Enjoying a more relaxed lifestyle on the Canadian Prairies it is possible to take a 5 mile horseback ride and not meet a single neighbor. Privacy and freedom of movement not enjoyed by much of
the population any more! Against this backdrop I spin, dye and knit various fibers, always eyeing that pet Llama and scheming...
CLICK on his sidebar pic about half way down the page and read about his first haircut!
CLICK on the second Llama pic for the story of his latest shearing!
CLICK on Caulisheep for pics from our farm
CLICK on "What addiction?" pic for Clara Parke's article on interesting ways to hide yarn!
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My original watercolors of Spinning Wheels, Spindles and Fiber Tools are now available as 4 x 5" blank note cards and mini-cards! In sets of 4 at my Etsy Shop
Click the pic for Clara Parke's article on how to hide your stash...
I Love My Llama
Click on this pic and read about his haircut!
Click on this pic for photos from our farm
Why I Love Wool
DID YOU KNOW? Unlike synthetic fibers, wool is fire retardant. Up until recently, the blankets firefighters used to rescue people from burning buildings were made of tightly woven wool. This is because wool will only burn if it is held on a flame and immediately stops burning if the flame is removed. Synthetics only need to be exposed to high heat before they combust (they don't even need an open flame) and will continue to burn even after being removed from the heat source. This makes synthetics HIGHLY DANGEROUS for infant bedding and clothing (if they're around smokers) because burning synthetics will actually melt right onto skin and continue to burn even after the flame has gone out.
Wool can be stretched up to 1/3 longer than it's resting length and still snap back into shape!
Wool is a 100% renewable resource that does not require chemicals or consumable energy to produce!
Superwash wool can be machine washed and dried without worry, making it easy care - perfect for infant wear & blankets!
With all the advances in sheep breeds (like Merino and Blue Face Leicester) plus the greater availability of specialty fibers like Alpaca, the days of "scratchy" wool are over!
Books I Recommend
Lovely children's books! All the illustrations are made of felted wool! Unique gifts!!
Chronicles of the Lazy Knitter: PhatFiber Sampler Box Enchanted Forest
PhatFiber Sampler Box Enchanted Forest
September's PhatFiber box theme is Enchanted Forest. I love following the theme discussions on Ravelry! The photos the dyers post are always so inspiring! I don't know where they find them but the images are fresh and beautiful - both paintings and photos of real places. For my samples all I could think of was fairies and wood sprites and I didn't have a thing in my stash that was suitable!. Typical! LOL! What I did find were some lovely milli fiori glass flowers and some angel charms. I figured - m'eh! close enough!
All my box samples were made with these sweet bronze angels, some with yellow flowers, some with orange.
I made enough to have a few sets of the bronze ones to put in my Etsy Shop later this month when the box drops. In the mean time I made some with silver angels and posted them in the shop now. I keep hoping my fiber will be coming back from A&B soon so I can use some of it for samples instead of always sending stitch markers. I have something really awesome up my sleeve for October's theme "The Witching Hour" so with or without fiber I'll be making them but still, it would be nice to
do something to promote some of the other things I have in the shop and
I'm done doing spindles for the box, at least for this year! So I'll keep my fingers crossed and keep hoping! LOL!
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