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Deyaneria on November 27th, 2012

  This weekend was amazing great holiday. Awesome meal, great friends, family, in addition Small Business Saturday was great. I also found that I need to fix a few things with the site to make it better.     I spent today grooming bunnies, sending out orders and almost forgetting to blog today. I also […]

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Continue reading about Turkey, Knitting and Rabbits ……What a Great Holiday

Deyaneria on November 21st, 2012

A Herdwick’s grey fleece is not easily dyed, and is coarse, and so is best suited to use as carpet wool. This Fleece seems to shed water and dry quicker than most wool. The kemp can be separated from the wool to create a softer hand. The staple length is about 4 inches on mine. […]

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Continue reading about Oh The Fiber – Heavenly Herdwick Wool

Deyaneria on November 16th, 2012

      Faerie-Tale Farm Facebook Page Faerie-Tale Farm donation page Share and Enjoy:

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Continue reading about Fantastic Fiber Friday- Angora, Knitting and Small Biz Saturday

Deyaneria on November 14th, 2012

When I wrote about Ray the angora bunny on monday. I had a few tweets and facebook posts that questioned how happy he was with his new sweater. I’m glad to say that Ray is doing quite well now with his new sweater. He is happy and warm. I always do a double check on […]

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Continue reading about Update on Ray

Deyaneria on November 12th, 2012

      I was planning on doing this amazing post about herdwick sheep and wool this week. However, yesterday something took all my research time. I realized when I was grooming Ray. That he was losing his coat really fast. The warm weather has had the buns all throwing their coats and I’ve been […]

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Continue reading about Life got ahold of me

Deyaneria on November 9th, 2012

Apple Rose Fibers  If you would like to be notified whenever there is awesomely fibery update here click the RSS feed! Share and Enjoy:

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Continue reading about Fantastic Fiber Friday – Wool, Angora, and Kitty Cats

Deyaneria on November 7th, 2012

  I found California Red wool to be  fluffy and  crispy with a downy texture. It definitely had a prickle as I put it around my neck. I would place this fiber in the 30s micron count. The staple length is usually 3-6 inches which is about what the staple of my roving is.   I […]

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Continue reading about Oh The Fiber – Crisp California Red Wool

Deyaneria on November 5th, 2012

  California Red sheep were a happy accident. Dr. Glenn Spurlock in Davis, CA launched a project, of crossing Tunis and Barbados sheep. His aim was to create a wooless sheep. He Failed. However, his mistake caught the eyes of Aimee and Paulette Soulier, who found a love for the fiber and meat of this unique […]

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Continue reading about Oh The Fiber – Classy California Red Sheep

Deyaneria on November 2nd, 2012

I hope you got a laugh out of this one like I did.   Anyway here’s a few pics of me painting the tunis:           Share and Enjoy:

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Continue reading about Fantastic Fiber Friday – My Real Life

Deyaneria on October 31st, 2012

  Tunis wool is suprising soft with an almost downy handle , I usually see in down sheep types.  Colors can go from light ivory to cream, natural colored fleeces are obtained from first and sometimes second shearings of lambs.     The staple is long a minimum of 3.5 inches but usually longer 4-6 […]

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Continue reading about Oh The Fiber – Tempting Tunis Wool