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I'm in the middle of warping up my Schacht Standard floor loom with hemp yarn for face cloths.  I just finished a run of linen face cloths and this...

There comes a time in the spring when ponies just need to be trimmed.  Welsh ponies have no end of hair.  Trimming them for a show always took work...

Being productive in this time of the pandemic is somewhat problematic.  On the one hand there is so much more time to get things done now that we a...

Sometimes things break and stuff that should get done doesn't.  Like mowing our long grass.  

You may remember that we sheared the goats very early last spring. February 1st, to be exact. So here it is July and the goats are in full coat. An...

We are going through a period of horrendous mosquitos. The dogs bring up swarms of them when they go out in the backyard. We usually have a breeze ...

We are at the end of June, about to begin July.  I thought it was time to do a garden update.  Here goes... The tomatoes are blooming. We were late...

Today is the first day of the Tour de Fleece.  Wheels all oiled up and ready to go?  Grab that new spindle and give it a whirl!  It's time to spin!...

All you spinners out there are aware of the Tour de Fleece.  For the non-spinners, here's the story.  Every year at about this time there are a cra...

One of the nice things about spinning and weaving equipment is that it doesn't easily wear out.  My favorite loom was built in the late 60's or ear...

We love our spinning wheels but sometimes there are just too many of them.  We have two LadyBug spinning wheels by Schacht Spindle Company, here th...

There is a whole long list of things found in the natural world that will give color to fiber.  I talked about indigo last time which comes from le...