Thank you

Saturday's opening was better than we could have hoped- and we have to say a big thank you to everyone who came out to support us.  The response from the community was so supportive and overwhelming.  HUGE thank you to Camp Umpy's Bagels who sent us two platters of bagels to help feed our customers- and our volunteers.  Because of course, the day would not have been possible without the help of our family and friends who brought us cups of coffee and tea, cookies for fortitude, helpful advice and words of encouragement, took care of the dogs throughout the day and stood guard by the door to tell us "Another car is coming!"  Everyone took some fantastic pictures, so check out the Facebook page to see them all.

Now that we're open, we're excited for the next steps- restocking the shop (more sock yarn and lambs coming soon!) and starting to process for everyone who dropped wool off for us.

If you missed the opening but would like to stop by, the mill shop is open on Fridays from noon to 8pm and on Saturdays from 8am to 2pm.  If you want to drop off some wool, just shoot us an email or call and I'll make sure that I'm in the mill and ready for you.

Countdown

We're getting ready for the grand opening on Saturday- it's coming up fast!  I'm updating the website daily with pictures from the mill, so stop in at Mill News for sneak peeks of the shop.

Launching

The Skirted Fleece Mill website is now officially up and running! 

You can find updates on what we're making in the mill, our service price list and directions at

Skirted Fleece Mill

New Arrivals

So we've finally had some good happening around the farm.  For starters, our brochures for the open house were printed up and came in the mail, so we get to start distributing them around town.  The website should be up and running by the end of the week for everyone who wants directions for the open house and the price list for the mill services. 

We've been hard at work finishing a new batch of sock yarns:

I really really hope people like sock yarn, because we have about 60 skeins of it that I've been working on getting dyed up.  It's 100% Corriedale that we got from a small farm in New York and it's soft but sturdy.  I've knit my share of socks and it always bugged me to not know how much yarn I had left for the second sock or to have to drag out a scale to measure while I wound.  We're preventing that problem by selling the yarn packaged in two 200 yard skeins so that it's the perfect amount for each foot.  No guessing required!


The other (slightly cuter) new addition is Miss Maddie Ross.

 

Maddie came to us from Sweet Border Collie Rescue.  We had put in an application, assuming it would take a couple months to get a placement because Adam wanted a puppy and most rescues have older dogs.  But as luck would have it, Maddie and her siblings came to the rescue from a shelter at about the same time our application hit, and the rescue thought we would be a good home for her.  She's half Border Collie and half Blue Heeler cattle dog and all energy.  While no one could possibly replace Cisco, Maddie has helped to make the house feel less empty.  She's good company for Thora and has bonded like glue to Adam.  She follows him everywhere, helps out with the farm chores, and curls up in his lap for snuggles.

 

 

She's also a help in the mill...

 

 

I never have to worry about the fiber wandering off. 

 

 

Maddie is on top of it.