A Work of Wool

It all started when my daughter asked for a lamb for her 8th birthday. This wasn't such an odd request. We do live on a cattle farm and I had grown up with sheep on my family farm. We had also recently found knitting and had thoughts of spinning our own yarn floating around in our minds. My husband and I decided to get her two lambs and while we were at it we threw in two for me as well. We fell in love with the Romney breed of sheep for their wonderful wool, calm disposition and overall cuteness! We have recently added Blue Faced Leicester and Wensleydale sheep to our flock for a wonderful variety of wool. Over the years our flock has grown to 65 well loved ewes.

My interest in learning to spin the wool into yarn led me in a round about way to the art of Needle Felting which would end up changing my life! My daughter and I joined a local spinning guild and while I was toiling over the spinning wheel trying my hardest to learn to spin my daughter was given some felting needles and taught how to needle felt. That evening when my daughter went to bed, I snatched up her felting needles and started playing around. I ended up staying up until 3am "Playing" with needle felting and finished my first needle felted sheep. Of course this led to more sheep and eventually many needle felted sculptures.

I found Etsy and what a blessing it has been. My needle felting passion has grown into a full fledged business. After teaching needle felting locally I decided to design needle felting kits to help others learn this amazing craft. Each kit has been designed with every effort to make it easy for beginner needle felters. The kits have everything needed to complete a project including wool from our flock of sheep.

There is much done behind the scenes of my Etsy shop. My family is very supportive and helpful. Taking care of the sheep is one of our biggest responsibilities. The shearing and processing of the wool is also an important part of the business. The kits are all assembled by myself with the help of my family. We assemble kits and process the packaging in our basement.

Our favorite time of year on the farm is Spring. We love all the babies and caring for them and their mommies. Spring is a very inspirational time of year as well. Spending time with the animals is what inspires me in my felting.