There are still a couple of spots left in the July 19th dye class. I have Birch bark and walnut simmering for the class.   Indigo, and weld are looking great and the dyers coreopsis is  beginning to bloom just in time. I will harvest and dry these stunning little flowers this week, and we can pick on Sunday for a beautiful peachy red.

          As many of you know I have been down sizing my flock of sheep to lighten my work load. As I  look down the road to a life without sheep I know I will need  fiber animals in  my day to day life. With this in mind I had my angora rabbit Violet  breed by a beautiful white fresh bunny a bit over a month ago. On wednesday she gave birth to  8 babe bunnies! I am leaving them alone but have peeked into the nest box to see what is happening.  Violet has turned out to be a great mom all 8 seem to be doing well at 48 hours. Here is a pic of the new fiber  animals at the farm.

In a few weeks these little sweeties will need to  be held so they are used to being handled and make good lap spinning bunnies. 

 Summer is here and natural dyeing is in full swing. Last Sunday was the first natural dye class of the season and we had some amazing samples and skeins. I think this was the best onion skin depot I have ever had. Must have been some super orange onion skins.

 I have a natural dye retreat  on August 22nd and 23rd . There are still a couple of slots available in that class.  This retreat is always fun.  We pick from the dye gardens and eat from the veggie garden with pizza on saturday night. I can't wait to see what amazing things we come up with  on that weekend.  Today I need to start drying this years crop of dyers coreopsis. Life is busy but I need to pick every day to keep them blooming.    

        Violet the angora rabbit had babies 2 weeks ago, I posted video on the Fae Ridge Facebook page when they were a few days old. I will click a shot of them in the next few days for anyone who missed the Facebook shots. I am now spending lots of time handling them so they will be  good lap spinning bunnies.  I plan to take a couple at a time out to the store on Saturday for  holding.  I will have some beautiful babies for sale in about  6 weeks.