Our first Open House is Thanksgiving Weekend. Visit this blog every day to see all the pictures of what is happening at WOOLDERNESS! Maybe YOU will be on the blog!

Hope to see you this weekend. Stop by for homemade cookies and punch!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

If you haven't been to Woolderness in a while, stop by during the holiday season. We have a new look, new products and two new looms! We have also "inherited" a very large supply of warping thread for our looms. What does that mean? It means we can offer weaving classes to you at a VERY, VERY low cost. YES, you CAN weave. It is easy, it is fun. Our looms are waiting for you.

FINALLY... Woolderness now accepts VISA and MASTERCARD!

Katie's "fun" scarf kits are finally ready!

You can now create this 'fun' scarf. We have put together a kit with over 20 different yarns & roving -- merino, llama, mohair, silk -- with easy to follow instructions! Kits sell for $52 and are now available. Call to place an order. We will be happy to ship to you. What a fun Christmas gift this would make!

Here is Linda just finishing the first layer of roving. Sorry, Linda, but you have 3 more layers to go. Keep on punching!

Last weekend was opening day for deer hunting. So what do the women do when their men are in the woods? They come to Woolderness, of course! And that is exactly what Linda, Carol & Betty did. They spent the afternoon making a wool purse and pillow top.

Carol is shown here "punching" away and Betty is planning her design for her locker hooked pillow top.

Here are the finished products! They are fabulous! Betty's pillow top is not yet complete. But I know it will look great when she finishes. Betty, you will have to send me a picture when you complete your project and I will post it.

Two more wheels that we carry are the S10 single treadle and the S15 double treadle. All the wheels have a nice finish, come with 3 bobbins, a lazy kate and a bag of roving. Louet wheels are easy to learn on, but are also for the experienced spinner. They never need oiling. I have had my Louet for over 10 years and I have not had any repairs done to it and I am still using the original drive band. They will last you forever! They are truly a wonderful wheel.

All our wheels are on the floor waiting for you to try them out. If you purchase a floor model, you get a 10% discount or we can order you a brand new one!

Another wheel that we carry is the S51, double treadle.

Woolderness carries several models of Louet spinning wheels. Here is the "Victoria" travelling wheel. It comes with a lazy kate, 3 bobbins and a carrying backpack. It sells for $610.00.

Woolderness now carries the following fibers:

Soysilk

Bamboo

Tencil

Tussah silk

Silk noils

The studio has a new look! Thanks, Marilyn, for helping me "clean" up the studio and rearrange things to make the studio look great! I will post a picture in the next few days.

Woolderness will be getting ready for the holidays with decorations, gift baskets and workshops! Yes, we have 3 big open houses coming up -- Thanksgiving weekend and the next 2 weekends. On each of those Fridays at 1 p.m. Pat will be giving a Natural Dyeing Workshop. On the Saturdays, all day, we will be making "felted ornaments," and on the Sundays, all day, we will do "Needle Punching." All workshops are $5. Plan to stop by for a visit.