This and That, Feb. 20, 2012

The Winter Fiber Fun Retreat has come and gone, and a good time was had by all.  Or at least by most everyone. As my friend Laura likes to say, some folks would complain if they were hung with a new rope.  The classes were wonderful, the building was brand new (need I say more?), and the company was fabulous.  What fiber person wouldn’t want to spend the weekend doing fun fibery crafts with other people who love fun fibery crafts!?

Julie's mask from the needle felting class

In the meantime, while I was away from the Farm, Ken found Blizzard a new home.  He is now responsible for guarding a group of Nigerian Dwarf bucks.  I’m sorry I didn’t get to say goodbye to him, but Ken made sure they were good people before he let them take our Blizzard boy.

The Farm Store looks like a tornado hit it now that I have unloaded all of my inventory from the back of the Suburban.  Tomorrow I will start putting it back together, and make a run to the feed store for much needed grain.  I had warned Pete at Farmersville Grain & Hardware that Ken might be up there asking what I usually buy, but he managed to make it through the weekend without buying food.  I wonder if everyone got fed?  Hmmmm….

Early Friday morning I’ll be leaving town again and headed to Baton Rouge to learn Acadian Weaving techniques.  Look for me to incorporate some of what I learn into the weaving lessons I offer here at the Farm and in McKinney at The Artist’s Loft.

March will be super busy with Dye Day, fiber arts classes, the birth of baby goats and sheep, and the shearing of the goats.  Check out our Farm calendar for all the details, and plan to come see us!

2012 Shares are still available for purchase.  This is going to be a great year to be a Farm Shareholder. I’m calling it the Year of the Baby.  I have a special stash of cria fleeces (from our alpacas’ first year), and we will add to it both lambs’ wool and kid mohair.  You can’t do any better than that for softness!  Also, we are expecting our first batch of Suriland yarn from the mill any time now.  Our Yarn Shareholders will LOVE the softness + elasticity of this special blend!

As always, we would love to have you come out to visit.  Give us a call, and let’s set something up!