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Warpy

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5. Smart mom! I learned because I spin my own yarn

Reply to applegrove (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 12, 2017, 10:36 PM

Apr 2017

for knitting and weaving. In addition, I've always lived out of thrift shops to afford to buy the wool to spin my own yarn...

Somebody else's pea soup colored wool sweater or orange jeans were no problem, just throw them into a dyepot.

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