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  1. Thread: homespun wool

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    Re: homespun wool

    Yikes! I keep forgetting some people didn't grow up with a spinner for a mother. For newbies, an excellent book is "Hands On Spinning" by Lee Raven.

    Wool can be spun "in the grease" which means...
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    Re: treadle sewing machines

    Lehman's, down in Amish country, sells both a reproduction treadle machine, and a modern machine converted to treadle. They are quite upfront about their machines... production sewers, serious users,...
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    Re: Never farmed, want to farm, am buying. Advice?

    Interesting thread. I think what comes out of this thread is that a whole lot of people (and not just on CountryByNet.com!) dream of doing a little farming. Not so much farming they're dying...
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