In the Fiber Room

We've been busy skirting raw fleeces in the fiber room. Check out the new listings in our Etsy shop.

Alfresco Skirting

We took advantage of a break in thunderstorms to do a little alfresco skirting.  What a pleasant experience with a background of birdsong, bleating lambs and answering mamas.  We were even joined by a beautiful visitor :)

In the Fiber Room

In the Fiber Room

"She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands"

~ Proverbs 31:13

While the weather outside has been pretty frightful, all the activity in the fiber room has been pretty delightful.  There's always something going on.  Here's a glimpse of some of the things we've been up to.

skirting

washing

natural dyeing (l to r) cosmos, rhubarb, cosmos + cochineal, black-eyed susan

carding naturally-dyed cochineal lambs wool



spinning

naturally-dyed millspun yarn - black-eyed susan and hibiscus

Skirting

We had some wonderful helpers in the fiber room on Saturday.  While Lena organized and filed paperwork, Harley helped at the skirting table. A few more lambs' fleeces skirted, while the two of them practiced cursive and helped with wool records.  Harley decided that she was in charge of 'fluffing'. 

All that wonderful help and entertainment, sure made the time fly :)

In the Fiber Room

Stolen moments... skirting, washing, carding, spinning, dyeing.

There is always 'work in progress' in the fiber room.

And, take a peek in the box above.

It's filled with our long-awaited shipment from Stonehedge Fiber Mill. 

There will be lots more to come about this beautiful yarn... probably the first of the week.

Summer Colours Week - Red

we're joining Poppytalk for Summer Colours Week
check out all the beautiful summer contributions in the Flickr pool

In the Fiber Room

Wool ~ in all its glory

A glimpse of just some of the things that have been going on in our fiber room