As you can imagine it takes a while to get from sheering sheep to wearing actual clothes and I have learned that pioneers must have taken great care of their clothing but at the same time it was probably much better/durable cloth than the commercial cloth we buy in the stores today. So much work … Continue reading Carding wool with a drum carder
I've been wanting to learn to weave and ran across this lovely old antique table top loom in the local antique store that just needed some TLC and one tiny replacement part and best of all ... was within my price range for trying a new fiber art! Even cooler it was listed as being … Continue reading Howard’s feed and wax to restore an antique table top loom
Today we visited a friend who owns a Gotland sheep ranch and business called "twisted sheep" and sells lovely fleeces for us fiber artists to drool over. I met her at the local fiber festival and she was kind enough to allow us to come out to the ranch to visit the lovely animals that … Continue reading Sheep, wool, barbecue , and grazing in the yard
Occasionally I run across some handy little helpers and as an avid knitter I really love this one! I am constantly loosing count on what row number I am on and have tried multiple various methods of trying to keep track. Everything from counting in my head (Big no-go) to writing it on paper (yeah … Continue reading Knitting/crochet must have: Redheart yarn digital row counter
We got our first snow here in Montana the last week of September already, and it is supposed to snow all next week! So winter is coming! Or maybe it has already arrived? Either way it's time to get the winter gear ready... so it is hat making time! I had a special request to … Continue reading Winter is coming: time to make some hats!
Human here: today I'm preparing some raw wool sheered straight off the sheep so I can use it for felting and spinning etc. Conestoga Chuck has a tendency to stuff his nose in the bag of raw wool occasionally to get a good sniff and so I have to watch or before I know it … Continue reading Preparing raw wool for crafting, felting and spinning into yarn, oh my!
Today the human isn't feeling all that great so it's up to me , Conestoga Chuck, to do the typing and posting. I bet you didn't know a dog could blog this well, right? Well I'm a special sort of dog. A service dog in training like my sister lil bit. So today's post is … Continue reading Free knitting patterns for a cold winter day
So today I'm making some (hopefully) beautiful wet felted hats. I started with a little research and found some great instructions here: Felt hat instructions After yesterday's fiber festival I have tons of wool to play with and lots of inspiration! So I went to the local goodwill and dollar store and party store to … Continue reading Felted hats
Today is the humans favorite weekend in Billings, MT... the annual fiber festival. This event is every fall and it's where the human gets most of her wooly crafting supplies 🙂 she is always happy when it's fiber festival time! Which means we get extra treats lol Human here: and yes I LOVE the fiber … Continue reading Fiber festival time!
So today was spent on some sewing lessons. The girls wanted to do a little redecorating and it turned out beautiful! Conestoga Chuck wanted to help out, but for safety reasons we had to ban him from the sewing room lol (pins and needles and scissors oh my!). We started with the kiddo play cubby … Continue reading A little decorating and some budget sewing goes a long way!
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