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...
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Gwen
Mar 63 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...
Beverly
Mar 22, 20233 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
Jan 25, 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...
Bryan
Jan 11, 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...
Beverly
Oct 26, 20223 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
Jun 29, 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...
Bryan
Jun 15, 20222 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...
Beverly
Jun 1, 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...
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