Get Spun was Awesome

So, a few days late is better than never, right?

Last Saturday Symeon North came out to play with fiber with us as Wild 'N Wooly Farms. She showed us some wonderful techniques like how to spin locks into the yarn as we go, and how to do thick and thin yarns. The techniques are outlined in the book "Get Spun" released by Interweave in early May 2010. You can get your own copy at Sheep2Shawl.net. Here were some of the photo highlights from the afternoon!

Symeon is spinning locks into her yarn here, she is using a Ladybug wheel, not her usual, but she said it worked fairly well, not getting caught too much on the locks.


Here is everyone spinning together, Symeon is over in the right showing us how to spin in a thick and thin style. This looks so easy when she does it, and she is a great teacher.

These are all the products and projects from the book, unfortunately, many of the items that Symeon spent her time and energy on were cut from the book. So check them out here!

Lynn did up these great cakes, the looked as great as the tasted...mmmmm

It's Party Time!

It’s Party Time!

Saturday, May 22nd 2010

12noon-4pm

Come celebrate the release of local author Symeon North’s new book on art yarns. “Get Spun” is full of seriously twisted ways to make yarn! Wait ‘til you see what she does with locks and coils.

Bring your friends, spindles, & wheels; to

join us for Food, Fiber, & Fun at

Baabaara’s Wild & Wooly, Inc located at

Wild & Wooly Farms: 22390 McArdle Rd Bend

Directions from Costco:

Head east on Hwy 20 to just past 6 mi. marker

Turn Right on Gosney and drive 2.5 mi.

Turn Right on McArdle and continue around a couple of curves

Look for a bright blue house on your right

Just past the blue house you will see our address marker on your right

We are the 2nd and last house on the driveway and the only one’s with sheep & llamas

Map available at www.sheep2shawl.net

Phone #541-280-6609

catalog updates

Will be finishing up adding the commercial yarns available out at the ranch, including Brown Sheep, Universal, and several others. Also, finishing up adding felting kits, and square circular, double points, and straight needles and crochet hooks.

And soon, you can make purchases without needing to call or drive out. Soon we will have a button on each product that allows you to add products to a shopping cart and purchase through paypal.

Don't have a pay pal account? Easy fix.

Go to paypal.com, sign up (it's free) and you are on you way, you just add a debit or credit card to the files, and you accurate shipping address, and they keep it secure. the only time anyone sees the address is when you buy something, then the company will see the address on the shipping label. Your credit card number is NEVER given out, no one sees it but you.

Keep your eyes open for that addition soon.

Mark your Calendars!

May 22nd, 2010.

“Get-Spun” by Symeon North is a new book on “Art Yarns” coming out May 2010 and guess where she will be demonstrating and signing her new book? Baabaara’s Wild & Wooly at Wild and Wooly Farms!
As many of you know, we march to a drummer of a different beat, many of us like to put a unique twist in our yarns. This is Symeon’s specialty and passion as well. We’re going to make this one awesome & “twisted” party as we celebrate the release of this inspirational new book.

Please join us for food, fun, friends & fiber!

Lynn Moss will be making and decorating one of her gorgeous & delicious cakes for the event.

To pre-order a signed copy of “Get-Spun”, just drop an e-mail at pmoss@ykwc.net with your contact info. Also, take a look at Interweave's review on the book here.