Time for a Blog Update!
I have had this blog since 2007. It hasn't seen much use for the last few years so I thought it was time to dust it off and give it a makeover. I am not sure if blogs are as popular as they once were but here goes anyway. Update in my life is we still have sheep, lots of sheep....... That said we have lots of fleece and fiber that is accumulating, especially with the cancellation of events and markets this year. I have been selling a few of the best fleeces that would have been entered in the wool show at our now cancelled fair but still have quite a few to play with. I have been looking for ways to use up part of the fleece and fiber hoard and found this really cool video on youtube on how to use a peg loom to weave wool rugs with raw fleece. Peg Loom Weaving with Raw Fleece . First I made a peg loom, really easy with just an old hardwood 2 x 4 and some 1/2 inch dowels. I had some linen warp thread so I made a practice rug with some of the wool blanket selvage stash. W...
