Posts by Ellp

I think either one will be ok to use as a leader.  You might want to consider how grabby the fiber is when you decide, as alpaca is a slippery fiber to spin.  If you are a new spinner you might want to consider practicing on...

I've been trying different recipes I found on the web but unfortunately I haven't found one that tastes as good as I hoped.  Most turn out like a round version of a pancake, soft and dense.  I'd love to find a decent recipe...

Nope, didn't make it this year as I hear it can be a bit tricky to get the right consistancy.   I just bought it at a local store, and had it fried with a bit of an egg coating..MMmm!

I'm so sorry to hear your family dump on you like that OP.  My family did the same to me the first few years I SAH.  I went to post secondary, got a degree, was told I had a high IQ, and had a very well paying job.  My...

Thank you, OP for such a beautiful post!    I rarely think that my life as a mother is a thank-less job, because of the reasons you described.  A few ways my girls have "thanked" me today have...

I knew that gift bags were becoming a problem with our girls when they started asking me, discreetly, when we're leaving a party, where the gift bags were.  I knew there and then that we would never be doing gift bags in our...

Another old-timer here to chime in..:-))   I still check in here every few weeks but I seldom reply just because I don't have the mental capacity these days to do more than just read other people's posts.  My kids are...

First of all...deep breath mama... and again...   I read your post and at first I thought you were talking about an older child, one who was school aged.  It wasn't till the end that you said that your son is 3 that...

Oh I LOVE Jalu Toys!  He's been selling at the big Christmas craft fair at the Vancouver convention each year, and he also goes to the Filberg festival in Courtney (on the Island) each summer.  Most of our wooden animals are...

You might want to check out Dilly Dally on Commercial Dr. (near Charles St.).  They have a lot of Waldorf style toys.  In fact I was just there today and noticed that they had a lot of wooden puzzles and blocks on the 50% off...