Sample Socks, Cloak and Concrete

We got samples of the socks we are having made from our Black Welsh Mountain wool. We will be offereing both a hiking crew and a terry sock in mens and womens sizes. These are the first 2 samples. I also put a label on my fabric. Bill used the tractor to do final...

The Cloak – Pattern Testing

The whole reason I have Black Welsh Mountain Sheep is because I wanted a traditional medieval Black Welsh cloak. While most folks would go buy a cloak or at best buy fabric and make one I did things a bit differently. I bought the sheep, bought a spinning wheel,...

Weaving and Cats

This is what’s on the small loom currently. I’m weaving several placemats. I have 4 cream with red stripes done and one red with cream stripe and have started my second. I can’t remember exactly how much warp I have on so I am not sure when I will be...

North Fork Fiber Guild

With the loom assembled the next step was to tie it up and get it ready for warping. Margaret, Monica and Elena all helped me learn how to tie everything up and set it up for weaving. Here they are doing their spinning, naalbinding and knitting after we got the loom...

Warped Again

Finished my small sampler of singles yarn. It’s probably going to be a handle for some sort of tote or bag. Learned some more about weaving with singles, mostly that I have to spin much tighter twist than I thought to have it sturdy enough for the beating of the...