I have been teaching at adult ed again. Classes are smaller this year but we still have a great time. Here are 2 new patterns that are going into the shop today. The Fuzzy Silk Scarf (with wooden bead accents/buttons) is a simple reversible pattern that can be worn many ways including as […]
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Deyaneria on October 18th, 2013
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I’ve been busy for the last week. I’ve been editing 517 photos of our newest handdyed yarns. In the midst of all this editing I have couple of finished projects to share with you. First I have a cute project bag that was made with one skein of ribbon yarn. I know it looks […]
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This week on the farm we had some interesting weather. Monday and Tuesday we were able to get some yard work done. The weather was really nice especially Tuesday. The work mainly consists of getting the rocks out of the lawn so my windows won’t get smashed when we mow. The lawn faces the south […]
Cashmere dyes beautfully. It is a matt coloring as there seems little shine on cashmere. It’s so incredibley soft that I don’t think it matters. Here is what it did when I carded it. I admit I’m pretty new at carding cashmere. I’m doing more research to see if I can card it with other […]
I’ve posted about fiber goat care. So you have fiber how do you process it and what do you do with it? Cashmere goats produce a double fleece that consists of a fine, soft undercoat and much coarser outer coating of hair called guard hair. For the fine under-down to be processed further, it must be de-haired. […]
I have 4 goats on the farm now. I received them along with my dear Lorenzo I wrote about in last weeks newsletter. They are all female. They produe cashmere. Cashmere goats in the U.S. are quiet large but my ladies are little, they also seem to have the markings of Nigerian dwarf goats. I usually […]
Last week was an interesting week. We got a good sized snow storm. My Hubs kept asking me what I was gonna do(the storm took place on my b-day). I’m gonna sit home and knit. There is nothing better to do during a snowstorm anyway. As soon as I tell people I have goats they […]
