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• August 17, 2012

  What to do with all that extra wool?

  Anyone who buys fleeces or raises sheep ends up with a pile of wool that isn’t good enough to use. Fleeces are skirted after they are shorn to remove unsavoury bits and pieces. How much is removed depends on how dirty the fleece is and the expectations of the person doing the skirting. Typically though,…

• July 26, 2012

  Norway via Iowa

  Decorah, Iowa, has been on my Must See list for quite some time. Located in the hilly northeast corner of Iowa, Decorah is home to the Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum. This extraordinary museum has over 24,000 artifacts in its collections, making it “the most comprehensive museum in the United States dedicated to a single immigrant group.” (Vesterheim) For…

• July 3, 2012

  Sheep + Heat = Unhappiness.

  As Indiana makes its way through another week of excessive heat warnings, my sheep are beginning to wilt. We didn’t have a drop of rain at the farm for most of May and June and the pastures have been dry and unproductive. The sheep were not happy with the situation, but tried their best to remain positive by…

• June 26, 2012

  Balance.

  I love travel—to be out in the world, brushing up against new places and new ideas. My latest adventure was to the Midwest Fiber and Folk Art Festival north of Chicago last weekend. I had a great time catching up with very dear friends, like John Mullarkey, and meeting new folks on the fiber trail, like…