wool - Flying Goat Farm

Wool Love Wrap-up

by Lisa Check | Feb 27, 2015 | wool

Wool is so diverse and so can be used for so many different projects with different looks and different hand (they way it feels). To recap, there is a wool out there for all of your projects from soft next to the skin cormo for shawls, scarves and hats to tough...

Stash Appreciation–Wool Blends Part 2–Cellulose and Synthetics

by Sam Fargo | Feb 13, 2015 | Blog, Stash appreciation, wool, Yarn

Effective yarn designers take many factors into consideration: fiber price, feel, structure, weight, and staple length to name a few. Why make a blend with wool and a plant or man-made fiber? It depends. Each of these blends starts with the incredibly versatile wool...

Stash Appreciation–Wool Blends Part 1- Animal

by Lisa Check | Feb 9, 2015 | Blog, Stash appreciation, wool

After reading all the previous wool posts, I hope I’ve convinced you that wool is a great all purpose fiber that can be used for all kinds of finished products from hearty rugs to lacy, delicate shawls. Wool blends are designed to combine all the fantastic...

What It Takes to Make a Farm Yarn

by Lisa Check | Feb 2, 2015 | Stash appreciation, wool, Yarn

I am asked all the time about making yarn from the fleeces of our animals. It all begins with the animals. A fiber farmer chooses what animals they will raise. Some are looking purely at fleeces, others research the general health or thriftiness of the breed itself....

Purebreds, Crosses and Breed Specific Wool Yarn

by Lisa Check | Jan 30, 2015 | Blog, sheep, Stash appreciation, wool

What’s the fuss? Should you care about whether your roving or yarn comes from a specific breed or specific individual sheep? What about cross-bred sheep? Is knitting with a breed specific yarn any different than knitting with commercial yarn made from...

Stash Appreciation–Woolen or Worsted Yarn

by Sam Fargo | Jan 26, 2015 | Stash appreciation, wool, Yarn

Like cousins, woolen and worsted yarns have the same genetic profile, but look and act completely different from one another. Woolen yarns are generally the least expensive industrial yarns to make. This is because there are fewer steps in the manufacturing process....