Re: Driving Apron?
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Debby Stai [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karen, can you please share this information with the rest of us? Sure, Debby. I am still scrounging, so give me a couple of days... Karen __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: Driving Apron?
This message is from: Debby Stai [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karen, can you please share this information with the rest of us? I'd love to know how to make my own apron. Thanks. Debby in TX Karen McCarthy wrote: This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amy, I will try to dig a pattern out of an ancient Driving West issue I think I still have floating around. My mom ia a dandy seamstress and shes made 3 from this pattern. For warmth/durability/aesthetics AND tradition, I strongly urge you to use a wool fabric. The worsted wools pant weight gabardines are really neat. Take what you have as far as matching colours goes with you to the fabric store, and head for the remenant section first - you can find some really neato stuff in there and its not gonna break the bank. ( I have access to a cool mill end fabric store here in my town, and it's a goldmine!) Another good thing about the lighter wools is that you can do a pattern ( like houndstooth plaid) on one side, and a solid colour on the other side,(making sure the colours have something in common), really pushing the envelope of apron umph! The pattern I have is adjustable, and it has a little button and loop that you sit on, to keep your lap robe/apron neatly around your legs. You can either make ties, or I like to fake it and use velcro, for overlapping tabs that are behind. If you really want to do it up embroider your initials or ranch brand in the lower ( R or L ???) hand corner of the lap robe.( Think mine is on the right...) Anyway, I'll start searching... Karen __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: Driving Apron?
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amy, I will try to dig a pattern out of an ancient Driving West issue I think I still have floating around. My mom ia a dandy seamstress and shes made 3 from this pattern. For warmth/durability/aesthetics AND tradition, I strongly urge you to use a wool fabric. The worsted wools pant weight gabardines are really neat. Take what you have as far as matching colours goes with you to the fabric store, and head for the remenant section first - you can find some really neato stuff in there and its not gonna break the bank. ( I have access to a cool mill end fabric store here in my town, and it's a goldmine!) Another good thing about the lighter wools is that you can do a pattern ( like houndstooth plaid) on one side, and a solid colour on the other side,(making sure the colours have something in common), really pushing the envelope of apron umph! The pattern I have is adjustable, and it has a little button and loop that you sit on, to keep your lap robe/apron neatly around your legs. You can either make ties, or I like to fake it and use velcro, for overlapping tabs that are behind. If you really want to do it up embroider your initials or ranch brand in the lower ( R or L ???) hand corner of the lap robe.( Think mine is on the right...) Anyway, I'll start searching... Karen __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: Another Fjord in the family! Long
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 11/22/99 3:15:35 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Everyone said that once we bought one Fjord we would eventually end up with more. Congratulations. Makes me feel warm and happy all over, living vicariously.\ Gail in NM
New Mare!! and Harrison update!!
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Everyone, we are very tired and brought home kids with the flu, but VERY VERY HAPPY. We went to western Wa this weekend and bought a beautiful little marenamed Tone (pronouced Tonah) Sire is Torungen and Dam is Malla, both owned by Dennis Johnson, and Torungen's sire is Dragtind!!!. As I write this Tone is eating snowflakes, poor girl only knows what rain is!!! Shes a beautiful, dark brown dun. and has georgous eyes and a Big BUTT. On the way home, we stopped in Ellensburg to look at a certain Boyfriend for her, and Erlend thought she was beautiful too. I guess we will have to make a spring date for them. Tone is going to be our WORKING fjord, as We are going to get her trained to drive, and then she can train us. So everyone can see her at Libby!! The lab results came back today and little Harrison had a strep bacteria abcess (not the strangles type though) and surprisingly it was Penicillin resistant. Good thing we had him on a different type of antibiotic. He is doing great, and the drain was taken out, but he will have to be on antibiotics for several months to be safe. I bought some red cell today, hope it will keep him from getting anemic while he is on them. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers they worked! Mike and Michele Noonan Wild Hair Ranch Stevensville, MT
Re: Cart / wagon plans
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] One source for parts and plans for wagons and buggys is Whitmer Coach Shop,1070 West Main Street,New Holland, Pa 17557, 717-656-3411. They have a nice catalog and plans for about 15 different vehicles. Bill Kelley list lurker , mini and Q-horse for sale owner, hoping to be Fjord owner, Webster NY
Another Fjord in the family! Long
This message is from: John and Martie Bolinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just getting around to reading my 350 messages since Friday morning. Guess everyone was busy writing while we were away. Everyone said that once we bought one Fjord we would eventually end up with more. So we spent our weekend driving 1200 miles and looking at a horse we were pretty sure was NOT going to be what we wanted, based on a photo that showed her standing next to a tall man (she looked about the size of a shetland). We mentioned to Niel that maybe he should have someone else hold the horse if he is trying to sell you on size. lol. Good news is that she is exactly as advertised - a big girl with a nice personality and similar enough in size/shape/personality to be a good partner to Kilar. Since we did not think she would be big enough, we took the height/weight tape with Kilar's measurements for comparison. Surprizingly she is less and 1 inch shorter and about 50 pounds lighter. And such a beautiful DARK brown dun, especially her face. And so feminine and nice mannered. Not quite so pushy as Kilar, but still very interested in people. Her name is MVF Frida and she has spent the past 5-6 years making babies. She was imported from Norway in 1991, I think and was originally used as a carriage/cart horse and ridden some. Her driving skills need a lot of polishing up again. I got her to go forward and backward nicely on the paved areas and in the grass, but turning is a challenge. She doesn't know 'gee' or 'haw' like Kilar and when we got to a turn-around point and I tried to get her to 'step haw' to come around we almost rearranged the doorway to the barn. After several attempts she finally just stood there and turned to look at me like 'alright, I've tried forward and back - what exactly is it you want from me?' Had to have her headed and physically led back around to get restarted but then we went on with some nice slow turns just to rein pressure. I guess she just needs some more mileage and polish. At least she was really calm and gracious in the face of confusion. Her foal from this year was already sold, so we didn't get to see him, but we looked at an older gelding, Anders (not sure of the whole name) who is a nice big fellow at 2-3 who looks like he will be bigger than either dam or sire (Torblakken). Bottom line, we bought her and she will be delivered sometime after Christmas (with a little more driving practice under her harness). We can't wait! Got her from Sorum Fjord Farm in Lebanon Ohio. Also saw their newest stallion, Rams Lindeman. What a tall, straight fellow he is! Not so much the drafty type I prefer, but a really nice looking horse - and so friendly too. Martie and Kilar in warm and foggy MD
Cart / wagon plans
This message is from: Mark and Lisa McGinley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone know of a place I can get plans for building a meadowlark or a buckboard style wagon? I have a place I can order all the hardware / wheels / etc. but would like to look at some plans. Thanks, Mark McGinley Mariposa
Re: Driving Apron?
