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Yesterday's colour inspiration, an apple blossom.
(stay tuned for more photos!)
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it progresses
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beautiful!
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cherry blossom lambs wool
cherry blossom lambs wool
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cherry blossom dyed yarn
 
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further adventures in dyeing
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Sorry to hear about the shearing and wool. It's been crazy all around and though I was worried, I'm glad I got mine shorn end of February and didn't have my 'usual' date, which would have been right when the panic started in my area.
The bright side of not getting usable fleece is that the sheep always grow more! But it's always a shame to lose out on the hard work.
 
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FINALLY, the weather is friendly to drying fleece.

I've got a lot of wool to wash, but I took some time to play with dyeing experiments for my etsy shop too.
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cake dyed yarn
cake dyed yarn
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fleece drying in the sun
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just look at those soft curls!
just look at those soft curls!
 
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I have been blogging again

I'm going to try to keep that blog to one a week or less and try to keep the content more tutorial or educational.  So I'll still be 'blogging' here a lot more often.
 
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Carla Burke wrote:How should someone go about subscribing to your blog?



I wish I knew.  Most blogs automatically have a box that you can put your email in or an rrs feed.  

Anyone know weebly enough to help me find out where I can find these settings?
 
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Carla Burke wrote:How should someone go about subscribing to your blog?



There should be one at the bottom of the screen now but I don't know if it works and it looks really ugly.  But it's been a long time since I could edit HTML code so I'm not sure how to fix it.  

The next entry is scheduled for Tuesday morning (my time) so if you want to test it, that would be awesome!
 
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One must click on R's link above. Then read through her wondrous prose. Then really quick, before you get distracted by the articles you must scroll past, whiz down to the bottom of the page. Here is where you will find the place to subscribe, right after the archive menu.

After submitting your email, you will find a confirmation to subscription in you inbox. Be sure to confirm!

I am subscribed. 😁
 
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Carla Burke wrote:How should someone go about subscribing to your blog?



There should be one at the bottom of the screen now but I don't know if it works and it looks really ugly.  But it's been a long time since I could edit HTML code so I'm not sure how to fix it.  

The next entry is scheduled for Tuesday morning (my time) so if you want to test it, that would be awesome!


If you'll send me a reminder, I'd be happy to! Hubs is going on a boar hunt, so I'll be alone, and, other than the critters & chores, I'll be on my own schedule, instead of his AND mine, lol.
 
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Are people able to find the "read more" button on the blog posts?
 
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Also, would anyone be willing to test the comment feature to see if I got it working?  I tried to streamline it a bit more.
 
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r ranson wrote:Also, would anyone be willing to test the comment feature to see if I got it working?  I tried to streamline it a bit more.



It seemed to post, but still says 0 comments.   Maybe you are moderating?   But the poster gets no indication, and may think their post failed.  

I was on an Android phone.  

Suggestion: the last 2 paragraphs (Etsy and please comment) are a bit easy to miss, visually.  At least on the phone.
 
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Kerry Rodgers wrote:still says 0 comments.



I see it now, when I revisit.
 
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I'm glad it worked.  I set it to be that people can publish right away and I review it later to remove spam.

I may regret it and have to switch to a spam filter system later.

Thanks for the feedback.  I don't have a phone to test on, so I'm glad to hear how to improve it.
 
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Your most recent post showed 1 comment, and I was able to subscribe! YAY!!
 
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Today my back hurt too much to continue working at home at my Day Job, so I turned off the computer and reorganized the studio, practised spinning on the wheel I borrowed for a tutorial I want to make, sorted and labelled the etsy inventory, and some huge fun photographing more stuff to sell in my shop.  

It was wonderful, if eery, to listen to the rain this late in the year.  The second year in a row that it rained in May!  Eventually, it got too damp even for me, and I lit the woodstove to take the edge off.  

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Fibre in the morning light
Fibre in the morning light
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learning the e-Spinner Super Jumbo which is ideal for this kind of yarn
learning the e-Spinner Super Jumbo which is ideal for this kind of yarn
 
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