Daniel Coho

Hi Raven,
Just following up with you that, unfortunately, I have not received anything yet, so I guess the next step would be to file a claim with Canada Post as you mentioned. Sorry to have to ask you to do so, since I know it's not any fault of yours, but it is what it is. Thank you!

Please add me to the list of folks who mucked up their pledge increase. I definitely want to back at the $100 level and receive the insane amount of stretch goal goodies, and would like at least one physical copy of the book, so my amount should reflect whatever necessary shipping costs. Thanks!

Thank you, Raven, that would be great! I've already checked with my local branch where I have my P.O. box, and they have no way of checking with Customs to see if there's been a delay there. If it does need to be re-sent, I can provide an alternate shipping address in the U.S. if you think it would be more secure / reliable.

Hi,
I have not yet received the Learn to Spin kit. Living here in Chile I have become accustomed to mail taking a ridiculously long time to arrive, but as we're approaching 2 months from the ship date, I'm getting concerned and would like to know if there is any package tracking info. Thank you!

Originally from the US, I now live in central Chile, where cob and adobe are traditional building materials. I will try to post some pics. The "cobbage" is 6 meters x 8 meters, with an attached bathroom. The foundation is packed earth. This was intended to be temporary / short-term housing until we build our final / permanent house, but we may stay in it longer than originally anticipated, as we are finding it rather enjoyable for our family of 5 to live in less than 600 sq. ft.

We built a hybrid cob-adobe cottage last year, and rather than pay for straw, I harvested quite a lot of the fallen pine needles from the surrounding pine groves to use as the binding fiber. It was easy to work with, as long as you remove whatever sticks and twigs you happen to rake up with the needles, and just be sure not to throw too big a bundle of needles into the cob mix at a time (will get too clumpy). We were using a mortar mixer and used 5 shovels of clay with 1 shovel of sand and 1 double-handful of pine needles as our general mix ratio. It built up nicely, and has been holding up well. Seems like a good idea (so far) with the pine needles instead of the straw.