All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. To watch this episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/p1JiWPIj3lc In this episode we dive into Romeldale/CVM ,the sheep breed and the wool. I share wool processing videos of it from washing through carding in the wool mill. Plus I review options for storage bobbins as discussed in the comments by viewers and a follow up on some support spindle questions. Finally a quick update on some new items in the on...
Apr 19, 2024•35 min•Ep. 42
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. In this episode is a bit of knitting talk and a lot of handspinning talk. Storage bobbins, supported spindle spinning and a new spinning wheel. Plus carding some Jacob wool inside the wool mill. Link to watch this episode's video on YouTube https://youtu.be/GRD-pwgQae4 Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill For details and to purchase the online course to learn to...
Apr 12, 2024•32 min•Ep. 41
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to video of this episode on Youtube https://youtu.be/_52evwvT-fU This episode is handspinning heavy with talk about plying different colors, learning supported spindle spinning and some videos of spinning on my Nano 2. I do have a new cast on so there is some knitting talk. Plus videos from inside the mill where I am processing dyed in the wool Horned Dorset that doesn’t go quite as planned. Joi...
Apr 05, 2024•30 min•Ep. 40
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to the video for this episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/CaJbgkf3KPg This episode is Shetland on Shetland. I take from shearing to skirting fleeces to scouring the wool, handpicking the wool and finally carding. This was the first time in many years that we have let our Shetlands grow a full year of wool so it was fun to take you all on the processing journey with me. Join Ewethful’s Patreon Co...
Mar 30, 2024•38 min•Ep. 39
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode is a whole lot of knitting sweater talk. The Calliope knit along has come to end so we share the finished items, pick winners and talk about the next spin to knit or crochet along we are planning. Basically a lot of fiber among friends talk. Knit-a-long on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/ewethful-fiber-farm--mill/4292265/1-25 Pattern: Calliope Designer: Espace Tricot Yarns I am u...
Mar 22, 2024•39 min•Ep. 38
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode contains a lot of handspinning talk. Prepping cotton top for handspinning and a bit of spinning at my wheel. And here I go learning a new fiber tool, how to spin on a supported spindle. There are of course carding videos from inside the wool mill and a visit to the farm to check in on the Shetland sheep and see how June the pony is doing as spring comes on. Join Ewethful’s Patreon Commun...
Mar 15, 2024•32 min•Ep. 37
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Handspinning talk galore in this episode I show you the finished singles yarn that I was working on last week and start a new cotton spinning project on my spinning wheel. I also have videos from inside the mill as I work on the Romney wool, alpaca, and silk blend Halsey. I also share what I am reading including the book I just finished. And of course an update on my Calliope sweater! Link to this Ep...
Mar 07, 2024•38 min•Ep. 36
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode has loads of handspinning tips as I work on two different spinning projects and explain my thought process behind making my spinning wheel adjustments and playing with yarn color samples. I also talk a bit about handspinning sock yarn and show the making of this roving on from inside the wooI mill. And of course there is knitting talk as I make progress on my Calliope sweater and cast on...
Mar 01, 2024•44 min•Ep. 35
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode is sheep shearing day!!! Our small flock of Shetland sheep get shorn after a year and there are plenty of videos to share. Plus our shearer is kind enough to take the time to talk about why sheep seem to settle into shearing so well, special characteristics of Shetland sheep, blade shearing sheep and more. A wonderful episode packed with great wool information plus beautiful fleeces read...
Feb 23, 2024•19 min•Ep. 34
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://you...
Feb 15, 2024•37 min•Ep. 33
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. In this episode I talk share my Calliope sweater knitting progress and then we dive into my current hand spinning project with wool Blue Faced Leicester top. I compare how playing with color in your fibers can effect your hand spun yarn. Then it’s time for what’s happening at the wool mill. Restocked products including Romney wool roving, Romney/alpaca/silk wool roving and even some natural white Mer...
Feb 08, 2024•26 min•Ep. 32
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections Free hand spinning resources https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/wool-education Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill In this episode I share how I prep my wool top for a new hand spinning project on my e-spinner. I also share the knitting progress on my Calliope sweater as we...
Feb 01, 2024•44 min•Ep. 31
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/9KgabqirCtA Knit-a-long on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/ewethful-fiber-farm--mill/4292265/1-25 Pattern: Calliope Designer: Espace Tricot Yarns I am using for my Calliope https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/calliope-13 Sincere Sheep Fingering Cormo shown in vlog https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/other-u-s-milled-yarns/product...
