[rustyme]

yep will do ..... it will be later in the year before I get to doing the rest of it . I have to move loads of stuff ( rubbish) out of the shed before I can even get to the pole lathe and work bench , but I also have to grow the cotton and get hold of some fleece first anyway. So plenty of time ,hehehe, how many times have I said that before?....

[Fluffywelshsheep]

lol i have gotten to that stage and then some times i say am fed up so i have started a to do list and i am working my way thought it.
I am trying my best to  start at the top and work down the list started at 20 and i think it is at  15 but i haveadded more to it.

I got a program that create my todo list as webpage that stays on my desktop (i have a prog that does it for me) then when i complete a task i knock it off the list and refresh the webpage

[rustyme]

 ....if I made a to do list it would take forever to write out ...and I would need shed full of hard drives to fit it all onto .....so I just do what comes along as and when ..... like last year between August and October ,I dug up 6,456 ragwort plants, and that didn't take into account the very small ones !!! There must have at least as many of those again....The place was covered in the stuff. ( And yes I know I am a saddo , counting the number of weeds dug up !!!)

[Fluffywelshsheep]

lol you got to do something will you diggy

[rustyme]

http://www.pmwoolcraft.co.uk/

loads of stuff on that link .....you may need a credit card with a high limit though ......glad I make my own stuff......
 
Russ

[Rosemary]

I love these links - had a look at this one and saw the link for Woolfest 2008 - I quite fancy going to that. My sister loves knitting and she's in Preston so we could have a girls' weekend at the woolfest. It's not quite Ibiza nights, is it?

[Fluffywelshsheep]

http://www.fibrefest.co.uk/
http://www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk/

two more links for you too look at

[Blinkers]

rustyme.........you COUNT the ragwort???  And I though I was bordering on the 'barking' by recording the number of eggs I get each day......for the last 10 years ......but counting ragwort ....... now that's gotta be a project that no one else has.............or have they    Maybe this needs a new posting elsewhere........."What do Smallholders do that ordinary people don't?"

[rustyme]

doesn't everyone then ?   , well, it may not be as barking as it sounds? ....The thing is I had to limit the amount of time I was spending digging ragwort , you know , other things to do and all that... Well , it took 45 minutes to dig 150 ragwort up ....so that was the amount of time I spent each day digging them .  eeeeerrrr but I did count them as well ....yes... ok it is totally barking  , I also measure how much ground I dig each day .....and how many buckets of stone I carry up the field.....oh god ......(shrinks into chair) I think I will stop there ....

[Blinkers]

     45 mins to dig 150 ragwort, you must be an absolute whirlwind. I'd get about 20 dug in that time.  Do you use a Ragfork or a Magic wand???  Were you taught at Hogworts
by any chance 

[rustyme]

lol...150 was just a nominal figure to aim for as there were so many to get rid of. The most I dug was 280, and I use the ragfork ....the wand got broken... For the very small ones I used an ordinary table fork , the big old sort not a modern flat one, they bend to easily .( oh and I got expelled from Hogworts) Do you know how much pocket money they get at Hogwarts?  quideach (quidditch) heheheeeee

[Nigel]

I have a spinning wheel for sale. It belonged to my father-in-law who is now deceased.  He bought it in an antique shop some years ago. I am no expert on spinning wheels, in fact I know almost nothing about them. I think it is an authentic antique but probably only for display purposes.  The cord is there that drives the wheel but it is broken.  It is a nice piece of decorative furtniture but you would need to decide whether it is the sort of thing you are looking for. I have taken a digital photo of it and if you would like I can send you a copy for you to look at.

[Blinkers]

Oh yes please Nigel.   Actually, is it possible to add the photo to the site so that other people can see it and advice if they think it can be used or is just for ornamental purposes?   Many thanks, M.

[Fluffywelshsheep]

you'll need to make sure it is a working machine not just a decorative one
the big giveaway is that there is no where for the wool to go on the 'flyer'

[Rosey]

my mum got one from a local auction room for £40. It looks like the Ashford one a works brilliantly.

There is a Lady on another site who is part of the Cromford Spinsters, she is always happy to advise. pm me and will send the link.
http://www.geocities.com/arkwrightspinsters/