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Giveaway Winner: Knitting Book

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Giveaway: Knitting Book

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Let’s Start a Magazine Together!

Posted on March 2, 2012 by | Comments Off on Let’s Start a Magazine Together!

This is the post where I steal an entire bit from Susan’s blog and pass it on here.  She and the crew at JMF are starting  magazine.  A beautiful, lovely, useful magazine centered around all things done by hand.  Cooking, sewing, knitting, building…..you name it.  I’m super excited about it (and having a hard time not boasting that I’ve known about it for quite awhile and have seen some of what’s going to go into it…..it’s too exciting to keep to myself!).  Here it is in Susan’s words. There’s some lovely prizes to be had for those who can help get it off the ground.

Very Big News!

by Susan on March 2, 2012

So for months now I have been alluding to a big secret I’ve been keeping. I am thrilled that today I can finally share the news with all of you.

Juniper Moon Farm is starting a magazine called By Hand. By Hand will be a lifestyle magazine for people who make, with departments for cooking, crafting, DIY, gardening, and do-gooding, with a bit of travel and profiles of makers every month.

The idea is to celebrate creating things with our hands, and to explore the motivation to make things in a world where there are cheaper and immediate alternatives. It will be both practical (patterns, DIY projects, etc) and thoughtful, with a lovely and gentle aesthetic.

We have lots of amazing contributors and editors on board already, and the first issue is well underway. But before we go any further, we need your help!

We are holding a Kickstarter campaign to raise the rest of the money we need to make the magazine everything we want it to be. And as an added inducement, we have commissioned so amazing rewards! Our art director Michelle Lukezic has designed posters and t-shirts that are going to be incredibly popular with people who make things with their hands. Here’s a sample:

There are posters and t-shirts for each of the sections in the magazine!

If you like what you see and want to support us, great! If you can help us get the word out about the Kickstarter and the magazine we will be forever in your debt!


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An Ode to Boots

Posted on February 27, 2012 by | Comments Off on An Ode to Boots

Here at Juniper Moon Farm our boots hold a special place of honor. They are not just a tool we use, not just a piece of clothing we wear. They are what transforms our P.J.’s in the middle of the night into hard working farm cloths or turn six inches of mud into a lovely stroll in the park.

Mud is an unavoidable aspect of our every day lives and when this mud if often a combination of dirt and animal waste there is a lot to be said for having good protection. A good boot not only protects you from mud but prevent the mud from clinging onto the boot and creating a massive mud boot combination which is near impossible to move around in.

 

Boots are more than just protection from mud they are a barrier against all of the elements. I can stomp around in the snow with impunity while wearing knee high boots or I can kick-in a layer of ice that has frozen over the water buckets. My boots have a combination of vulcanized rubber bottom and a breathable neoprene top which have made these recent hot days no challenge.

 Lambs love boots.

My boots also have strong steel toes. At first I was sure that extra weight was not going to be worth but now that I can hardly feel when the sheep, pigs, or mini donkeys step on my feet I am more than pleased with my choice. The extra protection is also nice when I am working repairing the fence or working on the tractor when the chance of something heavy dropping on my foot is high.

Goats love boots too.

A few weeks ago, the good people that make Bogs Boots sent me the pair of their kick-ass Rancher Steel Toe Bootsto try out. But that’s not all- they even threw in a pair for one of you!

To enter this giveaway, leave a comment on this post telling me which pair of Bogs you would choose if you win.One entry per person Entries will be closed on Friday, March 2nd at Noon EST and the winner will be posted here with information about how to claim your prize.  Good Luck, everybody!

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Limited Time Discount: Hopi Mittens

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Pete’s Greens Giveaway Sweater Update:

Posted on February 5, 2011 by | Comments Off on Pete’s Greens Giveaway Sweater Update:

Finished the body and have begun the first sleeve…….

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My First Give-Away!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by | Comments Off on My First Give-Away!

You should now be able to comment! Yay!

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I have a set of 12 Smart Stitch Markers and a hank of hand-spun Juniper Moon cormo wool – yummy!  The wool is a 4.4 oz skein of about 150 yards of 2 ply yarn.  I just put it’s partner and a second skein of Juniper Moon cormo up in my Etsy Shop!  It will knit up as a worsted or heavy worsted.  The stitch markers are silverplate with glass beads and can hook on your fabric or slide on your needles.  To enter:

1) Leave a comment on this blog about what you could do with 150 yards of handspun, or if you can’t think of anything, no worries, just tell me your favorite colors!

2) THEN comment here in the Friday Giveaway post at Juniper Moon Fiber Farm and let them know the best part of your week!  (while you are over there, check out the cutest puppies in the world – lots of pictures posted on the blog!)  As usual, the winner will be chosen at random.

In these photos, the colors seem too saturated, the overall effect is too bright – the actual skein is nicely muted and slightly silvery-grey.

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CSA in Need

Posted on January 27, 2011 by | Comments Off on CSA in Need

If you take a vist to the backyard, you probably figured out that I am a big fan of CSA’s.  On January 12 Pete’s Greens, an organic farm in Vermont suffered a massive barn fire.  The farm has an active CSA program including not only fresh organic vegetables, but also free-range beef and pork and pastured chicken.  As most farms are, it was under insured.  Susan Gibbs at Juniper Moon Fiber farm with her wealth of readers, is hosting a massive  fund-raising event to help cover part of the re-building costs.  In basically a huge giveaway, many artisans large and small have donated items ranging from a set of hand-made soaps, to autographed books, hand-spun yarn even a full share in Susie’s farm.  To donate, or to read more about the project head on over to her blog at Juniper Moon Fiber Farm.

I have donated a hand-knit sweater which I SWEAR will be done by the time the prizes are announced!  The top is my hand-spun yarn, a correidale wool, the body is cormo/mohair blend from Juniper Moon Fiber Farm.  The chest measures about 40 inches around, and it is almost sort of done!

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