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Here it is!!  The Ultimate Temperature Blanket Guide!! At the end of every year the crochet groups on Facebook go bananas with posts about temperature blankets.  There are so many questions! What is a temperature blanket? How do you keep it from being 12 feet tall? How much yarn do you buy? Should you use…

During our very last week living in North Carolina I was able to wrap up my epic adventure at Shepherd’s Gate Fiber Mill .  In my last blog post about the fiber mill I explained some of what I did with Miss Ann to get my fleeces clean.  If you need a refresher, you can…

In February I set a goal to take a project from sheep to finished project – which might be crochet or weaving, I haven’t decided yet.  I have an image on my vision board that shows my goal and its even on this awesome t-shirt.  It shows the steps to go from sheep to finished…

I post a lot about my spinning wheel Petunia, but do you know the whole story of how we became besties?  Here’s an 8-step introduction to our friendship.  I hope you enjoy it! So that’s the story of how Petunia and I became besties. I hope this helped you get to know us both a…

Last week I posted about my magical day at Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair.  If you missed the post, definitely check it out HERE. SAFF has tons of classes you can take and I took one on painting with wool.  The technique we used was needle felting.  I have never done it before, but it was…

This is my longest blog post yet, but that is just because SAFF is that awesome!  SAFF stands for Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair. It is the largest fiber fair in the southeast.  They have animal contests, fiber arts contests, tons of classes, a giant vendor hall, and more.  It was so amazing and I thought…

How to Make Your Own Fiber Blending Board I have been drooling over fiber blending boards on YouTube and social media for a while now.  They look amazing and let you blend all sorts of fiber types or different colors of fibers to make really unique blends.  For example, I have a big fluffy bag…

I get asked quite often how I make denim yarn, so I thought it would be a great topic for my first tutorial on my new blog!  Here are a few examples of the pieces that usually catch people’s eye! Almost one year ago I was brainstorming what to make and enter in the contest…