This year we're participating in the event Alberta Open Farm Days, which, if you haven't heard of it before, you'll want to because it's pretty cool! Alberta Open Farms Days is a collaborative, province-wide event where...
This year we're participating in the event Alberta Open Farm Days, which, if you haven't heard of it before, you'll want to because it's pretty cool! Alberta Open Farms Days is a collaborative, province-wide event where...
The Fibre Artist Residency - one of our favourite happenings each year - is in full swing already. It's an art residency that highlights the different ways in which wool becomes beautiful finished works of...
We are very excited to welcome you back to the mill for another Slow Food Calgary Secret Farm Picnic. In truth, it's not much of a secret because we're getting together around the summer solstice...
The summer season is a wonderful time at the mill - the prairie is beautiful, the gardens are full of blossoms and bees and birds, and there is FUN STUFF HAPPENING! To kick things off,...
Perhaps you've heard of Socks by Bob before. This industrious group of four Saskatoon seniors has been knitting wool socks for Canadians in need since 2010. Using sock knitting machines built by their founding member,...
Here at the Mill, we are in the middle of a deep deep winter freeze. It's a little depressing. Canadian winters are long at the best of times and they feel particularly long when you...
We here at the Mill want to wish you - out there in the wooly world - a happy, warm, relaxing holiday season! The Christmas holiday season marks the one time of year when the...
Every year I am amazed at how quickly the holiday season comes up. One moment we are in the midst of fall harvest, the next we are barrelling into winter and holiday festivities. This year...
We are proud and excited to be offering the CWM Natural Dye Club 2019 subscription - our third annual dye club. Offered in collaboration with fibre artist, Megan Samms, The CWM Natural Dye Club is...
We have a new colourway of sock yarn and that means a new Sock Yarn Name Competition! Last year we started developing sock yarn colourways inspired by the phrase "a wise man knows his own socks"....
