Artisan Knit Blankets and Passap Knitting Machine Parts
We often camp with our horses. I designed a “camping theme” blanket for our horse trailer camper. This Passap machine knitted blanket has been very popular with my “camping” clients. I have listed this pattern in my Etsy shop for anyone who wants to knit some blankets for “happy campers!” … Read More
I have moved my machine knitting patterns to a new shop. Etsy does not support Designaknit files and Square Online (my current test shop) does not even email files. I have been manually emailing Etsy sale .stp files and all files for Square Online after each sale. It has just … Read More
Lots of knitting and knitting here in the studio! I have been busy knitting since before the holidays and it hasn’t slowed down much at all. There are several patterns I have been working on. I have a child blanket (free pattern) almost ready. Hopefully, I will be posting it … Read More
This summer has been hot and dry so far. I have had time to get some fleece washed and listed on my Etsy shop. This wool is from my fine wool, single coated Shetland sheep and it is super soft! The sheep are surviving the hot weather by hanging out … Read More
I have been washing fleeces. Soon, I will be stocking the shop with locks and carded batts. Today, I washed a light morrit Shetland lamb fleece. The wool is next-to-skin soft. I spun a small sample straight from the locks (no carding). Nothing fancy, just a quick spin and a … Read More
I sent Cormo and Wensleydale fleeces to the mill to be spun into yarn. The yarn is now here and it is listed in the shop. The Cormo yarn is 2 ply worsted weight with yardage per skein approximately 150 Yards +/-. Cormo is a fine wool and is next-to-skin … Read More
Summer is here! I have added some new wools to the shop with more to come. We always have Killdeer nesting in the gravel along the driveway. They are so small, but are up and running around soon after hatching. We have had so much rain that the … Read More
I know it is not officially fall, but once the kids are heading back to school, it seems as though fall is here. It is still hot here (in the 90’s) but the evenings are cooling down and feeling more like fall. The sheep have welcomed the cooler evening weather … Read More
Hello Spring! Finally! I have been busy washing and dyeing wool. I will continue to list wools on the Etsy farm shop as I have time. My latest weaving project which will eventually be two scarves. Here is a sampling of what I have been listing. More to come soon!! … Read More
I have been listing some locks and handspun in the shop as I have time. Since the winter weather has let up a bit, I have had time to get caught up on some projects. 🙂 The sheep are doing great and the fleeces look super nice! Handspun from my flock. New … Read More