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The Ultimate Temperature Blanket Guide!!

Posted on February 5, 2020October 6, 2020 by user

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…

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The finale of my epic fiber mill adventure!!!

Posted on January 31, 2020 by user

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…

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A magical day at the fiber mill… Part one!

Posted on December 1, 2019 by user

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…

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The Story of Astrid and Petunia: A match made in fiber heaven!

Posted on November 11, 2019 by user

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…

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Painting with Wool

Posted on November 7, 2019 by user

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…

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A Heavenly Day at Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair

Posted on October 28, 2019 by user

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…

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Blending Board DIY

Posted on October 20, 2019 by user

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…

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How to Make Denim Yarn

Posted on October 10, 2019 by user

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…

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Welcome October!

Posted on October 1, 2019 by user

October took forever to get here!! I have so many exiciting things happening this month. It is going to be great!! NC State Fair – I have 5 pieces entered in the fiber arts contests and I think there will be funnel cake. YUM! Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair – I am taking a wool painting…

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