new haircuts

Shearing today! The fabulous Emily came and did all the girls (and the boy) in no time. I'm totally in awe of her ability. It was our first warm day, with a glorious deep blue sky — one of those days where you just get so much done because it feels so good to be alive.

Which is a good thing. It's been a seriously lousy week, with one of those cascading, crushing waves of overdraft charges that grows and builds and gathers more destruction, leaving in its wake devastation and ruin. Okay, well maybe not quite that bad (I do love a good exaggeration), but in the end, it pretty much wiped out my meager personal checking and two savings accounts.


It's going to be a great weekend though, I can just feel it (the power of positive thinking here...).

fairisle class

New class — starting May 9, Traditional Fairisle Knitting.

You will learn all the major fairisle techniques by making a sampler vest which incorporates shaped and/or straight armholes. You will learn how to--

• set and cut steeks
• do fair isle ribbing
• do a three needle bindoff at the shoulders
• pick up stitches and knit a border
• incorporate buttonholes
• pick up stitches around the armholes
• make facings

The yarn used for the sampler vest is fingering to sportweight in four colors. I will have kits, which are available for an extra $8.00 materials fee.

Cost of the three week class: $65.00.

The class will run for 3 Saturdays, starting on May 9th. Email me for more information or to reserve your place!

Spring recycling

I've been collecting a bag of yarn scraps, everything from loom waste, handspun mistakes, and knitting leftovers, to washed wool locks that are too tangled or matted to be used for spinning. All of this can be tossed or composted, as it's natural fibers, but I thought it would be fun to offer little bird's nest packs to kids. In my usual insanely overboard way, this has gone from a simple recycling project into a Pocket Meadow Farm marketing venture. I'm going to put a few displays of these in local shops and the visitor center, toss them into mail orders, and take them to the Farmer's Market, which is starting in just a couple of weeks.

All in the name of avoiding doing my taxes (or to be more precise, doing my extension for taxes).


The bags are compost-able cellophane, the fibers range from wools, alpaca, cashmere and silk, to cotton and bamboo.