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Lovely buck from summer litters that carries chocolate gene for sale.
Dyeing, Dyeing, Dyeing!
Spinning a hand carded blend of my fawn angora, moorit wool and tussah silk on my Reeves Wheel
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Thistle Cove Farm House Today my favorite cousin and I set off to visit a favorite fiber friend and fellow businesswoman in the mountains of Virginia. Sandra at Thistle Cove Farm is a savvy farmer and has been the source of many great things for my business. Thanks to her I was invited to demonstrate at the National Folk Festival in Richmond and made some terrific connections and sales. I've attended a couple of nice festivals at her farm, at her invitation, and always enjoy the visits. 
Shetland Raw Fleece A wonderful visit with special people was the bonus; the purpose of our trip was to pick up fleece for spinning. This is from one of the sheep that Sandra raises on her beautiful farm. Shetland is a favorite wool of mine; I love the softness and length of the wool. And the crimp in this special fleece is wonderful! I will be spinning it with my Reeves wheel and it's destined to become yarn for hand crocheted shawls for me to sell. This Shetland is so nice I may process it myself; it doesn't look like it will even need to be carded!
Merino Raw Fleece This lovely merino is just the right length to be blended with the angora from my German Angoras. I plan to have a run of mill-spun yarn done with this fleece and my angora, for a two-ply 50/50 yarn that I can sell more economically than my handspun. This merino has a lot of lovely crimp and I think I can have some very nice yarn with a unique character from it. I sold out last year of my previous run. I also plan to have a dark wool blended with colored angora and millspun as well. |
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