Yarn - Flying Goat Farm

Thoughts about cost of local farm yarn

by Lisa Check | Mar 4, 2020 | fibershed, Yarn

Recently I bought a back issue of TapRoot Magazine. I was intrigued because the issue’s theme is: Wear. And since I’ve been spending the first part of the year thinking and studying and planning in a fibershed, local fiber kind of way, it was a perfect...

book review Faerie Knits

by Lisa Check | Feb 19, 2020 | book review, Yarn

My absolute favorite author is Alice Hoffman. I love all of her books and all of her short stories. There is always an element of the paranormal whether that be a witch or a heron husband. She writes stories of family and love and apple orchards and death beetles....

curated skeins for your next shawl

by Lisa Check | Feb 17, 2020 | Yarn

At shows and even here on the studio tours that we do, I hear people saying that they have a hard time picking out skeins for larger, multiple skein projects like a shawl or a sweater. That is part of what I love about my job. I have an entire room of color and it is...

Fun was had by all

by Lisa Check | Feb 10, 2020 | classes, Yarn

We had a full weekend of workshops. And each student made great yarn or adorable chicks. Dawn and I are not always the best at remembering to take photos. Here are some from my Dye your Socks workshop. I have another one of these workshops coming up March 7th. Click...

Next Shawl?

by Lisa Check | Feb 3, 2020 | Yarn

What shawl is in your queue? What shawl will you be knitting next? One of the steps that is so hard for knitters is to put together skeins that will make a great shawl. Skeins with enough differences to be interesting but have enough similarities that the shawl will...

more new colorways

by Lisa Check | Jan 29, 2020 | Yarn

I’ve continued to work with our MCN base (SW merino, cashmere and nylon fingering weight yarn). It is so lovely to work with. It will make lovely socks of course, but also a shawl with great drape or a sweater. You can snag some for yourself here. Canyonlands...