A collection of photos that inspired this week’s yarn. . . . → Read More: Inspiration: a photo collection
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Have you ever seen a sheep being sheared? No matter how many times I watch it, I’m amazed every time. Earlier this month I helped my mom plan a Shearing Day for her farm. We sold some tickets, had coffee, cinnamon rolls and yarn. But the main event was the shearing, which my little brother captured in these videos. (If you’re reading this in a reader or via email, you may need to click through to the blog to see the videos) Everyone wants to know: what will we do with the wool? Well, I’d love to tell you that you can find it in the shop, but you can’t! This year we’re keeping both fleeces to wash, card, spin and knit into sweaters for us. But don’t worry, there’s plenty of woolly things in the Boutique. If you have any questions, please ask in the comments! And don’t . . . → Read More: Sheep Shearing – Fall 2010 This week has been all about the hemp. I got a ginormous wholesale order from a fiber artist, so I have been winding + dyeing for days. (This is actually a giant pile of yarn I sold to someone at Starbucks last month. If you’re ever in town, shoot me an email and you get your own pile of yarn + coffee!) This color (pumpkin) seems to be the most popular:
Emily is making a gorgeous Waves of Grain scarf:
(the free pattern is here, on Knitty). Emily is @emilyroots on Twitter is a new spinning convert, so go welcome her to the club! And @fracksmom is making a cowl out of it. (I’m pretty sure it’s not for her dog, he’s just modeling it!) If you’re wondering what you might . . . → Read More: Shades of Hemp A photo-tour of my inspiring local fruits and veggies (and the yarns they inspired! . . . → Read More: Farmer’s Market Inspiration The first goats born on our farm! . . . → Read More: New Goats! I am loving all the entries to the Name-A-Color contest. But now that I read them, I realize I didn’t give ALL the information in that first hemp post.
You can’t come up with good colors, if you don’t know what you’re working with.
And what I’m working with is a naturally colored hemp.
Which is NOT white. And that means that I can NOT get bright, crystal clear colors. What I can get are really deep and muted colors like this
(sneak peek of what’s coming Friday!) If you have an idea for a muted, not-quite-bright color that I should dye, be sure to leave your suggestion in the comments of this post (and hey, you might just win a skein in that color!) . . . → Read More: Undyed Hemp Last month I posted a few colors of Hemp Laceweight and they sold out almost immediately. Today I have 2 skeins each of 5 different colors, and they will be in the Boutique at 10 am. Here’s a little sneak peek of what’s coming:
Grape
Leaf
Pumpkin Catch all the colors of Hemp Laceweight here! Friday afternoon, I went with my mom to pick up our first sheep from Hobby Knob Farm. Since we don’t have a trailer, we used my mom’s minivan to bring them home. This is no easy task, as sheep don’t understand the whole “hop in” concept. (if these pictures are shaky, it’s because I am laughing SO hard) Once in the van, they calmed right down and gave one look back to their former farm. I was intimately involved in getting them OUT of the van, so there aren’t any pictures of that. (Imagine me holding onto the leash, trying to talk the sheep into jumping down). Once they were out and into the yard, the youngest one (we haven’t decided on a name yet – I call her Shera (Princess of Power) and the brothers call her Baby) started munching: The older one, formerly named . . . → Read More: Sheep! My Sheep! How the Blonde Chicken gets her name. Warning: Adorable Story Ahead . . . → Read More: How I came to be a Blonde Chicken Not sure what to do with that delicious handspun Organic Cotton? Here are some ideas! . . . → Read More: Handspun Organic Cotton Yarn – Free Patterns & Tips |
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