Wool Jacket with Rug Hooked Flower and Angora Yarn Blanket Stitched around Cuffs

I purchased a red wool jacket at a local thrift shop and then rug hooked a pretty wool/Mohair/Angora flower on the lapel and blanket stitched in Angora yarn around the cuffs. What fun to use your imagination in creating a one of a kind item that can be used often! Tomorrow I plan on needle felting items above the blanket stitching. Another easy technique. Let me know what you think.

Homespun Slippas

Slippers are made from the following 3 farm animals: Emma, Opal and Eva. Check them out below. I would love feed back on these slippers. Do they last longer than regular wool yarn slippers? It is said Mohair is as strong as wire per diameter, Angora is 6 times warmer than wool and then you have wool that has memory. These slippers weight about 6 oz and start out large and can be felted to a medium with one wash or two washes and smaller the more you machine wash them.

To order a pair in white or color you like using Cushing dye check out my website: www.spinnakeesfarm.com . Remember I crock pot dye so colors will vary and will probably be splotchey (gives them character!). Price will be $45 and that includes shipping.

If you visit my farm in Augusta to buy them, I'll take 20% off all you buy!!

5% Angora Rabbit Fiber in Slippers "Emma"

30% Wool: My fiber animals

65% Mohair - "Eva"

Buck/Rams' Shed - occupied 1/1/2007

1/1/07 My husband, Bill, finished my Buck/Rams' Shed. This shed was built to keep us safe, provide shelter, and an exercise area for my 3 studs. This shed has made my job a lot easier. I can feed, and water the boys in one area. This shed area will also help when we breed our girls again as there is ample room for breeding and the boys won't have to work to hard. We plan on putting them back in their pastures when spring comes.

11/25/06 my husband started this "new" project to make my job easier. My son, Andrew, shown in front of my husband put in 2 good days of hard work.

11/30 - This is my husband putting metal roofing on my shed.

12/24 - Bill attached pig panels to posts he secured in the ground to make a safe area for them to exercise in.

Here are my 3 boys in their new pens. Great shelter and exercise areas.

The girls like to follow me around and check out what is going on with the boys.

Emma - German Angora Rabbit

Emma is a sweet German Angora rabbit. She had 4 kits July 4 of this year. I have one male left for sale. Emma produces 8 to 9 ounces of fiber every 3 months. I clipped her belly yesterday by laying her on her back on top of my legs. She hardly moved, which is really nice when scissor cutting a coat as thick as hers.







This is Emma again with a months worth of coat and her new kits. They are so cute and fast.

This is Emma's fiber and a pair of "Angora Bed Slippers". Angora is 6 times warmer than wool!

This is a picture of roving, 80% Babydoll Southdown (sheep wool) and 20 % German Angora. I plan on spinning this roving into a 2 ply and making a scarf. What I like about Babydoll Southdown is the downy soft feel (no itch) and with Angora added you get softness and warmth.

Farm Animals

Spinnakees' Farm is located on Togus Pond in Augusta, ME and run by Betty, Bill and 3 active boys (Andrew, Daniel and Stephen). We have had our farm for about 25 years. We raise Registered Angora goats and colored Angora goats, Pedigreed German Angora rabbits and Hybrid rabbits, Registered Olde Babydoll Southdown sheep and a Registered Cormo sheep, and Keeshonden (Non-Sporting Breed originating in Holland as Barge Dogs). Weekly (Tuesday will be my goal) I would like to share something about my wonderful animals, projects and shows I will be attending to help promote and pay for my amazing animals.

Bette Boop is a colored Angora Goat. She has a sweet aloof personality. Her first years fleece is her kid fleece. I hand sheared her in August and got a beautiful, crimped, soft, fine fleece. I have made one lace scarf and I have also used it in some of my needle felting. I am afraid of wasting it, but I want to share it too.

This is the lace scarf I made with her fiber. Can you see the luster?

The blue flowered bag has tendrils of Bette Boops' fiber needle felted into it to give it interest.

I will demonstrate how I needle felt these bags. Kits and materials available at Annual Harbor Lights Show, December 2 at the Boothbay Harbor Fire Station. Will also give a free spinning lesson with purchase of one ball of roving (If not busy at the show, 20 minute lesson or 1 hour at my home)!