Meet us in the barn via Zoom on Saturday, May 15 from 5 - 6 pm EST for our Monthly Barn Chat!

This month, Deborah Robson, author of "The Fleece + Fiber Sourcebook" and Farmer Tammy will host a "Wool Free For-All".

Bring your questions about wool, any and all of it. We'll do our best to answer and if we can't it will be fodder for future talks!

"If you tried to make wool in a lab (and people certainly have attempted this), you could not succeed. The physical and chemical properties of wool can be partially imitated but cannot be replicated. This fiber, in all its varieties, is pretty close to magical.
I love all fibers, but I’m especially intrigued by wool. I keep circling back to it because its properties are almost unbelievable—and not quite predictable, in part because it occurs in so many different varieties.
Wool is one of the foundations of civilization, and, I believe, can be one of its salvations. We’ll take a close look at wool’s structure, its chemical and physical properties, and its behavior in our yarns and finished fabrics. I’ll touch on why some wools have bounce and others don’t; why some is delightfully soft and vul- nerable to wear, while some is tough-feeling and sturdy enough to withstand steady abrasion over years; why some felts or pills and some doesn’t (which has a lot to do with both the fiber and the yarn structure). I’ll talk about what wools are available to fiber folk now, and why we serve our craft well not only by
using those wools but by asking suppliers to give us even more options. When we push the boundaries of what we know about wool, we also push the boundaries of what we think our crafts are, or can be. A lot of what I say about wool applies to any fiber, but, well, wool has it all!" - Deborah Robson

We have loads of fun, trivia and prizes. Can't wait to see you!