Why a low waste alpaca feeder? It keeps their fleece cleaner and free of hay...well most of it. You know how they still love to roll around in stuff. My hus…
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HOW TO GET YARN TO STOP BLEEDING Well, you bought a hand dyed skein of yarn from an indie dyer and when you finish your garment and go to wash it (in cold wate…
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C AN I OVER DYE THIS YARN? Can I over dye yarn that has already been dyed? It depends. Here's why. If the yarn is fully saturated with color, in that the…
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Ok, dyeing solid black seems to be one of the biggest issues indie dyers have. I see it all over Facebook dyeing groups, asking how in the world to get a so…
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Let's talk about semi-solid dyed yarns. You can dye a semi-solid yarn many different ways. My fave way is to break a color into it's color component…
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You have some dyed yarn, whether you dyed it or someone else and you go to wash or rinse it and it bleeds and bleeds and bleeds. So frustrating! Yes, that can…
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Scouring wool is not like doing laundry 💕It is an art with many variables involved. 💕 It's akin to making sourdough bread...if a variable is skewed you…
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HEY SMALL BUSINESS OWNER It can be very frustating when you put in the time, energy and most of all, money, in to a small business only to see it stalled or wo…
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I did a little fiber study on Dartmoor wool. Dartmoor wool is akin to Elliotdale or Drysdale in that they are a rug grade wool or very course grade. The wool…
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Do you have a small business and need a tax break this year? Why not an online class to improve your fiber skills? Did you know that you can write off educati…
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COMBED TOP Combed top is specially prepared fiber where all the fibers are in alignment, close to each other with little air in between, and mostly the same le…
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ROVING Roving can be made from a drum carder or a blending board. Roving is a tube-like fiber form made by dizzing fiber off a drum carder or blending board. …
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ROVING OR COMBED TOP Is there really a difference? Yes, there is a distinct difference between roving and combed top. Let me break it down for you. Let'…
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