and clothing (if they're around smokers) because burning synthetics will actually melt right onto skin and continue to burn even after the flame has gone out.
Wool can be stretched up to 1/3 longer than it's resting length and still snap back into shape!
Wool is a 100% renewable resource that does not require chemicals or consumable energy to produce!
Superwash wool can be machine washed and dried without worry, making it easy care - perfect for infant wear & blankets!
With all the advances in sheep breeds (like Merino and Blue Face Leicester) plus the greater availability of specialty fibers like Alpaca, the days of "scratchy" wool are over!
Books I Recommend
Lovely children's books! All the illustrations are made of felted wool! Unique gifts!!
Chronicles of the Lazy Knitter: Making Adjustments to Increase the Fun
Making Adjustments to Increase the Fun
I know you're all wondering how things are going with the Comments Contest. I was wondering myself! Since things have been going slower than I expected I decided to change things up a bit. There will still be a prize for comment #999 & #1000 but there will also be a prize, probably this week, for comment #900. I have this strange love of giving stuff away and I'm getting impatient! So Commenter #900 will get this brand new book:
It's a darn handy reference book - I'd say even better than the Harmony Guides because there's only 1 stitch or pattern per page and the charts are superb. Hope nobody has it already! Good luck!!
2/28/2009 11:13 AM
Elsie Ogle wrote:
i would love to own that book. I have drooled over the Harmony guides but being on a retired fixed income I can not afford one of them.I bet I could even knit lace scarves with this books help.I can do cables and that is because I learned it years ago.LOl Who ever is the lucky winner will enjoy & use it I am sure. Reply to this
2/28/2009 11:19 AM
Ellen Porcari wrote:
Monica, you are crazy! Do you not think people read your stuff? I do; I just am not a regular commenter. Some days I find it's all I can do to just read stuff...Ellen Reply to this
2/28/2009 11:59 AM
Lora wrote:
I would love to win that book. I love all knitting books. I do read your posts but am generally a lurker and seldom post comments. Lora Reply to this
2/28/2009 4:03 PM
Debbie wrote:
I would love this book - I've never seen it before. Have a great knitty day! Debbie Reply to this
2/28/2009 5:14 PM
Doris Cote wrote:
I have found out that I can increase the size of your print and it makes things much better. I'm not that old and the glasses are newish, so what's up with the tiny print? Don't have that book yet. Have you tried out the site Delicious Library for all your books? This lets you scan the bar code on the back of the book, movie or cd and place it on a library shelf. It can be fed into your Ravelry library, I just haven't figured that one out yet. Also, if you take the tutorial, the price goes down! I got it for $20.
You can also type ISBN #s or the book title and up comes Amazon's info on it including new and used prices. If you do get it, make a shelf for each of your groups of books before you put them on any old shelf, baby pattern books, sock books, etc... Reply to this
2/28/2009 7:45 PM
Shannon wrote:
I've not yet heard anything about this book. Sounds like a great reference though. I hope I win!!!! Reply to this
3/1/2009 10:09 AM
Barb B. wrote:
I am going straight from here to research that book. thought I had every stitch book out there, going back to the old Mon Tricot. Huh. Who knew. Reply to this
3/1/2009 12:04 PM
Monika wrote:
Hmm, I don't know that one. I would love to be the one. I do have a little time on my hands, do multiple comments count? ;o) Reply to this
i would love to own that book. I have drooled over the Harmony guides but being on a retired fixed income I can not afford one of them.I bet I could even knit lace scarves with this books help.I can do cables and that is because I learned it years ago.LOl
Who ever is the lucky winner will enjoy & use it I am sure.
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Monica, you are crazy! Do you not think people read your stuff? I do; I just am not a regular commenter. Some days I find it's all I can do to just read stuff...Ellen
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I would love to win that book. I love all knitting books. I do read your posts but am generally a lurker and seldom post comments. Lora
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I'm really enjoying reading your blog. Thank you so much for writing it.
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I would love this book - I've never seen it before. Have a great knitty day! Debbie
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I have found out that I can increase the size of your print and it makes things much better. I'm not that old and the glasses are newish, so what's up with the tiny print? Don't have that book yet. Have you tried out the site Delicious Library for all your books? This lets you scan the bar code on the back of the book, movie or cd and place it on a library shelf. It can be fed into your Ravelry library, I just haven't figured that one out yet. Also, if you take the tutorial, the price goes down! I got it for $20.
You can also type ISBN #s or the book title and up comes Amazon's info on it including new and used prices. If you do get it, make a shelf for each of your groups of books before you put them on any old shelf, baby pattern books, sock books, etc...
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I've not yet heard anything about this book. Sounds like a great reference though. I hope I win!!!!
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I am going straight from here to research that book. thought I had every stitch book out there, going back to the old Mon Tricot. Huh. Who knew.
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Hmm, I don't know that one. I would love to be the one. I do have a little time on my hands, do multiple comments count? ;o)
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