I took a fun day with a good friend of mine this Sunday and went to the Common Ground Fair. We had a lovely time. The Common Ground Fair is in Unity, Maine. It is a different fair in some ways than what I am used to. They specialize in organic, green, and Maine-made. There can be […]
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I have been busy with many things around the farm. Getting ready for winter is right on the mind now because the weather can be unpredictable here in Maine(this will be here before I know it). I also have been considering changing the store a bit. I think I’m going to move it to the […]
Coopworth is a lovely long fiber I have had a lot of experience with. After seeing this lovely fiber at Fiber Frolic last year, I had a coopworth jag. Similar to knitting jag, in that I couldn’t get enough coopworth. I bought about 5 fleeces for the blending with other fibers. It scours pretty easily […]
I’ve had a bit of a time with organizing everything with the hubs coming home. I have decided to take a week off and get my schedule organized. So I can provide the best content for the blog, the newsletter and the Etsy Shop. Still will be taking orders thru the shop but I will […]
I tried one last attempt to multicolor kettle dye with dry dye. I prepared water and vinegar and put in 4 oz of punta fiber. Then I added cherry, reseda green, and Copenhagen blue dyes. I watched the fiber carefully making sure it didn’t go over 150 degrees. When the dyebath was clear, I let […]
I know I’m a bit late posting this week. I have big news. The Hubs is home for good!!!!!! He came in about 5 am Friday morning. I am so thankful to have him here. The kids were suprised because we didn’t tell them he was coming in early(I told them Sept 10th). It has […]
When I left off on Monday, I was still thinking the colors would come out muddled. This is the 2 color roving. I put the fiber in wet. Here is the 3 color roving. I did notice as I added more colors they did come out a bit muddier. As the dye I’m […]
I heard about kettle dyeing in multi-color but I wasn’t sure how well it would work. My thought was that the colors would just move about in the dye solution and muddy colors would be the result. I finally decided to jump in and try it. I took 2 4oz lots of superwash roving. The […]
Picking up where I left off yesterday I pulled the fiber from the dyebath and let it dry. It came out great the angora did not felt even in boiling water. The control came out gorgeous. The Angora had no felting even after all the boiling. I think it will mix nicely with some […]
The post for this week was suppose to be on Masham Sheep wool but I pulled it at the last minute while I wait for information from Masham Sheep Breeders Association. I decided to try dyeing fiber in Ziploc baggies. Supposedly you can dye in the bags and it will prevent you from having to […]
