stash appreciation - Flying Goat Farm

Using Hand-Dyed Yarns: Epic or Fail?

by Lisa Check | May 26, 2015 | Blog, knitting

If you are like me, you have many, many hand-dyed yarns in your stash! I am just so drawn to bright, vibrant colors and it is hard to walk away from a beautiful skein. The question is what kind of garment should be made with these yarns to really show them off. I...

Stash Appreciation–Mohair Blends

by Sam Fargo | Mar 20, 2015 | Blog, mohair, Stash appreciation, Yarn

Mohair is an incredible fiber: strong, brilliant, resilient, warm, breathable and renewable. It does do better when it is blended with another fiber. Mohair in yarn can add a nice halo or fuzziness to the yarn. It also gives off it’s brilliant shine and luster....

A Year of Stash Appreciation–Mohair

by Lisa Check | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog, mohair, Stash appreciation

Mohair is such a favorite of mine. Of course, I would love it since I have a fiber flock of angora goats with lots of mohair on the hoof, so to speak. According to Clara Parkes’ book, The Knitter’s Book of Yarn, “Goats with silken hair” were...

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...