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you asked for it

by | Jun 1, 2020 | spinning

Hey spinners, I heard from a couple of people that they wanted my viral colorways on roving. So I did it. I have the full set on Polwarth Silk Roving. Each portion is 3oz. I love spinning with this fiber. It is so luxurious. The polwarth is a fine wool breed. So the...

almost viral

by | May 9, 2020 | Flying Goat Farm, Yarn

WOW! I was blown away the last couple of weeks with pre-orders and dye to orders during the MD Sheep and Wool Virtual show. I was so worried that I was the weird one, the almost blasphemous one. To have a colorway inspired by the Corvid Pandemic, was a crazy...

viral colorways on sparkly yarn

by | Apr 20, 2020 | Flying Goat Farm, knitting

I’m loving these colorways and so I’m making them in many of my fingering weight colorways. Our Sparkly yarn is 92% Superwash Merino and 8% Lurex (the man-made sparkly factor). There are 414 yards in each 4oz skein. Here is the yarn in Sparkly: Corona...

sometimes I get wild ideas

by | Apr 17, 2020 | fiber festivals

So, dear reader, you already know that all the yarn shops are closed. The restaurants are closed. The fiber festivals are closed and going virtual. There aren’t any sports. And our homes are now our offices and schools. I always do a special colorway for large...