tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099356.post1392376828202492389..comments2023-10-26T08:02:10.038-07:00Comments on Our Wee Farm: A day at the officemelaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12252897236597700469noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099356.post-58064966620803882542008-11-15T17:46:00.000-08:002008-11-15T17:46:00.000-08:00Jen-How cool is that! I like to hear that people ...Jen-<BR/><BR/>How cool is that! I like to hear that people enjoy our yarn, because I have so much fun dyeing it and knitting with it myself...melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252897236597700469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099356.post-28344986362147343252008-11-15T14:18:00.000-08:002008-11-15T14:18:00.000-08:00Melanie,I think it was just a month ago or so that...Melanie,<BR/><BR/>I think it was just a month ago or so that I made the connection that you were responsible for dying a sock yarn that I was gifted. What a wonderful job to have!<BR/><BR/>Love the pile of colors, too.<BR/><BR/>Take care,<BR/>JenJen Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159498919066997085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099356.post-8035051959485368302008-11-12T19:38:00.000-08:002008-11-12T19:38:00.000-08:00Well Kristi, can I promise to think of you at 5:30...Well Kristi, can I promise to think of you at 5:30 a.m. and call it even? That's plenty early enough for me.<BR/><BR/>I handwash - even had the dishwasher removed when we moved in here!<BR/><BR/>Dance music of the right era (Black Box, Madonna, C&C Music Factory etc.) is very motivating. Anything slower, and I start to sign along and my productivity on this type of project goes WAY down...<BR/><BR/>Hence the Diet Pepsi...Diet because if I drank this much of the full calorie stuff, I'd be as big as a house. And Pepsi, because, well Coke was my college drink. And for some reason, the caffeine in Diet Coke gives me headaches...<BR/><BR/>We started with 4 turkeys, and that is how many we intend to over winter this year again. Just have to make sure the adult males have separate housing or enough range room so that they don't fight. When young, they hang out in a pretty tight flock and seem to establish a working pecking order like chickens.melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252897236597700469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099356.post-20533008255384708752008-11-12T18:35:00.000-08:002008-11-12T18:35:00.000-08:00Just a few concerns....I am up at 4:45 am, are you...Just a few concerns....I am up at 4:45 am, are you? If not I think you should so you can be even more productive and so you can think of me:) Are you handwashing or using a dishwasher? I have more respect for handwashers like myself:) Dancing????? I need more explanation. But my biggest concern is the Diet Pepsi....your killing me on 2 levels; 1st the diet stuff & 2nd Pepsi is nasty...Coke is the drink of choice. But with all that said I am very jealous of your beautiful colors!!!!! So what would be a good number of turkeys to start out with?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070606564603963629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099356.post-35576626854167602272008-11-12T07:32:00.000-08:002008-11-12T07:32:00.000-08:00not a bad day's work! :)not a bad day's work! :)PumaVikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838075211729539155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099356.post-14126297994042057832008-11-12T06:38:00.000-08:002008-11-12T06:38:00.000-08:00Kara-We use acid dyes from Dharma. We currently d...Kara-<BR/>We use acid dyes from Dharma. We currently dye fingering and sport weight yarns using a variety of methods - vat, hand-painting, and dipping depending on what the colorway calls for.<BR/><BR/>In the photo you can see HP House yarns like Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, (on the bottom of the pile) which are self-striping and use the dipping method. Also you can see an unwrapped skein of Eastern Stripe on the right which requires both dipping and hand-painting so as not to blur the colors.<BR/><BR/>No dyeing of roving - yet. Not until I learn to spin better!melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252897236597700469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099356.post-39815707936663143362008-11-12T06:31:00.000-08:002008-11-12T06:31:00.000-08:00No, that was all day Monday. It was a new persona...No, that was all day Monday. It was a new personal record for me...for one day's production.melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252897236597700469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099356.post-15441936613389593982008-11-12T06:14:00.000-08:002008-11-12T06:14:00.000-08:00So pretty!!! What type of dyes do you use? It lo...So pretty!!! What type of dyes do you use? It looks like you dyed the yarn rather than roving. What method do you use? I am just beginning to play around with dyes, but have only tried Kool-Aid and with roving so far.Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306393089259457114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26099356.post-77038647008542107502008-11-12T06:11:00.000-08:002008-11-12T06:11:00.000-08:00You didn't just dye all those up this morning!!!DI...You didn't just dye all those up this morning!!!<BR/><BR/><I>DID</I> you?????<BR/><BR/>How pretty!Nancy K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06061265740359266798noreply@blogger.com