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Adopted a mini Schnauzer from a rescue agency a couple of months ago. We named him, 'Also'. He was added to our family to be a playmate to our old Schnoodle, but our dog was having none of that. Set in his ways, I suppose. Meanwhile, he wasn't letting the new guy have any fun either, and learning to use a leash to go out for exercise is hard work for a dog who has never been on one before.
I decided the leash could wait. I needed to see this guy smile, unfettered by leash and curmudgeon-y attitude of an old dog. Today we took him down to the dog park for the first time to let him run with the Big Dogs. He was grinning in under five minutes!
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Thanks, Daniel. It's a large sheep and the women are spinning from the top (the wool at the top is from the sheep's back; it's the cleanest and has the longest staple). They're spinning 'in the grease'. The woman sitting at the wheel farthest to the left on the double-treadle Schacht is plying the singles off their bobbins into a double ply to make it "yarn". The step of hand carding was skipped altogether. Sorry, John.
The big time eater will be the knitting... probably a pullover, knitted in the round; they'll save time by not having to seam any pieces.
I'd have enjoyed more of it, but it's gettin' late. Time to go count sheep.
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I think that should be 'carding the wool'. I've competed in such a contest where the end product was woven on a loom. Hope the sheep was coated, cuz if it isn't that means 'spinning the wool in the grease'. The sheep can get very dirty (lots of 'vegetable matter', urine and poop tags) and the natural lanolin can be sticky. Makes a real mess of a spinning wheel.

Actually, it sounds kinda interesting, for us spinner/knitter types.
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One of the best opening lines I've ever seen, from an article written in the Denver Post years ago:
'Daisy McAllister was a large, boisterous African-American woman whose smile revealed a tender heart and tendency to chew tobacco.'

When I finished reading the article (which was excellent reading), I realized he had my attention from the first sentence, and I'm rarely aware of paying much attention to the opening line, but that was an immediate attention grabber.
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