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Welcome to the Catawampus Farm Shop! We specialize in Maine raised wool and mohair from small family farms, including our own! We raise colored and white angora goats, Jacob and Romney sheep. Our natural Maine fibers are available raw, washed, and carded for spinners and felters and we have our own Farm Fresh yarns in natural and hand dyed for knitters/crocheters/weavers, all locally spun. For avid sock and shawl knitters looking for a smooth commercial finish, we offer our ever popular Special Delivery MCN fingering and a merino/silk fingering in both kettle dyed and hand painted skeins. Check out some of our new jumbo fingering/sock skeins, with 600-750 yards for that shawl you've been wanting to start or the friend with big feet! I put them in their own section to make them easy to find.
Catawampus Farm is in central Maine, as you approach the western hills. We raise our own naturally colored angora goats and Jacob sheep. Our mohair and wool is available in soft yarn blends, roving, batts and locks. Our farm yarn and roving is processed at a local mills, using Maine-raised wool or recovered mill fibers for blending. We also carry carefully selected wool and alpaca from other small family farms in Maine, offering hand spinners premium "farm fresh" fibers. You can learn more about our animals and the farm on our website: www.catawampusfarm.com and on our "CatawampusFarmandFiber" Facebook page.
All spinning fleeces and fibers are chosen for clean, soft and spinnable fiber. We love getting to know other farmers in Maine, supporting small family farms and finding lovely fiber to share with other fiber addicts! Our fleeces are hand-picked for minimal vegetable matter (VM.) Coated fleeces are listed as such and will have minimal to no VM. Our own goats and sheep do live active, happy lives. If you find a little native Maine vegetable matter in our locks, we hope this will make you smile and picture our curly girls knee deep in clover.
Forget any old concepts you may have of itchy mohair. Fine mohair is so silky and soft! It gives yarn a lovely halo, sheen, softness and strength. When blended with wool, I think it makes a perfect yarn which is soft, light and warm. Spinning, knitting, weaving are all about fondling fiber, right? My own philosophy: "Life's too short for tiny needles and scratchy yarn!"
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Betsy on Jun 1, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful undyed wool soft strong and warm. Perfect for my mittens.
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Heavenly Threadz on Dec 19, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis is my first experience with Jacob wool and didn’t know what to expect, but it exceeds my expectations. I think it’s soft enough that I’m going to knit a winter headband. And it came quite quicky!
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Eryn on May 1, 2021
5 out of 5 starsQuick shipping, great packaging, and the wool is fantastic! Beautiful natural color gradient, soft, and just lovely. I can't wait to spin this!
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Jill on Mar 10, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI love this fiber so much that I purchased 4 more ounces. Thank you!
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alison on Mar 4, 2021
5 out of 5 starsA lovely well-prepared, clean roving that arrived soon after ordered.
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Clarissa on Feb 4, 2021
4 out of 5 starsSoft and fluffy but so much vm! It’s woven into the roving and taking hours to pick out.
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Angela Nicole on Dec 10, 2020
5 out of 5 starsNice soft lovely yarn. I cannot wait to make something with it. The green is very pretty just like the picture. I will purchase more yarn from this shop.
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alison on Dec 2, 2020
5 out of 5 starsFast, friendly shipping. I love the way the roving was prepared, allowing the spinner to separate the colors if desired.
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charlettey1 on Oct 22, 2020
5 out of 5 starsQuick service - this looks like a ton of fun to spin - will do soon. Nicely packaged and smells fresh. Thank you!
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