Once a year, the lovely Tracy Kuffner from The Woolmine brings in some top-notch instructors from the felting world and opens her workshop and home to 12 students for an intensive eight day workshop. Always game for...
Once a year, the lovely Tracy Kuffner from The Woolmine brings in some top-notch instructors from the felting world and opens her workshop and home to 12 students for an intensive eight day workshop. Always game for...
Since we are about an hour out of Calgary, sometimes it's nice to turn visiting the mill into a full-day getaway from the city. If thats what you're doing, then be sure to stop in at the...
Weaving is one of those activities that, unfortunately, often gets relegated to the basement. Many looms are big and a bit loud so most people don't want them in their living room. But who really...
While we advocate wearing wool all year round, some of you probably put your heavy woolens away for the summer and that has us thinking Natural Clothing Moth Prevention. There is nothing more disappointing than pulling...
This week was Seine River Shepherds week at the Mill. In case you haven't heard us raving about them, Seine River Shepherds is a 200 acre sheep farm in Manitoba that spends their summers rotating...
Allow me to introduce to you the Twisted Sister's Knitting Guild, a group of absolutely wonderful ladies and gentlemen who share a passion for all things fibre. Spanning east-central Alberta, the guild members gather weekly...
We have a liking for old bunkhouses. At one time (quite a long time ago) these mobile houses were a common sight on the prairie, travelling from farm to farm with the threshing crews but, now,...
If you are heading out to the mill for a tour, why not make a day of it and head over to the picturesque Pasu Farms for lunch. Pasu Farms is a small sheep farm,...
It has been a few years since we last had the opportunity to do any natural dyeing and, man, are we excited to get back to it! Natural dyeing is the ancient process of using...
Sometimes wool dyeing can be a bit of a tricky thing. Each time you start with a new batch of dye powder, you need to test it out and make sure it makes the same...