mohair yarn - Flying Goat Farm

A Special Episode of the Podcast!

by Lisa Check | Jun 23, 2023 | Flying Goat Farm, natural dyeing, podcast

In this episode I talk to Amy DuFault. She is the organizer of the Southeastern New England Fibershed as well as the Director of Sustainability for Botanical Colors. We had a fascinating conversation about all kinds of things. It started out as a talk about how to...

September is for shearing!

by Lisa Check | Sep 6, 2021 | Farming Life, mohair

Waiting for their turn with Emily It’s the best when the goats just lie back and relax. This is Ethel. Ona is all done and released into the “wild”. Here’s Ethel again! She is asking for more graham cracker treats! And curious about where her friend Lucy is…...

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...

yarn spotlight: Cacao

by Lisa Check | Jan 27, 2020 | angora goats, Yarn

This is a 100% mohair yarn made from the fleece of our mohair goats. The leader of that pack was a lovely goat named Cacao. That’s because she was milk chocolate when she was born. She faded throughout her life. This yarn is a 2 ply that is DK weight. It is a...

yarn made by the flock

by Lisa Check | Jan 9, 2020 | Yarn

Well they made the fleeces, right? They ate grass and a little grain. They hung out in the barn. They did their part to add more carbon and nitrogen into the soil here at the farm. And once a year they are shorn, no it doesn’t hurt them. And then I take it to be...