Posts by reillys_mom

I'm jealous too. I can never seem to get the "flaps" to go away when wet felting. I really want to make hats, slippers, bags, etc, since I have so much wool. I seem to get caught at the almost done phase. Still, those...

I've bought some nice yarn that I used for dying by searching on Local Harvest or etsy.com. I also raise sheep at my summer camp in large pastures. The free range is important in raising them just for fiber, I guess organic would be...

I'm far from an expert, but I've had luck with cotton not sticking in the felting process. That's what my felting book recommends. I think I used an old sheet. Of course since my results vary greatly in other ways I'm interested in...

I know some green business owners that believe that organic, especially color-grown (veyr subtle colors that don't require dying after) is better than bamboo. Their concerns are the toxicity of the chemicals required to transform the...

Berkeley Parent's Network plus the Homebith Collective and Birthways are the places I would check for lists. Also, the Nurture Center given where you are. Luckily, we live in an area where there are so many great midwives. I really...

Here's a link of a site that has an odd name, but lists resources around the city. http://gentrify.r08.railsrumble.com/ So you can prioritize what you are looking for. Have you double checked that the commute really works within his...

I wouldn't want to commute down to Cupertino from the city after commuting to Palo Alto from SF. It's not short and there are some nice places to live in the Peninsula. I commuted for a long time and part of that with kids. It felt...

The handwork that ds (4 in Jan) has done and enjoys is sewing -- he made a dragon puppet at his school wher th pieces had been cut out and he needed help holding them together, but did the stiching himself -- finger knitting and using a...

Our midwife, Amrit Khalsa, practices in Marin I believe. Also, her partner Erin Brown is a wonderful midwife and lives in Marin. Check out Berkeley Parents Network, which while it is centered in the East Bay has many reviews of...

Welcome back. We are neighbors. I have 2 boys, one 3.75 and one 18 mo. They are both in waldorf-based schools. We'd love to get together. There are some other moms in the area and we have met at totland a few times. PM me and we...