We just had a busy weekend. On Friday we took a mini-vacation and headed to Milwaukee where my niece and her long-time fiancee finally tied the knot! It was pouring rain when we left home, but on the other side of the state it was beautiful and sunny. Good thing – because it was an […]
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FO Friday – dyed wool hat
Last fall, I mentioned how we had received a fleece from a neighbor and Kurth Valley Fiber Mill cleaned it and spun it into yarn. Unfortunately, Papa didn’t give them very good directions as to how thin to process it. Holding your fingers out and saying “this thick” isn’t very accurate. As a result, the yarn […]
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Last April, I mentioned that a neighbor had given us some wool for free. The sheep hadn’t been sheared in a couple of years and the fleece was in pretty bad shape. We did some cleaning ourselves but then decided it would be better to turn it over to professionals. We really did want to […]
Fiber Friday with a body
We have a neighbor who owns a farm he runs with his family miles away, even though he lives across the street from us (long story). Last fall, we learned that his mother had been gifted a few sheep. They didn’t bother shearing them last year but planned to do it in 2015. He wasn’t […]