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New Product for June

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Marla | Comments Off

The first round of June updates went live in the shop tonight. Here’s what’s new.

Hand Painted Tunis

Hand Painted Handspun Falkland

Hand Painted Sock Yarn

More Hand Painted Sock Yarn

Pink and Teal Sock Yarn

Hand Painted Falkland Top

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Tagged Almost a Business, falkland, hand dyed spinning fiber, hand painted sock yarn, hand painted spinning fiber, Hand-dyed Yarn, In The Works, tie dye yarn, tunis

New Product for June

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Marla | Comments Off

The first round of June updates went live in the shop tonight. Here’s what’s new.

Hand Painted Tunis

Hand Painted Handspun Falkland

Hand Painted Sock Yarn

More Hand Painted Sock Yarn

Pink and Teal Sock Yarn

Hand Painted Falkland Top

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Tagged Almost a Business, falkland, hand painted sock yarn, hand painted spinning fiber, Hand-dyed Yarn, In The Works, tunis

New Product for June

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Marla | Comments Off

The first round of June updates went live in the shop tonight. Here’s what’s new.

Hand Painted Tunis

Hand Painted Handspun Falkland

Hand Painted Sock Yarn

More Hand Painted Sock Yarn

Pink and Teal Sock Yarn

Hand Painted Falkland Top

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Tagged Almost a Business, falkland, hand dyed spinning fiber, hand painted sock yarn, Hand-dyed Yarn, In The Works, tie dye yarn, tunis

Tunis Roving is Here!

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Marla | Comments Off

Buy This Here!

I think I mentioned awhile ago that I had purchased some wool from a local rancher and sent it to The Shepherd’s Mill here in Kansas. Well, I just got it back and I love it!

It’s Tunis wool. It’s been minimally processed so it has a great sproingy hand along with a little bit of vegetable manner and just a hint of lanolin smell. mmmmmmmm Sheepy.

A little bit about Tunis:
Tunis is a medium wool sheep with modest crimp. (my Tunis has more crimp than usual and has been bred for fineness). There is some faint lustre, but Tunis is known for it’s peachy overtones. Fine grade Tunis (like what you see pictured) is good for next to skin wear and for midrange garments as well. Tunis does not felt easy. Overall, it’s a pretty durable wool. It would make a really great fisherman’s sweater. And I currently have four pounds of it undyed and available to for sale up on the etsy site so you can do just that.

The stable length is about 4.5 inches, and I did my best to capture the crimp definition in this photo. (Before I sent this to the mill, it looked more like Corriedale lock than the pictures of Tunis I’ve seen in books.)

I am going to go spin some right now!

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Field Trip!

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Anna M. Branner | Comments Off

In the midst of throwing pots (boy do I owe ya'll a pottery post!), sorting unmovable-by-movers stuff, weaving commissions, driving back and forth to Fredericksburg and the general stress of limbo I decided a break was in order! Pat from the Fredericksburg Spinning and Weaving Guild arranged for members to visit Misty Mountain and Solitude Wool. Since I am crazy for Solitude Wool's Karakul wool and had limited time I opted for a quick trip to Solitude.

I love what they do. Suzanne raises Karakul sheep at her farm Red Gate Farm, shops for other local breed fleece and is the washer of fleece and the dyer.....Gretchen raises Romney at Solitude and weaves and seems to be the master of their internet presence (though that is my own observation.....) Together they are Solitude Wool. While they each have their own farms, they have finally found a warehouse location between their locations to centralize all their woolly products. It's an amazing space.