Etsy

To my shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LazySquirrelFarm

While I work out the blog and get settled in.

Welcome!!

Whether you are here through random blog wandering or following a link from elsewhere...WELCOME!

Here is where I will be posting news, additions to my Etsy shop and sneek peaks of things to come.

To start this off, I'll begin with the who, where and why. ;)

Lazy Squirrel Farm is all about the fiber. Born from practicality and growing from a rediscovery of an old past time of spinning. I started spinning at 13, a natural advancement from carding friend's wool. Years after, marriage, children, the past time gave way to life...but life has a way of coming full circle, and the needs of family brought it back into my life a few years ago.

From knitting socks, to spinning, to finding a local shepherd (who keeps threathening to retire one of these days so he can go fishing in Texas). I soon found myself and my house being over run with wool. Hand cards, drum carder...they wouldn't keep up. Research and a trial batch, I found a processor to turn all my fleeces into roving. Oh the joy!

Finding myself trading one form of wool for another, the natural next step was to find a way to pay for my...ahem...hobby. Perhaps a more appropriate description was for my hobby to pay for itself.

Somehow...one day, three Shetlands found their way into my pasture. They are so small you know, must have stowed away in the back. It happens sometimes around here. For now, they're staying the Three Musketeers.

Our first summer here, we had rail fences. The squirrels in their fur coats, exhausted from heat would stretch out on the rails during the heat of the day by the stock tanks. Something about that scene has always given me a smile. They became our "lazy squirrels". So now you know. ;)

History explained, on to the meat and potatoes of it all!

At the moment, growth takes time, I'm selling roving and a few miscellaneous items as my imagination dreams. I love the process of dyeing, most of which finds it's way for sale.

Where's the glitz?? Well, my honest truth. Every spring at shearing, I hear about my wool guys "good old days". The days when his sheep paid all the bills and then some. The days of 300+ acres, the days when beef was just a sideline. Then comes the horror of knowing, if the wool doesn't find a home it's burned.

There are beautiful rovings and top to be found out there. Here, simple local fibers. Pasture raised and sometimes entered in the local fair come fall. Sometimes an odd mix, unexpected or even off putting!

I spin each batch that comes in and in the description will give my opinion as to what it's best suited for.

I will also be keeping a supply of natural/undyed fiber. If you haven't tried it yet, are intimidated, unsure... JUMP IN! It's like finger painting for adults! I hand paint almost all of dyeing I do, it gives an element of surprise that I adore. I will be listing products I use, methods, etc later and as I try them out here as well.

Glad you stopped by!