This message is from: linda hickam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Amy...I was the linda who wasn't chatting...I couldn't figure it outoh welliy was fun listening'' to everybody...Linda,the computer neophite -- From: Evers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Driving Apron? Date: Mon, Nov 22, 1999, 11:53 AM This message is from: Evers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Would anyone have a pattern for a driving apron that I could borrow? Or perhaps tell me where I might find one. Also, what is the prefered fabric for aprons? We had a great crowd in the fjord chat last night! Amy
Driving Apron?
This message is from: Evers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Would anyone have a pattern for a driving apron that I could borrow? Or perhaps tell me where I might find one. Also, what is the prefered fabric for aprons? We had a great crowd in the fjord chat last night! Amy
Re: Another pedigree-question
This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Mike! Seems like there is no known name on the mare since 'hoppe' is Norwegian for 'mare'. Her year of birth + her sire Fellfast N458 seem to be the only facts we know about her. I've encountered a fantastic pedigree search for TB:s on the net. You typed the horse name in and was given the pedigree back to the foundation sires. Wouldn't it be great to have the same thing with Fjord-pedigrees? Wonder how many YEARS they spent typing all the TB:s into the database? Regards Anneli ** Anneli Sundkvist Dept. of Archaeology Ancient History St. Eriks torg 5 75310 Uppsala SWEDEN +46-18-4712082 (work) +46-18-553627 (home)
Re: Another pedigree-question
This message is from: Mike May, Registrar NFHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 01:48 PM 11/22/99 +0100, you wrote: This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Mike! Seems like there is no known name on the mare since 'hoppe' is Norwegian for 'mare'. Her year of birth + her sire Fellfast N458 seem to be the only facts we know about her. Yeah it seems like a lot of the early pedigrees are dead ends. Some breeders didn't register horses then I guess. I've encountered a fantastic pedigree search for TB:s on the net. You typed the horse name in and was given the pedigree back to the foundation sires. Wouldn't it be great to have the same thing with Fjord-pedigrees? Wonder how many YEARS they spent typing all the TB:s into the database? Hopefully by the time spring rolls around we will be able to offer such a service from the NFHR web site. It is in the plans for early 2000. It will be a search on the NFHR database. Mike === Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry Mike May, Registrar Voice 716-872-4114 FAX 716-787-0497 http://www.nfhr.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another pedigree-question
This message is from: Mike May [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 12:06 PM 11/22/99 +0100, you wrote: This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ooops...I forgot: Both my horses have Enok SW39/N1610 in their pedigrees. In the Swedish studbook, Enoks's great grandmother (the grandmother of his father Rein-Gust N1184) is known as 'mare by Fellfast N458'. Here is what I have: ENOK N-1610 LERVIKBLAKKEN N-791 KONG OLA N-895 STENSETBLAKKA N-2753 REIN-GUST N-1184 FRIMANN N-736 DROPLA N-5780 HOPPE f.1915 DYRE N-1059 DRAUM N-1308 MONA N-4811 DRAUMA N-11187 MOLNESBLAKKEN N-792 PRIMA N-4634 TORDIS N-3021
Re: Pedigree research - my new hobby
This message is from: Mike May, Registrar NFHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 11:44 AM 11/22/99 +0100, you wrote: This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi everybody! I've spent some hours this weekend trying to make 6-generations pedigrees for my two fjords. Since I only have access to the Swedish studbooks, I'm pretty satisfied with the result. Cider's pedigree is complete apart from three names in the 6th generation. My mare Lektra's pedigree lacks six names in the 5th generation and some more in the 6th. So now I would like to know if anyone on the list has information about these horses: Norwegian registred: REGENT N1013 HEIDI N6264 RUSS N1078 I have all of these names in my database but I do not have sire or dam info on any of them. FOLDA N6620 I have this on Folda: FOLDA N-6620 HAKON JARL N-645 MOLNESBLAKKEN N-792 GYDA f.1909 FOLDOLEN N-844 UNKNOWN SIRE SYLVEI N-920 UNKNOWN DAM UNKNOWN SIRE UNKNOWN SIRE UNKNOWN DAM DINA N-3539 UNKNOWN SIRE UNKNOWN DAM UNKNOWN DAM === Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry Mike May, Registrar Voice 716-872-4114 FAX 716-787-0497 http://www.nfhr.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
