I know this is a livestock and poultry fourm, so in keeping with that theme.. (since they are pure fleece from Dr Doolittle's Farm)
Who knows where the socks are?
I have to say it.. I can't hold it any longer, even at the risk of being attacked by a wild Catscan..
I saw the sock and it was grand.
The Divine Sock
Fair Disclosure: The Divine Sock is 20% sheep's wool and 80% wild Propenoic from the thyme covered hills of Turkey.
It is, in fact, a mere template intended to prepare the way for the ultimate in socky comfort and stylish dash to be provided by Moxon's very own hand spun laine.
Which in no way detracts from its venerableness.
huh? Is this code? LOL
Did you make some socks from Claires wool? ohhhhhh...
Photographic evidence would be appreciated. LOL Knit or crochet? Details would also help. :)
Do you really need socks in CA? Just a question.
Where have all the SOCKIES gone?
Looong Tiime paaassiiing
Where have all the SOCKIES gone?
Looong tiime agooo......
I thought maybe this was the result of the switch over to digital T.V. ??? Then I woke up and realized I was on the computer not the T.V. SOMEONE pleeeeze tell me! Is this really what our forum has been reduced to?? HELP!!! Can anyone hear me? LOL You ladies are just crazy. Have a great day. Haystack
OMG How did I know this is ZZ'S thread!!! Shaking Head.
Where have all the sockies gone,
Gone to sheep's feet everywhere,
When will they unravelllll,
When will they unnnnnnravelllllll
(I am so excited about my socks!!)
The socks to be made in future may indeed be from my own harvested wool, or may be from wool roving that I have purchased from another farm and subsequently spun. They may also be superwash merino, to allow for their washability in the standard manner.
BTW, when I say "my own harvested wool," I do mean the wool of my sheep (or llamas). Because I, personally, am not woolly. Except in the head.
Claire! Will you be selling them???? i would love to own a pair!!!!
Claire me too. I get cold feet-which sounds odd as the temp have reached the "brain baked in 5 minutes stage."
Hi Harmony!!!!!
I will not be selling socks until I learn how to knit socks! These socks are being knitted by Catscan for me, because I am giving her some of my handspun yarn to knit socks for herself. I figured it was a good trade-off!!
I am still focused on spinning right now, but as I go along, I hope to learn to knit socks, in which case then I might sell some.
Okay just thought this thread was about you knitting socks my mistake ;o)
I just want to pop in and say you are all crazy, and really really fun, and I looove lurking in this forum because you never fail to make me smile. And to covet your critters, none of which I can have in the midst of the 4th biggest city in the US. Maybe someday...
**********popping back out*************
Oh Yarn I guess I will have to sweet talk to Catscan!!!!!!! My feet are freezing. LOl
Livestock, Wool, Sheep guyz, Goats... all that stuff. Manure.. hay... flies.. fertilizer... yeah.. is that better Haystack?
I think it is very interesting that Claire gets a divine pair of socks that will complete her outfit when she is in the barnyard fairy outfit.
I want some socks from Butterscotch..
Hi Marylyn, glad to have you pop in and chat, instead of just lurking! Of course, we love lurkers too, but we like them even better when they unlurk once in a while!
Wren, if you handspin wool for Catscan, you might get somewhere. That, or bribe her with flan.
ZZ....are you possibly implying that these socks are chartreuse and pink? OMG!!!
Butterscotch is due for grooming. I did a session on blending this past weekend at the Iowa Sheep and Wool festival, so I am ready to start blending in my angora rabbit hair into my spinning batts. What is your favorite sock color? If you can convince Catscan to knit socks for you, I can send the handspun that meets your color requirements and contains some fiber from Butterscotch! You could even get some llama blended in if you like!
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha I want a pair of Llama socks that would be cool to tell everyone "Hey" i have a pair of Llama socks.
I am open to bribing....
But perhaps you had better wait until Claire posts pictures of the DS in all its varigated glory?
Speaking of which, it is beginning its pilgrimage to Iowa today and will be making stops for appropriate veneration wherever a large enough assemblege of devotees mob the local USPO.
Hmmm. Vaguely reminiscent of the Olympic torch and its journey...Will the sock be on a pedestal? Wait...who's responsible for publicity?
{{{run back under yer rock, NOW grow!!! woooops!!}}}
I was thinking more of a medieval religious relic--but perhaps in these secular times the Olympic analogy is more accessable.
Wait....no....grow....come back here! We haven't worked out the protocol for approaching it. I was thinking on bended knee--or maybe a prolonged belly crawl, a la the Mayan supplicants of Tikal?
Grow!
{{{lurk.....perhaps I won't be held accountable....}}}
hmmm...feet first, bass-ackwards out of respect or crawling on belly...bended knee not quite enough, I'm thinking...
Well let's see I do not think I have enough fuzzy off the fuzzy butt to spin yet. I do not bake. I do know where I can get great ultimate malted milk balls that are to die for--but wait it is to hot to ship them . So I will just have to wait and see if their is any thing else I can bribe her with. Maybe a few pounds of PECANS!!!!!!!
She said the "P" word! Someone head Moxon off from this thread! Oh my ears and whiskers.....We are undone.
He he he!!!! I have a couple of pounds in the freezer that need to be used. Any bidders??//
I just re-read this thread. Making a note:
NO SOCKIES FOR HAYSTACK.
Bad snow angel.
THUD!
Someone get Moxon's smelling salts and a sedative.
Moxon has been revived thanks to her trusty llama bag...
...because it was full of the substance of life.....FIBER!!!
Love the bag
So sorry-the old brain has been baked by the heat down here.
we are having a heat baked day too. So I am inside, revelling in....FIBER!!!
Yes, all ye of normal, placid lifestyles....beware, BEWARE I SAY!!! Beware of the dreaded fiber addiction...
...yes, all those bags, boxes, totes, shelves....all full of fiber....
....witness the mess! The disorganization! The absolute chaos that is my fiber stash!!! Do not fall prey to this dreaded affliction!
It all begins with this....
I am but a slave to the wheel. A cog in the machine. Ahhhh, the peril....
I thrill to the vision of little pieces of silk noil in this hefty ball of roving....imagining the texture that my yarn will acquire....
I am sucked in by the cool, green deliciousness....
I am transfixed by the autumnal hues of this dyed alpaca....
Feel the fiber, touch the softness of a cloud, and just try, try to resist...
Wow I thought I had problems with "collectionitis" Back when I was crocheting I had large totes full of yarn. Love the colors of the last 2.
Indeed, you cannot look away, the fiber has you in its grasp, it's long, slinky fingers, it has left its mark upon you.
Better yet!!!! The raw fiber, straight off a Blue Faced Leicester sheep, sitting in a bag, waiting....begging you to take it to the fiber processor.....the heady fragrance of sheep wafting out of the bag....a second place winning fleece, it calls your name....
Oh Wren, if only you could tell me how to break the spell....
...skirted and washed Lincoln sheep locks....waiting to be dyed....
{{{Moxon is abruptly disturbed from her fibrous fantasy by the peeping of a duckling just hours old....}}}}
Thud.
Moxon you do not want to break the spell the way I did.
Now I have "collectionitis with epiphyllums, you see if you escape one form another will get you!!!!!!!