Jan 26, 2024•58 min•Ep. 30
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/LKbC5cQ5nSE Knit-a-long on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/ewethful-fiber-farm--mill/4292265/1-25 Pattern: Calliope Designer: Espace Tricot https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/calliope-13 Yarns talked about as possibilities Ewetopia DK Sustainawool https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/other-u-s-milled-yarns/products/sustainawool-d...
Jan 12, 2024•38 min•Ep. 29
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a47-XEN_t-Y Knit-a-long on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/ewethful-fiber-farm--mill/4292265/1-25 Pattern: Calliope Designer: Espace Tricot https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/calliope-13 Yarns talked about as possibilities https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/other-u-s-milled-yarns/products/sustainawool-dk-weight-yar...
Jan 05, 2024•32 min•Ep. 28
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiPfTfUMEWI&t=125s Knit a long pattern Pattern: Calliope Designer: Espace Tricot https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/calliope-13 Yarns talked about as possibilities https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/other-u-s-milled-yarns/products/sustainawool-dk-weight-yarns Knit-a-long on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/ewe...
Dec 29, 2023•41 min•Ep. 27
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. In this episode I walk you step by step from raw wool, through washing wool, dyeing wool, picking and carding wool into batts. I had so much fun designing these wool batts and I am thrilled with how they turned out. I hope this entertains and inspires you as handspinners and wool lovers. This is a pretty visual episode I as take you inside the mill for most of it. To watch the episode on YouTube foll...
Dec 22, 2023•22 min•Ep. 26
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. My 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. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/XKavcg7hoIw Join Ewethful’s Patreon Commu...
Dec 14, 2023•27 min•Ep. 25
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/wg7lAZYsdQ8 To shop fibers and gift ideas mentioned in this episode https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber Free hand spinning resources https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/wool-...
Dec 01, 2023•34 min•Ep. 24
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wccXOvyoY4g&t=22s Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber Free hand spinning resources https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/wool-education For more info and to join Ewethful’s Monthy Fiber Subscription Club...
Nov 17, 2023•39 min•Ep. 23
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/FZbI9_-pim4 Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber 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.ewethfulfibe...
Nov 10, 2023•29 min•Ep. 22
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/i86fpLcWTfw Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Free Webinar Registration – Save your spot now! https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/a-simple-guide-to-learning-to-hand-spin For more info on the online course to learn to hands spin yarn https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/lets-make-yarn-landing-page Shop fo...
Oct 26, 2023•31 min•Ep. 21
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/hxhsmzO0s_I Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Free Webinar Registration – Save your spot now! https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/a-simple-guide-to-learning-to-hand-spin Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber Free hand spinning resources https://www.ewethfu...
Oct 19, 2023•35 min•Ep. 20
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/_gKgPm3MDo0 Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber 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.ewethfulfibe...
Oct 12, 2023•28 min•Ep. 19
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/nzAa8KrJBmU Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fibers Online Course for beginners to learn to hand spin on a spinning wheel Let’s Make Yarn! More info and waiting list https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/courses-landing-page-...
Oct 05, 2023•36 min•Ep. 18
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/Jybi35kXxWA Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber For more info and to join Ewethful’s Monthy Fiber Subscription Club https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/products/monthly-fiber-club-starts-december-2018 Shop for the East Friesia...
Sep 28, 2023•36 min•Ep. 17
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baPaEnM94ZQ Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber For more info and to join Ewethful’s Monthy Fiber Subscription Club https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/products/monthly-fiber-club-starts-december-2018 Shop for t...
Sep 22, 2023•29 min•Ep. 16
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/dLmDAkJXZWo Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber Jacob/Suri alpaca roving https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fibers/products/september-2023-fiber-club-4oz To join the newsletter and special Used Spinning wheel emai...
Sep 14, 2023•27 min•Ep. 15
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CSjpN_BBBk Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Finished sweater Nurtured by Andrea Mowrey https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nurtured Yarn: handspun Shetland Needles used: 7s for ribbing, 8s for body Knitting Pattern: Sophie Scarf Designer PetiteKnits https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library...
Sep 07, 2023•27 min•Ep. 14
All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLPwbGajxOM Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Facebook groups for used Spinning Wheels, etc Fiber Equipment & More for Sale https://www.facebook.com/groups/714665115226644 Fiber Processing Equipment for Sale https://www.facebook.com/groups/596455653704037 Knitting Pattern: Sophie Scarf Design...
Sep 01, 2023•22 min•Ep. 13
