Three Creeks Farm http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog A farm in middle TN where raising sheep, spinning and blacksmithing are our focus. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:33:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 New additions to our farm! http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/08/13/new-additions-to-our-farm/ http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/08/13/new-additions-to-our-farm/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:08:11 +0000 Administrator http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/08/13/new-additions-to-our-farm/ Babies and more babies!

This year spring brought  27 lambs and one llama cria.  We had the mixed experience of having a bottle lamb. It had been a long time since I was up around the clock giving a baby a bottle. Luckily that didn’t last too long. However, during the time we had to feed her at night, she lived in a dog crate in the kitchen. When we let her out, she would run around the house nad hop up on the couch. The photo at the left was taken during one of her couch adventures. She was facinated with the remote. Looks like she is changing the channel….

We also had a llama cria just after the fiber festival. Steve was able to get in with her and imprint when she was just a few hours old. Now she is spoiled rotten. She’ll walk up to anyone and expect them to scratch her neck and runs up to the fence for attention.

This week we added a 5 month old Great Pyrenees  puppy named Pearl. She was raised with sheep and it shows. Today, when I fed the lambs she ran up to the feed trough and ate with them.

Pearl and her lambs

]]> http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/08/13/new-additions-to-our-farm/feed/ 0 Fleece & Spinning Events at the TN State Fair http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/06/27/fleece-spinning-events-at-the-tn-state-fair/ http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/06/27/fleece-spinning-events-at-the-tn-state-fair/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:35:26 +0000 Administrator http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/06/27/fleece-spinning-events-at-the-tn-state-fair/ The catalog for the Tennessee State Fair has come out. the link below will take you to the livestock catalog, where on pages 72-74 you will find information on the fleece show and spinning competitions. There will be spinning contests with both a spindle and spinning wheel, with a novice class (spinning less than 1 year) and open class. There is also a Sheep to Shawl competition.

The Spinning Contests will be on Thursday September 17, 2009 at 7:30 held in the Vaughn Building at the State Fair complex in Nashville.

The Sheep to Shawl Competition will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each team is made up of 4 members. They bring a warped loom and a washed (and dyed if they want)  fleece with no further preparation. They then have a limited time (4 or 5 hours) to prepare the wool, spin the yarn and weave a shawl that measures at least 72 inches. The team will be judged on:

30% Appearance of the Team while working

40% Technical Workmanship

30% Artistry

The Fleece Show will be Tuesday and Wednesday, September 15 & 16 ending with the Fleece Auction on Thursday September 17, at 8:00 pm after the spinning competitions. Fleece entries must be mailed in by Aug 10, to avoid late fees, or online registration will be accepted until September 1, 2009.

For more information, please consult the catalog or Call Kim. Below is the link to the catalog.

tennesseestatefair.org/pdfs/catalogs/LivestockCatalog.pdf

Kim Caulfield is the contact person (931)293-4466.

Let’s have a big turn out with lots of participation!

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We also have a variety of Interweave Press books on knitting, crochet, spinning and various related topics. We also carry Spin Off magazine.

]]> http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/03/11/new-items-in-the-shop/feed/ 0 Fiber Festival http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/01/26/fiber-festival-spinning/ http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/01/26/fiber-festival-spinning/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:02:12 +0000 Administrator http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/01/26/fiber-festival-spinning/ We are busy planning the 3rd Annual  Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival. We are gathering information on what folks want by way of a survey monkey survey. So far, we have requests for lots of spinning workshops of all levels, some knitting, felting and a variety of others.

anyone who whould like to help us is welcome to pitch in. Just email me….www.tn3creeksfarm@yahoo.com

]]> http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2009/01/26/fiber-festival-spinning/feed/ 0 Dye Day 2008 http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2008/11/19/dye-day-2008/ http://www.3creeksfarm.com/farm-blog/2008/11/19/dye-day-2008/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:48:57 +0000 Administrator http://www.3creeksfarm.com/?p=47 Dye Day 2008 was a huge success. We did natural dyeing with poke berry juice and marigolds had a few pots of  commercial (Lanaset)dye. Check out the photos. One of more interesting experiments was to over-dye some black fleece. We used a teal Lanaset dye. It turned out beautiful! Jet Black with just a few teal highlights. Jan Quarles also showed the group how to paint roving. We had a wonderful meal…our group sure can cook!

Next year we will do it again…the second Saturday in October. Stayed tuned for more information.

Drying roving and yarn   Dye Day 2008

Dye Pot A rainbow of dyed wool

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