My sister has huge plastic bins full of yarn.  and then she also has some full of scrappin' supplies.  Now she's started beading………I think she's a buyer..

Imma said:

Well I don't knit or craft, but I can't get enough fabric.  I sew period garb, thats clothes for those that don't speak medieval.  If I find 100% linen for under 8.00 I buy it.  Wool is even harder to get a hold of here.  I guess we don't need to wear wool in southern Arizona   I find a lot of my stuff on ebay.  I found 5 yards  of wool for 8.00 for the whole piece. It cost me 10.00 for shipping. Thats crazy I paid more to get it to me then for the item itself.

Still, $18 for 5 yards of good wool fabric is probably a good deal.  I used to live in Southern California.  I'd laugh when people would suggest buying used wool skirts and coats to cut up for rug hooking strips.  Somehow I never found wool anything for sale in sunny California.

Pete said:

Someone drug in a bread maker from the flea market today.  Was supposed to have never been used, and has most of the original stickers still on it.  I showed him the flour and other goodies in the baking chamber to suggest that it had been used a bit.  And the paddle is scratched, so I suppose someone used a very sharp knife to get it out of a loaf of bread!

In any case, it was most likely worth $5!  Just yesterday I was wishing I had one to make a loaf of bread to go along with the jam.  (Was he reading my mind??)  It was the only time I have ever wished for a bread machine.  The loaves just don't look right!  And handling the dough is a major reason for baking it! But, what a joy it would be to have the machine doing all the work while I make jam!

This thing is a Toastmaster 1156S, with a bunch of settings, window to watch what is going on, digital screen, makes several sizes of loaves, etc.  After some research, I found an instruction book for a mere $6.95, or copy one online.  Think I will order the real one from the company, but use the online version to test drive the machine first.

Now, does anyone have any suggestion about sanitizing this thing before I bake a loaf of bread I expect to eat?  Figure the heating element may kill any germs inside it which could get into our bread, so may just throw in the makings for one loaf, and throw it out when done…

I couldn't find a photo of one online so I'm just guessing, but I've owned and used at least 3 different bread machines from various manufacturers over the years.  Typically the unit will have a metal canister (round or square) which fits into the machine, and a paddle that actually mixes and kneads the dough.  There are no electrical parts in either.  I have washed both the canister and paddle pieces in the dishwasher.  The heating unit doesn't really come in contact with the bread so a good wipe down with a soapy rag would probably do it. I'm not sure that will work for you, but maybe you could describe it a little better and I'll see what I can come up with.