Comments on: Barncast 54 — From sheep to sweater http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/ Two geeks move to rural Indiana...what could go wrong? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:53:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Marijah http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-12204 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:06:18 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-12204 Ah - I didn't realize the mill carded it as well. I must've missed that. Thanks Misty for the clarification! Ah - I didn’t realize the mill carded it as well. I must’ve missed that.

Thanks Misty for the clarification!

]]> by: misty http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-10965 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:41:08 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-10965 Hi Marijah! I send my raw wool away to be washed, carded, and processed into roving or combed top. :) If you have more than one fleece a year, it's really too much work to clean it yourself (IMHO). Thank goodness for wool mills! Hi Marijah!

I send my raw wool away to be washed, carded, and processed into roving or combed top. :) If you have more than one fleece a year, it’s really too much work to clean it yourself (IMHO). Thank goodness for wool mills!

]]> by: Marijah http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-10938 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:09:42 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-10938 I've got a spinning question for Misty. You mentioned in the Podcast that you sometimes have to pick bits of straw & stuff out of the wool as you go. I learned to spin more than 20 years ago & really haven't done it again since but I do seem to recall having to card the wool first, before I was allowed to spin it, to make sure all the bits of debris were out of the wool. Since I don't know much of the theory behind all this, I was wondering why you don't card the wool? Thanks! And thanks to both of you for livening up my commute! I’ve got a spinning question for Misty. You mentioned in the Podcast that you sometimes have to pick bits of straw & stuff out of the wool as you go. I learned to spin more than 20 years ago & really haven’t done it again since but I do seem to recall having to card the wool first, before I was allowed to spin it, to make sure all the bits of debris were out of the wool.

Since I don’t know much of the theory behind all this, I was wondering why you don’t card the wool?

Thanks! And thanks to both of you for livening up my commute!

]]> by: Kathy http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-5336 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:38:14 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-5336 Hey guys! Congrats on the one year anniversary!! You all do good work :-) Hey guys! Congrats on the one year anniversary!! You all do good work :-)

]]> by: India http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-5054 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:46:37 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-5054 Hi Misty - got an email from you, and another one today. tried to respond to today's but Postmaster couldn't send it. India Hi Misty - got an email from you, and another one today. tried to respond to today’s but Postmaster couldn’t send it.
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]]> by: misty http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4990 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:17:28 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4990 LOL I will be happy to say "Edinburgh" though I am sure I can't roll the R properly! India, I emailed you from my blog. Did you get the email? Let me know so that I can diagnose an issue with email if there is one. LOL I will be happy to say “Edinburgh” though I am sure I can’t roll the R properly!

India, I emailed you from my blog. Did you get the email? Let me know so that I can diagnose an issue with email if there is one.

]]> by: India http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4955 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:14:14 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4955 YOu guys are such a tease! India YOu guys are such a tease!
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]]> by: andrew http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4781 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:25:02 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4781 Hey John G, India! I'll make sure to have Misty say Edinburgh on the next podcast. ;) I'll get a really simple cheese recipe for the next cheese podcast in March. I promised to do one a month, so we'll have to wait till next month. I have to keep you coming back eh? Plus I don't have any milk at the moment anyways. ;) Hey John G, India!

I’ll make sure to have Misty say Edinburgh on the next podcast. ;) I’ll get a really simple cheese recipe for the next cheese podcast in March. I promised to do one a month, so we’ll have to wait till next month. I have to keep you coming back eh? Plus I don’t have any milk at the moment anyways. ;)

]]> by: India http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4724 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:06:02 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4724 Me - again! looking forward to your cheese walkthrough, Andrew - I really want to have a go at making that real easy cheese you were talking about - hint, hint Me - again! looking forward to your cheese walkthrough, Andrew - I really want to have a go at making that real easy cheese you were talking about - hint, hint

]]> by: India http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4723 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:00:40 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4723 BTW, Misty, I tried to register at your blog, but the passowrd didn't come through - maybe it didn't understand my accent ;0) Actually, we have some North Americans come to our knitting group, and sometimes I get them to say 'Edinburgh' just to cheer me up! India BTW, Misty, I tried to register at your blog, but the passowrd didn’t come through - maybe it didn’t understand my accent ;0)
Actually, we have some North Americans come to our knitting group, and sometimes I get them to say ‘Edinburgh’ just to cheer me up!
India

]]> by: India http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4722 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:54:42 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4722 I REALLY AM LMAO at your comments about my accent ;0) You should hear me laughing about the way people say Glasgow! tee hee - great that we can make folk laugh, just by opening our mouths ! India I REALLY AM LMAO at your comments about my accent ;0) You should hear me laughing about the way people say Glasgow! tee hee - great that we can make folk laugh, just by opening our mouths !
India

]]> by: John G http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4720 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:10:19 +0000 http://geekfarmlife.com/2007/02/17/barncast-54-from-sheep-to-sweater/#comment-4720 Glad to have Misty back again. Even though we are not spinners or anything, it is nice to know how it is done and the terms. It could come in handy on Jeopardy. Glad to have Misty back again. Even though we are not spinners or anything, it is nice to know how it is done and the terms. It could come in handy on Jeopardy.

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