About this episode
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. In this episode we talk about processing the wool for fiber club including videos of skirting wool, picking and carding. I also share a video as I finish up handspinning woolen style a cotton/wool blend roving giving tips on spinning cotton along the way. There is also knitting talk as my Calliope moves along and a quick look at different sheep breed wools. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/EEeY63FbUE0 Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill For details and to purchase the online course to learn to handspin on wheel https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/lets-make-yarn-landing-page Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections Free hand spinning resources https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/wool-education For more info and to join Ewethful’s Monthy Fiber Subscription Club https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/products/monthly-fiber-club-starts-december-2018 To follow Lauren’s journey of starting her yarn shop in the Uk head to https://www.pinfeather.co.uk/ninenorthbondgate Needle extenders I use to try on sweaters https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/other-cool-things/products/purl-strings-needle-extenders Knit-a-long on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/ewethful-fiber-farm--mill/4292265/1-25 Pattern: Calliope https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/calliope-13 Designer: Espace Tricot Yarns I am using for my Calliope Sincere Sheep Fingering Cormo shown in vlog https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/other-u-s-milled-yarns/products/sincere-sheep-cormo-fingering-weight-yarn Ewetopia Mohair/Silk yarns shown in vlog https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/other-u-s-milled-yarns/products/mohair-silk-lace-weight-ewetopia-yarn What I’m wearing Pattern: Easy Fold Poncho Designer: Churchmouse Yarn used: Imperial I was handspinning cotton/wool blend from Mendowool Mission at Ewethful: My mission at Ewethful Fiber Mill is to fill making hands with small batch American grown yarns and fibers. I strive to produce lightly processed products that maintain their character, have low environmental impact and tell the stories of the animals and shepherds from whence they came. Instagram @ewethfulfiberfarm https://www.instagram.com/ewethfulfibermill/ Facebook EwethfulFiberFarmandMill https://www.facebook.com/ewethfulfiberfarmandmill Ravelry group: Ewethful Fiber Farm & Mill Blogging at http://www.beingewethful.com/