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Where to Source Fleece & Fiber Without Leaving Your Home
Many of our beloved fiber festivals and yarn shows have been canceled or rescheduled this year, but that doesn’t mean you have to go without beautiful fleece and fibers in your life! Although we are sad that we won’t be seeing … Continue reading
5 Ways to Have Fun With Fiber at Home
Are you staying home this spring? You might find yourself with more time on your hands than you’re used to – thankfully, as fiber lovers, we know what to do with it! Today, we round up 5 of our favorite … Continue reading
The 8 Wonders of Wool: Amazing Facts You Might Not Know
As many of us are hunkering down for more time at home, we hope you have plenty of yarn and fiber to keep your hands busy. Today, we continue our exploration of the wonderful world of wool by sharing some amazing … Continue reading
Evaluating Fleece & Fiber: A Beginner’s Guide
Do you speak fiber? There are many words specific to evaluating, preparing and processing fiber – and if you are newer to the fiber arts scene, it might seem like a foreign language! Today, we’ll talk about what to look for … Continue reading
Celebrating Distaff Day & Breed-Specific Wools
Earlier this month, we celebrated Distaff Day at Wild Skeins, our Local Yarn store here in Hickory, NC. A distaff is a long tool used in handspinning which keeps fibers from getting tangled and dates back to medieval times. Distaffs … Continue reading
Posted in Fiber, Resources, Sheep
Tagged breed specific wool, distaff day, events, Fiber, fiber resources, fleece, sheep breeds
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Staple Length: A Quick Guide for Fiber Artists
The term staple length is frequently used when talking about fleece and fiber, but have you ever wondered why staple length matters and how it affects your choice of tools and techniques in a given project? In this post, we’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Carding, Fiber, Handspinning, Resources, Tutorial
Tagged Fiber, fiber processing, handspinning, tutorial
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Guide to Fiber Producing Animals
As a fiber artist, there is no shortage of exciting fibers to explore! Especially if you are working with a raw fleece, these fibers benefit from proper preparation, and our drum carders can process virtually any fiber into beautiful batts. … Continue reading
Meet Our Makers: Rock Mills Farm
Back in July, we attended the Fiber Marker sponsored by Fibernate and had the pleasure of meeting Mary, owner of the Rock Mills Farm in Rappahannock County, Virginia. Mary’s booth was filled with beautiful hand-processed fibers sourced locally. We fell in … Continue reading
How to Blend a Winter Inspired Batt
Winter is here, and we’re closing out our 2017 series of seasonal batt projects with this project inspired by a familiar winter sight: icicles. You can find our previous project tutorials by clicking here. Here’s what you’ll need: A Strauch Drum Carder (we used … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 seasonal batts, batt, batt blending, batts, blending, color inspiration, drum carder, drum carding, Fiber, fiber art, fiber prep, How to, strauch, strauch drum carder, Strauch Fiber, strauch fiber equipment, winter, wool, wool blending
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Fantastic Fibers and How to Blend Them: Your Guide to Art Batt Additives
Art batts are fun to make, and the magical yarns they create are one of a kind. In this post, we’ll introduce you to a few add ins, and how to best integrate them into your batts. Fiber and Yarn … Continue reading
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Tagged batt, batts, carder, carding, drum carder, Fiber, fiber prep, How to, inspiration, strauch, Strauch Fiber, strauch fiber equipment, tips, wool
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