Last weekend at the craft show I met Pat, (the knitter who did the fabulous
children's cardigans posted last week) who told me about Black Sheep
Fiber Farm, and yesterday my kids and I had the pleasure to visit. I felt I had
stepped back in time and discovered a national treasure! Beautiful landscape was
dotted with Lincoln Lock/Corriedale sheep and Mohair goats, creating a scene that
could be the English countryside, far from rural Ohio. We were given an informative
tour of the hay scented barn where the wool is cleaned, washed, picked, carded, blended,
and dyed by the owner Kathy. A sultry rainbow of curly colored wool/mohair bundles were everywhere, in various stages of the process, making a felting, crafting, dyer like myself swoon.
My favorite purchase was the "Tresses for Wild Things". Kathy has dyed the curly wool
in various punk rock-like colors. Now I have to take a little hiatus from my illustration work,
these tresses are so inspiring!
Apologies for the delayed post. If you would like more information
please visit http://www.theblacksheepfiberfarm.com. Also if you are interested in the beautiful hand knit sweaters please email me at raradesign@yahoo.com and I can get in touch with Pat.
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