Celebrating Farm to Fiber Across America
A blog about real people who produce real fibers from real sheep in really wonderful places.
My Story
I first learned to knit in high school when my Mom’s friend taught me. But I didn’t really begin to knit in earnest until many years later. I found a wonderful LYS, took classes, and bought lots of yarn. Then I moved across the country. And that’s when I developed an abiding respect for authentic yarns.
It has to do with the people and places that produce the yarns. I follow their stories about their sheep, dying fibers, and trips to the mills. I meet them at small yarn shops, festivals, and events. I knit with their gorgeous, genuine yarn and I feel closer to who and what’s real and good. I share this experience in my blog. Enjoy!
Who I Feature in My Blog
It has to do with the people and places that produce the yarns. I follow their stories about their sheep, dying fibers, and trips to the mills. I meet them at small yarn shops, festivals, and events. I knit with their gorgeous, genuine yarn and I feel closer to who and what’s real and good. I share this experience in my blog. Enjoy!
Fiber Producers
Sheep, alpaca or llama, if it has four legs and can be shorn, it has humans who make it all happen.
Spinners and Dyers
There are awesome peeps who don’t want to maintain a fiber ranch, but who do want to make beautiful yarn.
Authentic Fiber Sellers
Where can you find and purchase the authentic yarns produced in this great country of ours?
My Other Favorite Fiber Project
Yarn for Good
We all have yarn that we no longer need, and we all have projects for which we need just one or two more skeins. We are putting unused yarn to good use by donating proceeds of sales on Yarn for Good to the charity chosen by the donor.