It was a gorgeous day in Iowa yesterday. Not a big turn out for Studio Sunday, but we had a great day with lot amazing results.  The onion skin dye pot turned out beautifly with lots of different shades from different wool, different twist in the yarn and different alum mordent methods. Natural depot never  fail to amaze me.  The carder was running and Juliana and Sarah turned out some nice bats. I am still deciding on the depot for next Studio Sunday. Hope folks come to join me on My 3rd from 10:00 to 4:00 in the studio space in the house. I will have some nice big depot going so be sure to bring a skein or two to add to our mix. Here are a few shots from the studio yesterday.

Spring is here and each day seems to have a huge list of things to do. On wednesday morning I  sheared Milo and Trudy. I can't wait to for a rainy day that I can spend in my studio  working on their fleeces. They were both very cooperative about the shearing. Trudy almost fell asleep as I  had her down for her tummy cleaning. It was a mixed look as I walked them down to the pasture behind the store this morning.

Milo is on the left Trudy is on the right and Ebony and Teddy are still waiting for their spring  hair cuts. One of my task in the next few days is to set down with my calendar and pin down class dates for this summer.  I plan to do tow natural dye classes this summer and maybe even three. I have had a woman get ahold of me requesting a Nuno felting class. I would love to teach that one again, so contact me if you are interested in learning this amazing method of felting.  I am contemplating a designer yarn class too.  I have to sign off and go bag up the latest fiber blends, but I will let lots of class ideas   drift through my thoughts and post a schedule soon. 

I have two new fiber blends back from the carder. In my last blog I posted pictures of one of these blends as I worked on it. I am calling this one Kaleidoscope with all its amazing bits of color.  I have been busy spinning up samples of these two blend. Both are created from beautiful Blueface fleeces  from my sheep and a few from other Iowa  Bluefaces.  The red blend  has a bit of star fire in to add just that hint of sparkle.  I am still working on a name for the red one.

 Spring is here and it is time for spring fiber shows. The Iowa Spin in will be held on April 25th at the Kirkwood Training and Outreach Services Center in Marion Iowa. The doors open at 9 and this spin in  has some fun mini classes set up for a fun day. Everything from Beginning Spinning to Combing Fleece. It looks like lots of great vendors and fiber will be there for  folks to stock up on. 

 The next show after this one will be Shepherds Market held on My 9th at the Amana Woolen Mills. I hope  to see many of you at one or both of these spring shows.

I will be shearing the flock in the next  week or so, and can't wait to get my hands on these wonderful fleeces.