Wow! Yarn projects are in the news! Who could resist making up a pair of the viral meme mittens from the Senator Bernie Sanders pic at the 2021 Biden/Harris Inauguration. Bernie’s actual mitten’s became an overnight sensation. The original creator of the mittens was interview and made famous herself. Patterns to sew and knit these
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The Farm Chicks are putting on their annual Sweet Sale. We are, myself, Karen of Avalon Springs Farm, and Lisa of Flying Goat Farm and Dalis of Dancing Leaf Farm. We are all located in central Maryland about a 20 minute drive from each other. We are all separate indie dye artists and long time
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I am a an artist, teacher, farmer, mom and entrepreneur. All of these roles have given me pause to think about the phrase I hear so much when I am at shows or helping clients. Everyone says talks about how much their stash is too big. The reasons it is too big vary – management,
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It’s a special and sentimental thing when you can create from the very beginning of your supplies all the way up to using your finished craft. That is why I love being a Roving producer. At our small farm in Maryland, I have a number of fiber animals. I mainly focus on being an Angora
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This year the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival has gone virtual. Everyone will most definitely miss each other the cider, the yarn, the parade of amazing knitwear, the yarn, the maple candy, the yarn, and more yarn! Giggles! I know I will. In the meantime, here is what is going on for this year –
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This weekend, October 10th from 10 am ’till 5 pm will another Farm Chicks open studio event for local yarn shoppers. The farm chicks are Karen (me) of Avalon Springs Farm, Dalis of Dancing Leaf Dyeworks, and Lisa of Flying Goat Farm. During the permitted time by Gov. Hogan during the pandemic we have been
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