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WIP Wednesday: No Rhinebeck Sweater Update

by Lisa Check | Sep 30, 2020 | WIP, wool

Okay people. I’m on the second cuff. I’ll be finished with that this afternoon, I think. The next step will be to finish the bottom of the sweater. As a recap, I was worried about having enough yarn. So I put the sweater body on a cable and I decided to...

unboxing my new e-spinner

by Lisa Check | Jul 10, 2020 | Flying Goat Farm, spinning, wool

I’ve been thinking about getting an e-spinner for several years now. I couldn’t really rationalize the high price of the most popular model. Last year at the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival, I saw a woman spinning on an eel nano. It seemed so small and...

farm to needle yarn

by Lisa Check | Jun 19, 2020 | wool, Yarn

I’ve been thinking a lot about farm yarn. One of my big 4 goals this year was to widen out my line of FGF yarns. I want to have an offering at every standard weight of yarn. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Watch this video that I recorded this...

More Casapinka Hug Shot Kits

by Gusman | Jun 10, 2020 | wool, Yarn

I added 7 new choices. These are all one of a kind. The pattern is still available until June 14th at 11:59pm. Click here to see all the choices See more here.

goal attained!

by Lisa Check | May 1, 2020 | mohair, wool, Yarn

This year one business goal was to widen out my farm yarn line. I have lots of choices in the Worsted weight yarn. I have Synergy: the marled yarn that looks hand spun. I have LiViLy that is from my fine wool Cormo Sheep. I have Trasna made from the long lustrous...

WIP Wednesday

by Lisa Check | Apr 1, 2020 | WIP, wool, Yarn

Well, I think we all have a lot of time to knit. Even if you are working from home, you can now knit through those meetings because they are conference calls and no one can see you. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been changing from night pajamas to day...