Category: Fiber
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Containers
I am paranoid about wool moths, so I keep all of my yarns in plastic containers with mothballs. I try to keep the labels accurate, but they’re never perfect. Prompt: Containers, boxes, and packages. Make a photo with one or more as subjects, and illustrate what they mean to you. Continue reading
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Yarn and Winter Knits
We got the yarn back from our local wool mill in Palisade. I had pure Black Welsh in bulky and sport weight, blended Black Welsh and Polypay in bulky, and some pure Polypay in bulky and sport weight. They all came out looking very nice. I want to make a hat for Joe Sperry from… Continue reading
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Getting Ready to Open the Shop, Plus Fun for Chickens
We’re starting to get more customers. We are not officially open with regular hours until the end of May, but I do open up if people call first. Here’s the wool and meat shop. We have lots of lovely rovings in stock, plus lots of new yarns as well. Plus, we still have our lovely… Continue reading
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The Shearing Is Done
I’m a bit late with my blogging, but we finished sheep shearing for the year. Several fleeces were sold right off the shearing floor. Skirting will start in the next few weeks, and the wool will be up on our site for sale later. Continue reading
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Ravelympics Medals
I’m nearing the end of my Ravelry Knitting Olympics. I was on two different teams. Team WIPs 2010, with two projects for WIPs – dancing was the first. Sadly, I will not medal in either project for this event. However, for Team Tardis, I’ve medaled in four events with a total of five projects! I… Continue reading
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The Ravelympics
Here I am working on my simple socks for the WIPs Dancing Event for Team WIP 2010. I have also finished Aerial Unwind for Team Tardis. Frogged an unidentified garter stitch something. Continue reading
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Socks and More Socks!
We’ve got lots of socks in stock. Our big order has arrived. We now have crew, knee-high, and terry socks for sale. These are 70% Black Welsh wool and 30% nylon. They should be hand-washed and dried flat. They will be too coarse for some people, but they’re very durable and warm. They make great… Continue reading
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Colorado Woolgrower of the Year
We went to Montrose to attend the Colorado Woolgrowers’ Convention on the 22nd and 23rd of July. I was thrilled to be chosen as the 2009 Colorado Woolgrower of the Year, “in recognition of your dedication to improving and promoting the Colorado sheep industry.” I managed to finish the cloak, and I wore it up… Continue reading
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Sample Socks, Cloak, and Concrete
Today, we got back some sock samples that we’re having made from our Black Welsh Mountain wool. We’ll be offering both a hiking crew and a terry sock in men’s and women’s sizes. The labels turned out really nice. Bill used the tractor to do the final filling of the holes before the concrete truck… Continue reading
