Comments on: Goat Down ==> Orenburg Shawls.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:22:23 +0000

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They can answer any and all questions. Galina has brought the Orenburg Shawls to the for front of lace knitting. She teaches amazing classes throughout the counrty.

By: lucia

lucia — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:02:35 +0000

Well, I’m sure you could knit up 2 lbs of thin yarn for Orenberg lace shawls even in Mexico!

By: Angelika

Angelika — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:40:23 +0000

I could help you with making goat yogurt, kefir and cheese…..goat milk has a lot of healing qualities……
Just a thought…
It it too bad that I live in a climate where goat yarn is not justifiable….I don’t even get cold feet…too bad…

Angelika

By: lucia

lucia — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:50:13 +0000

Jen, I read you bought yourself a spinning wheel. Talk about from the hoof to the needles!

These goats also provide milk, which I guess would be ok if you want to milk goats. Are you up to that?

By: jenifleur

jenifleur — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:45:59 +0000

I’m on the cusp of buying some angora goats. Then eventually breeding the cashmere feature into them. I don’t know if I’m up for russian goats, though. Although maybe I should keep digging into that………

By: Agnes

Agnes — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:26:18 +0000

Very nice! I have done some googling before and read about the renowned Russian shawls too. There is one book about those patterns in the lace knitting section of SchoolHouse Press:
http://www.schoolhousepress.com/lace.htm
Gossamer Webs Design Collection
There are so many yarns from the Taiga line (goat down, silk blend, viscose and linen … ) I’d like to try that it requires enormous self control not to order … as I am in the Yarn Focus Challenge right now. But it is good to get your opinion.