Fresholi | Melting Pot Café

Hi Everyone

I am an ex makeup artist with a LOT of hobbies. I breed high white Persian cats awwww. When I find time I handspin exotic fibres ----cashmere, silk, angora and kid mohair. I have been handspinning for about 15 years.
My latest passion ( well , for the last 2 years) is CP soapmaking and dabbling in lotions, potions and perfume. And NO I don't sleep LOL !!!!

TTFN

Ruth

Wow! Loads of the girlies here have lots of hobbies, myself included! Welcome and have a fab time!

Welcome Ruth! Sounds like you will fit in here just fine ;D Have fun!  :hap3:

Hello again,

Any chance of some fluffy cat pics? (there's instructions here (http://www.forum.fresholi.co.uk/index.php?topic=561.0) either from a website or, if you scroll down to the bottom, directly from your hard drive.

I bought some alpacca when I was on holiday - can't decide whether to felt or spin it, have you spun  any alpacca?

Welcome Ruth

Hope you have fun here & join in the madness.  ;D

Pics please of kitties - I've got a tortoiseshell Persian (she's 16 now but still thinks she's a kitten).  She was the runt of the litter so she's half the size she should be.  So cute.

About time you came out of lurkdom, 3 months! Were we THAT scary?  :mwaha:

Oh, and welcome, of course  :buttrf:

Hi Ruth
I've seen you pop up on other forums, its the cats I remember  ;)


Karen

Hi Everyone

Will post some piccis soon. I have 2 baby girls, 10 days old so they should be opening their eyes soon. Will take some pics then and post some others too.
Nooo, not scarey. I was just lazy :-)

Elaine. I have spun lots of aplaca both in top form and from the fleece.
Tips.
Don't wash it before you spin it. It will felt like mad.
If in the fleece --shake it outside like crazy ---Alpacas have no grease but love to roll in the dust.
Put a bin liner under your wheel to catch the residue.
Spin loosely or else it will end up like wire no matter how soft it seems.
This is a bit off topic but I hope it helps. If you have any other questions just ask. I really don't mind.

TTFN

Ruth

Hey Ruth,

You joined us  :hap3:

Ruth and I have had long conversations about all things natural and she has contributed a fair bit to BF  ;)

Welcome Ruth and glad you decided to 'De-Lurk'  ;D

Hi Ruth!!

I can't wait to see the kitten pics - but they will make me all kitten broody I'm sure!

Welcome to de lurkdom!

Becky :)

Hi and can't wait to see kittie pics. Found out today that all ours have been accidently killed. Doh!

 :'( Poor kitties Joy.

I know JJ, still wasn't done  purpose.  :(

Okay---I have to fess up :mwaha:

I do have other hobbies !
I knit my handspun, of course but I also weave. I also do Japanese embroidery which is embroidering silk upon silk. Don't have much time for the weaving and embroidery now but hope to get back to them.
TTFN
Ruth

oooops ! Mucked up the Mutley

Ruth

Hello,

Welcome in from lurkdom, can't wait to see the kittie kat pics.

Looking forward to seeing some of your soap p%rn piccies too.

Sorry to thread hijack buy Joy, that is so sad  :(  All of them?

yes dare we ask what happened? or is it just a little joke? (hope it is)

Sorry for the thread hijack.

Just asked Simon how many kittens he found and he said 3, mom cat looked very fat so I would have expected her to have had more than 3. Anyway, she had her litter in the straw bales this time instead of in the out house in the hay bales. The hay bales aren't used so are never moved but the silly cat had to go and have her litter in the straw where the bales are moved every day, Simon thinks that when he's moved the bales one has fallen on the kittens and squashed them, there is a possibility that if she had more than 3 she may have moved the others but we'll have to wait and see. That's the trouble with ferals they do their own thing. Doh!

And sometimes they move some straight away until they decide which is the safest place.

Well if there are any more EJ I certainly hope she's moved them to a much safer place. I wanted to bring her in the house but she was having none of it. Will come in if there's food down though.

Oh, how very sad  :'(

Oh No !!! Too Horrible

Ruth ----counting all kitties and wrapping in cotton wool.

Ruth hello and welcome  ;D Lovely to see you here, de-lurked  :mwaha:

Joy that is sad.

She might well have done Joy - ferals frequently move their kittens around, partly because of the habits of feral toms; domesticated cats might do but they don't have the the same threats from predators.

Hi Ruth,
Glad to see you around! We've been chatting about cats and months from hell recently. Both share some experiences but can still laugh (??)!