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Today mom, my sister [Bad username or site: laughing @ earth] , and I got to go on a fantastic tour of some of our local fibershed, as Mom won the tour along with a fantastic blanket in an auction at the Agricultural Stewardship Association’s annual fundraiser gala. Idk anybody’s Instagram handles, but– it was organized by MJ of Battenkill Fibers, and included a tour of her mill in Greenwich, which processed the will for the blanket Mom got, of Foster Sheep Farm in Schuylerville where the wool for the blanket was grown, and of the studio of the weaver who wove the blanket, Lilly Marsh, in Glens Falls. We also had so many fantastic conversations along the way. I learned a ton, and I put a ton more photos and videos in my Instagram Stories– they’re under a highlight called Fiber Tour. (at Battenkill Fibers)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VqnFCBpBB/?igshid=nqjcmomrz18f
Today mom, my sister [Bad username or site: laughing @ earth] , and I got to go on a fantastic tour of some of our local fibershed, as Mom won the tour along with a fantastic blanket in an auction at the Agricultural Stewardship Association’s annual fundraiser gala. Idk anybody’s Instagram handles, but– it was organized by MJ of Battenkill Fibers, and included a tour of her mill in Greenwich, which processed the will for the blanket Mom got, of Foster Sheep Farm in Schuylerville where the wool for the blanket was grown, and of the studio of the weaver who wove the blanket, Lilly Marsh, in Glens Falls. We also had so many fantastic conversations along the way. I learned a ton, and I put a ton more photos and videos in my Instagram Stories– they’re under a highlight called Fiber Tour. (at Battenkill Fibers)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VqnFCBpBB/?igshid=nqjcmomrz18f
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Date: 2019-10-08 12:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-08 07:18 pm (UTC)And it adds a lot to know that my sister and her husband have been dithering about adding-on sheep to the farm for a while now and are quite close to saying yes. Not a ton of sheep, but-- even two or three fleeces a year would be enough to really do some interesting things with, even if they weren't something worth selling! so this is rather prurient interest, as well-- especially since I have a whole bunch of flax waiting to be processed that I'm going to have to do something with once I've got spinnable fiber. (I know the spinning mill can't process flax, it's too different, but I bet I could come up with something anyway!)