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Shearing Day For Blackberry

Someone is in dire need of a haircut.

Woad-homemade dye

Made 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...

Fiber Art Show Update

Had a lot of fun at the art show and fair at Alpaca On The Rocks in Weed last month. Others demonstrated their wares such as handcrafted...

Christmas Gift Ideas

I'm done spinning this commission and the skeins here pictured worked up to 835 yards and are now available for sale at Alpaca On The...

The Spinnstubenfrau-Spinners Witch at Christmas

The Spinnstubenfrau. The Spinners Witch at Christmas. "As women became a larger part of the economy with their spinning and weaving,...

Angora Blends

These 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...

On The Wheel: Alpaca

A local alpaca farm has trusted me with their carded huacaya roving from their alpaca named Topaz to spin on a 80/20 commission basis....

Disaster!

Its been exciting. My Bluebonnet Bumblebee wheel broke its crankshaft. Of all the things that COULD have broken, this was the most...

Wool Gathering

A beautiful week gathering surplus fleece and fibers at farms around Siskiyou County. Three colors of beautifully clean ready to spin...

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