We got the alpacas sheared and wow what a difference! I forgot how tiny they really are. The amount of fiber was amazing. Romeo also had some dental work done. He looks so handsome now. In other news we went to the strawberry farm and did some picking for jam. I was also able […]
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I finished off my mason jar dye with a dip in the water bath canner. It turned out great. After that success I decided to try something new. I did a little research and decided to try dyeing with some of the plants that grow on my property. So I went and collected some Black-eyed Susans. […]
Continue reading about Mason Jar dyeing and dyeing with herbs and plants
I decided to take a quick detour from the “Oh The Fiber ” series and try my hand at jar dyeing. I am using my Cushings Acid dyes and some superwash wool. First I wet down the fiber in water with a bit of dish detergent in it. While it was soaking(about 30 min) […]
Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red. Almost all modern edible parthenocarpic bananas come from the two wild species Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. The scientific names of […]
I am keeping this post short and sweet as today is my son’s birthday. He will be 16 today. My how the years have flown by. We have a new member of our little farm. His name is Ray . Ray is a beautiful Ruby-Eyed White English Angora. Ray enjoyed his outing to the […]
I spun up the beautiful light brown. I find I am really liking this wool. The brown was super soft and had a tendency to nepps. I took out many of the nepps but some stayed making a slightly thin and thick yarn. The white was dyed robins egg blue with Cushings Acid Dyes. I […]
The falkland is finally dry so I can show it to you all spun up. It’s spins beautifully after a good shaking to loosen up where it compacted during dyeing. Although dyeing it was messy I am pleased with the results. I’ve been clipping bunnies all week and plan on adding the fiber to the […]
Since my lovely bamboo and banana fiber have yet to come in for me to play with I had some Falkland wool here. Falkland sheep are from the Falkland Islands. I find it interesting that the wool has some great history. Falkland Island wool is considered to be a superior wool fibre and has historically […]
I was crazy busy this weekend. I went to a BBQ for the American Legion Ladies Auxilliary. Made a trip to the bank an hour away and went to Fiber Frolic whoohoo!!!! I had been waiting for that all year. I didn’t write a post on friday because I wanted to write about Fiber Frolic. […]
Continue reading about Around the Farm – Checking out Fiber Frolic
There are many claims about sea cell fiber. I’m unsure as to what claims are real or fiction but I will present them all so as the consumer you can decide. Basically, Seacell textile fiber is the result of a simple idea: the natural cellulose-based Lyocell fiber acts as the carrier for a natural, health-promoting […]
