Cormo sheep are beloved by fiber artists for their exquisite fine wool, high crimp and long staples. Experience this wool for yourself and share a love of fiber arts at the new Fiber Lab through workshops in knitting and handspinning as well as a chance to listen to Signe Ostby, owner of Valhalla Farms, share her own experiences in breeding, knitting and creating with cormo wool.
In the Fiber Lab we invite you to touch, feel, and try everything. Ask questions, take risks, and create in your own way, because we believe investing more time in what YOU love is currency for a more balanced, abundant world.
Check out our new podcast sharing the secrets of sustainable, small batch wool straight from the mill. Explore modern topics, questions, and techniques affecting fiber farms, cottage mills, and discerning hand crafters.
You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Stitcher or subscribe in any other podcast player using our rss feed, or listen here on our website.
Cormo sheep are beloved by fiber artists for their exquisite fine wool, high crimp and long staples. Experience this wool for yourself and share a love of fiber arts at the new Fiber Lab through workshops in knitting and handspinning as well as a chance to listen to Signe Ostby, owner of Valhalla Farms, share her own experiences in breeding, knitting and creating with cormo wool.
In the Fiber Lab we invite you to touch, feel, and try everything. Ask questions, take risks, and create in your own way, because we believe investing more time in what YOU love is currency for a more balanced, abundant world.
Check out our new podcast sharing the secrets of sustainable, small batch wool straight from the mill. Explore modern topics, questions, and techniques affecting fiber farms, cottage mills, and discerning hand crafters.
You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Stitcher or subscribe in any other podcast player using our rss feed, or listen here on our website.
The Modern Wool podcast is hosted by Lydia Christiansen and explores modern topics, questions, and techniques affecting fiber farms, cottage mills, and discerning hand crafters. Follow along as we share the secrets we've learned along the way about sustainable, small batch wool.
Spinning a yarn about spinning yarn, in this episode you’ll find stories about hand spinning that you don’t have to be a spinner to appreciate. I’ll also share some notes on creativity and how it affects us at the mill, plus an opportunity to try out the role of Yarn Designer by creating your own small batch of roving or yarn.
In this episode we’ll unpack the nuance of one of the greatest barriers to sustainability of small batch yarn, wool scouring. We’ll share the 4 essential requirements for scouring, discuss fermented suint, reveal 3 types of scouring baths we use at our mill and also share pro-tips on how to tell whether you’ve washed your wool effectively.
In this episode learn the top three questions people ask about their wool, listen in on a conversation about skirting with local shepherdess Sarah Pope, and discover two fantastic Pacific Northwest sheep breeds.
In this inaugural episode of Modern Wool, Lydia shares an intimate look at the genesis of her mill, where yarn comes from, and the value of wool in the modern world.
