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From: Clay Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net
To: jeria...@aol.com
Cc: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] A bird of a different feather!
On Mar 24, 2012, at 4:30 PM, jeria...@aol.com wrote:
It was reported that nests
These birds are real little fibre artists in my books, wish I could weave
like them.
In the shadowy parts of the garden I leave the moss as long as possible, and
most of it disappears by itself into nest boxes, nests in hedges, trees,
under the roof tiles etc. together with the earlier
I remember a discussion many years ago, as to whether birds would use,
to build their nests, any threads that they found.
Well, here is proof that some birds might do so, at least in California:
http://willows95988.typepad.com/tongue_cheek/2012/03/if-martha-stewart-was-a-bird.html
Pene in
In addition to April's warning -- Embroiderers' Guild of America members
discussed this decades ago, and at great length.
Some people were putting their yarn orts (scraps) out for birds to collect
for their nests. Bird lovers weighed in. It seems that many threads
(wools for
The dog hairs I put out are fine for birds.
My dog is a Labrador (quite a mad one), and the hairs are only about 4cm
long and also waterproof.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
where we had a glorious Spring day today, and I did a lot of gardening and
feel my old bones!
In addition to
On Mar 24, 2012, at 4:30 PM, jeria...@aol.com wrote:
It was reported that nests need to be dry, and
the making of them from dry grasses, weeds, and twigs is safer for baby
birds, because the natural materials dry quickly.
We are very lucky to have Eastern Bluebirds nesting in our
I used to put out Malamute hair, the under coat was so soft. I used to spin
it also.
Now I have a sheltie, much longer hair than a Malamute and curlier too.
Nice for spinning if one would care to. She is so small it would take ages
to get enough for a project though.
Only 8.5 lbs.
Susie
Susie
jeria...@aol.com wrote:
It seems that many threads (wools for needlepoint and knitting, etc.) hold a
lot of moisture when wet and take a long time to dry. It was reported that
nests need to be dry, and the making of them from dry grasses, weeds, and twigs
is safer for baby birds,
