The first post of an occasional series about different sheep breeds raised on Vancouver Island and the uses for their fleece. by Heather Cameron Sabine Blackburn keeps three East Friesian sheep for milk on her small farm in Cedar. (They…
A nettle fibre workshop idea was floated, and it all came together rather quickly by contacting artist Sharon Kallis from Vancouver’s EartHand Gleaners and enticing her over to Gabriola for a few days. The Nettle Love event was born; a…
Have you ever wondered about getting a custom yarn made for your textile endeavours? Hand-processing sheep fleece is a lot of work. In fact, as one spinning teacher used to say, “The Industrial Revolution happened for a reason!” Victoria-based weaver…