Mary HammondMay 29, 20241 min readBeginning Prep Of A Cormo FleeceI'm very happy with these mesh bags from Amazon. 20" x 24" zip up 2 for 5 dollars for washing this very lovely Cormo wool fleece keeping...
Mary HammondOct 23, 20231 min readMy Spinning ServicesI offer carding and handspinning of your clean angora, alpaca or wool fibers. (I no longer offer washing services for wool and alpaca or...
Mary HammondOct 23, 20231 min readFall UpdatesI put together on FB a portfolio of work and also a list of fiber mills useful to angora owners. Portfolio- https://www.facebook.com/1291...
Mary HammondMay 23, 20221 min readLlama!So I received a new client today who has a raw but skirted white llama fleece weighing 2 lbs. she wants cleaned and turned into Aran...
Mary HammondMay 23, 20221 min readWoad-homemade dyeMade my first batch of woad today. So to recap on the woad experiment: Wanted to harvest woad this week as it is eradication week for...
Mary HammondDec 7, 20211 min readUpdate Commission Spinning PricesOur Fiber Services ANGORA, ALPACA, WOOL I offer commission spinning. Send me your raw, uncarded angora fiber or washed wool or alpaca at...
Mary HammondDec 7, 20211 min readSatisfied Handspun Yarn Client"I started weaving last night with the Angora! I could not have done this without your help! I’m So excited to see how it turns out." Ana C.
Mary HammondDec 6, 20211 min readThe Spinnstubenfrau-Spinners Witch at ChristmasThe Spinnstubenfrau. The Spinners Witch at Christmas. "As women became a larger part of the economy with their spinning and weaving,...
Mary HammondNov 13, 20211 min readAngora BlendsThese are some of the results of my last commission of 4.5 pounds of pure German Angora and some variously blended with alpaca, merino or...
Mary HammondNov 12, 20211 min readOn The Wheel: AlpacaA local alpaca farm has trusted me with their carded huacaya roving from their alpaca named Topaz to spin on a 80/20 commission basis....
Mary HammondNov 12, 20211 min readWool GatheringA beautiful week gathering surplus fleece and fibers at farms around Siskiyou County. Three colors of beautifully clean ready to spin...
Mary HammondMar 2, 20211 min readLaceweight AngoraToday I'm finishing spinning a commission for 3600 yards of laceweight gray angora from a black rabbit. It was a bit challenging until I...