Midterms !!

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7326249075696306858.post-92070156117257163242007-11-03T11:14:00.000-09:002007-11-03T11:46:16.533-09:00Midterms !!Hi Folks :) I know, I know, no updates :( well, college is keeping me even busier then expected, boy am I glad that I down sized my herd before starting school. I am doing mid terms next week, Wednesday and Thursday, and I am so glad that mid terms means that I am half way done with this semester !! 5 more weeks of hell and 10 days before x-mas we'll have our finals. Am doing pretty well in all 3 classes, better now then at the beginning, but, after 28 years of no schooling, that is to be expected, took a while to get into the groove of studying, time management, taking notes, studying, studying ....... I am taking two classes on campus ( Anatomy and Physiology, Venipuncture ) 3 days, and one class on line( medical Terminology) , the one line class I had to push to weekends, in order to fulfill the work requirements for the other two classes and do well in them. Everyone in class is calling me crazy for taking all 3 courses at once, but, who's got the time to turn a 6 months certification course into a 2 year play time ?? OK, back to bunnies : Am getting geared up for the UARC Specialty show and angora extravaganza in conjunction with the DRBA Double open ARBA show, date is 11-17 ( in two weekends ) in Conyers GA. If you e-mail me privately, I can send you a link to a PDF file that I have of the complete show catalog for all 3 shows. I will be the show secretary for the ARBA & NARBC Angora specialty show with UARC, and I will also be in charge of the Wooler show that we'll hold for all pet angoras, German angoras & hybrids. Entry deadline for all shows is Wednesday, 11- 14 , UARC will have special, angora related Comment cards to give to exhibitors after judging and all of the paperwork for the show is getting done now so that I do not have to deadline a day before the show AND attend class on Thursday night :( I will not have anything real prime to show, all of the coats in my barn had molted 2 months ago or are molting now. I just finished clipped down one nice senior FA doe that I had hoped to show in 2 weeks ;( I have 3 Seniors in baby coat that are starting to slip and web, not sure if I can hold on to these coats without major faulting for webbing, we'll just have to see, would be a first for me to attend a show and not have any nice bunnies to enter ;( But, I have to be at the show, since I am going to be in charge of the paperwork. I plan to bring the last few buns with me that are still for sale, in hopes that they'll find a new, permanent home. I will take some new pictures tomorrow during a 3/4 day spent just grooming and washing cages, so I'll post a complete list of bunnies that are for sale and can be delivered to the show ... easier to follow the list if it is posted separately. So, e-mail me if you'd like a copy of the show catalog with complete info on hotels, directions, shows, entry schedule and I hope that we'll have a great turn out in all angora entries in all shows, I have already heard of some breeders coming from as far as PA, WV, NC, south GA & MS. Our judge for the none sanction, fun wooler show will be ARBA Registrar Walter Summers from GA, he will have a special standard issued by UARC to judge the wooler entries by. No separate classes off course by breed, only by sex and color and age. Walter will do his Judge's test in December, and will hopefully be a ARBA Rabbit judge by next year this time. So, he needs all of the exposure to good angoras he can get :) Awards for the wooler show will be in premium form plus a nice certificate, and many placements will be awarded. The premiums where donated by our President and her hubby, the Waters Family. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128716350006020002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bjM4HCqK7wk/RyzcWOPYx6I/AAAAAAAAAGk/oVhHghphdSc/s320/angorablackturkeyred1.jpg" border="0" />Some fiber talk : I hear so often that spinners want to purchase white angoras, because they want to be able to dye the finished yarn. Well, I always try to explain to them that one can dye ANY color angora fiber, as long as the dye color works with the natural color. Example above : BLACK French Angora, spun , plied into a fingering weight 2 ply yarn, then dyed with " turkey red " cushings acid dyes. Dried, and fluffed up a bit, the yarn is now in my etsy store. The picture doesn't give credit to the beautiful black/ red color that is created in the yarn, the black tips of the guard hair stayed black, and the light gray area and white areas of each hair took on the dye just beautiful. So, yes, colored angora CAN be dyed,m since it is not pigmented evenly through the entire hair shaft. dark tips of wool stay the true color, while any light areas take dye and change color. My favorite dyes to use with black : red, purple, a light blue. More tomorrow with a list and some pictures of Angoras for sale, happy FALL :) Angie K:) Angie K:)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08756513589078397762noreply@blogger.com