Newbie in Memphis TN

[wanalearn2soap]

Hello and thank you for accepting me to this forum. I'm hoping to find someone who might guide me in my new adventure in the Soap Making World. I'm excited and can't wait to get started. I will research it to the max before opening my 1st container of lye!
A little about me, born and raised in Middle Tennessee on a farm where we grew what we needed to eat. Veggies, fruits, milk, eggs and yes meat. Fresh meat was added every year from our grain fed stock of all breeds of the animal world. I sat beside my little Granny and she taught me to churn milk, make lye soap and sew. In her world those were the things that made a good wife. Those memories are my best they invoke a feeling of warmth and true love. Writing this make me sound like I was born in the late to early 1800/1900 hundreds but guess what it was only a mere 40 years ago all that took place.
Over the years I became like most of Americans dependent up others to feed me, that sounds so sad but it's true for 99.9% of the living human race. Soap box forum this is not. So to make along interesting story of my journey into and now of the world of premade... I'm learning to take care of me and mine the way we were intended to. And we were not made to take from the govenment we were made to give back.
Is there anyone out there willing to assist me in my adventure of soap making. I'd be so very grateful for a seasoned veteran to help me? I want to teach my young granddaughters the art and science of hand made soap, it sounds like so much fun.

 

[Hazel]

Hello and welcome!

What a different childhood you had from many people in this country. It's not clear from your post how much research you've already done on soapmaking but there is a lot of info already written on the forum by experienced soapers. When I first joined, I started on the very last page and started reading forward. It was quite an education and it answered questions I didn't even know I had.

What resources have you researched on soapmaking? (Books, videos, blogs, etc.)

 

[Lindy]

Welcome aboard. I was raised in the city but my grandparents on both sides had been homesteaders. I was taught to milk a cow, churn butter, separate cream from the milk, feed chickens, pigs and calves. Unfortunate (or perhaps fortunately) I had to kill a chicken and then dress it. My grandparents made sure I knew where my food came from. They didn't teach me how to make soap, but they did tell me how they used to do it as well as the precautions.

Today I make CP soap and as much as I would like to say I make soap the way my grandmother did, well we all know that would be a lie..

You will find many people here who will be happy to help you as learn this amazing craft.... Enjoy the journey.