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Lessons from the Wool Mill's Draw Frame

I took a break from our camp sock yarn this week to clean up some off-white Suri alpaca floor sweeps from a shearing. (Yes, I know most...

Beverly

Mar 28, 20243 min read

Growing Clean Wool Fleece: Part 1

A current growing pain we have is how to economically keep the sheep’s fleece as clean as possible. Unfortunately, the nature of wool...

Gwen

Mar 6, 20243 min read

Dyeing Wool: It's All About Colour

I have been in the kitchen for days and I haven’t been cooking. Instead, I’ve been washing and dying wool to increase the colour variety...

Beverly

Mar 22, 20233 min read

The Joy of Hand Carding Wool

I was asked just the other day what are you working on – spinning? knitting? weaving ? felting? sewing? “No”, was my reply, “I am...

Beverly

Jan 25, 20233 min read

A Year in Review on the Farm

2023 is now here, but we are still very ‘early’ in the new year and what happened in 2022 is still very much impacting us. Aside from the...

Bryan

Jan 11, 20233 min read

The Learning Curve

So, the other day I was scrolling through Instagram reels to get a few laughs. I stumbled on one talking about the construction of a...

Beverly

Oct 26, 20223 min read

My (reluctant) Return to Natural Dye

A few weekends ago my daughter and I attended a dye shop training hosted by the Range Fiber Art Guild in Cotton, Minnesota, which is just...

Beverly

Jun 29, 20223 min read

Out of Stock: How the supply chain issues are impacting us

There is a common refrain from most every farmer I know (and certainly the situation extends well beyond farming) – about the huge delays...

Bryan

Jun 15, 20222 min read

My Next Fibre Adventure

I’m so looking forward to the next fibre adventure in my life. As a teenager I primarily designed and sewed clothing as my creative...

Beverly

Jun 1, 20222 min read