Fayette County Fiber Festival
BIG NEWS!!! We’ve been working behind the scenes to transition one of our very favorite local fiber festival to be OUR local fiber festival. Today, that was completed! Melinda Boss Mare Shearing and I are the new team behind Fayette County Fiber Festival and we’ve got lots of cool stuff in the works for the next festival JUNE 19, 2027!
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Sheep & Wool School Podcast
Join us as we learn about different breeds of sheep while we chat about knitting, spinning, sewing, weaving, tea and being on the road for fiber festivals. Watch on YouTube or browse episodes right here!
Sheep and Wool School – Episode 9
On the wheel – I’ve finished the Into the Whirled Cheviot in the “The Upside Down” colorway, the Femto Designs batt, and I’m hoping to finish some Classy Squid rolags. Spin Together ends today at noon. Have you been thinking about your stash? I’m going to keep on spinning, with the goal of finishing one braid a week in 2025. And 2026. And maybe 2027. Seriously… There’s a lot od stash! On the needles –
Sheep and Wool School – Episode 2
On the loom – Loom has been excavated from its layers of nonsense and I’m hoping to warp it by the end of the month. On the wheel – I’ve been reorganizing my fiber stash and I found some delightful fibers that I’m really excited to start spinning! I’ve got some DEEP STASH from no-longer-dyeing folks like Hobbledehoy and Classy Squid and some really squee-inducing things like the complete box set collection from HipStrings that
Advent Calendars 2025 – Day 2
Join us as we open all of our packages in the two advent calendars we purchased this year! Jenny’s Countdown to Christmas box from Missouri Star Quilt Company and the Culinary Christmas fibre box from World of Wool. These videos are not sponsored and the boxes were not given to me so you’ll get an honest opinion and assessment!
Advent Calendars 2025 – Day 11
Join us as we open all of our packages in the two advent calendars we purchased this year! Jenny’s Countdown to Christmas box from Missouri Star Quilt Company and the Culinary Christmas fibre box from World of Wool. These videos are not sponsored and the boxes were not given to me so you’ll get an honest opinion and assessment!
Advent Calendars 2025 – Day 19 & 20
Join us as we open all of our packages in the two advent calendars we purchased this year! Jenny’s Countdown to Christmas box from Missouri Star Quilt Company and the Culinary Christmas fibre box from World of Wool. These videos are not sponsored and the boxes were not given to me so you’ll get an honest opinion and assessment!
Sheep and Wool School – Episode 8
On the wheel – I’ve finished the Into the Whirled Cheviot in the “The Upside Down” colorway, the Femto Designs batt, and I’m hoping to finish some Classy Squid rolags. Spin Together ends today at noon. Have you been thinking about your stash? I’m going to keep on spinning, with the goal of finishing one braid a week in 2025. And 2026. And maybe 2027. Seriously… There’s a lot od stash! On the needles –
What's Happening at Ross Farm
Foundation work begins on the old new barn
Yesterday was filled with ALL the emotions. The bulldozer arrived to start the site prep for the barn move. You expect to be excited. New barn! Moving forward! Historic barn saved! This is great! Then you remember your great-grandpa you never met built the old one with his own hands. Your grandfather you never met forged the nails in the blacksmith shop on the property. Your Uncle Tom spent his life in that barn. You,
Booth flooding at MD Sheep & Wool 2025
The torrential downpours, violent winds and large hail created a little river running through the booth
This is a loss we will never get over. – Obituary for Drew Manko
Drew Edward Ross Manko of Eighty Four, PA passed away peacefully at home on his farm, his very favorite place on Earth, after a short illness. Drew was born May 2, 1995 to Amy Ross (Phillips) Manko and Wade Braden. He was adopted at age 12 by Scott A Manko, who preceded him in death. He is the grandson of Gary and Sharon Braden and great-grandson of Thomas Braden, all of Sun City Center, Florida.
