Re: Scandinavian fiber scene

2003-03-05 Thread Ron Parker
Do we know who read what Maggie Mini wrote at 19:51 -0500 on 030304? You mentioned being in Sweden. Are there many hand-spinners there? A couple of years ago, I spent a month in Finland. I met many weavers, but no spinners. Lots of antique wheels sitting in parlors and on porches, but no one

Re: Possum?

2003-03-05 Thread Steve Brettell
-- Possum is an Australian group of critters, some of whom were unfortunately imported to New Zealand. The fur is very fluffy and fine and thick, and is sold as dubbing. Opossum is an American critter which you find in your trash can, and whose normal, natural form of death is to be squashed

Re: Possum?

2003-03-05 Thread June Oshiro
Opossum is an American critter which you find in your trash can, and whose normal, natural form of death is to be squashed on a road. I don't think they are sold for dubbing. Actually, I had a couple as pets, and they are cute in baby-hood, and Opossums in adultery. In adultery? Hm, now

Re: Possum?

2003-03-05 Thread Robin Hankinson
What's dubbing (Aside from the foreign film industry)? = Well behaved women seldom make history. (Laurel Thatcher Ulrich) Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is. (George W. Bush, Omaha, Neb., Feb.

Re: Possum?

2003-03-05 Thread Brucie Connell
At 01:40 PM 3/5/03 -0800, you wrote: What's dubbing (Aside from the foreign film industry)? Used in making fishing flies. Brucie To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: Scandinavian fiber scene

2003-03-05 Thread Steve Newby or Mary Fitzgerald
It makes me really sad to hear that weaving and spinning are declining over there too. I just hope it never dies out. There's nothing like a handwoven item made from handspun. It carries something of it's maker in it. Mary To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: