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It’s What We Do
Today when I was working outside with my dogs, I thought, “There are millions of people, right this minute, sitting indoors, in an office.” My job is physically demanding, but how lucky am I? My coworker is a dog, and I live in sunny Southern California. This is Lace, my dream employee, purchased from Jennifer [...]
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My New Assistant
I work so hard and I realized, I’m probably working physically harder than I actually have to. I started asking my shepherd friends if they could live without their Border Collies and each and everyone said, “No.” One of my friends, Joy Dally (wife of Martin Dally) said, “If I didn’t have my working dogs, [...]
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Colored Angora Buckling
This little buckling is typical of Cloudspun Farm/Namaste Farms breedings. They are fine silky fleeced with fiber that stays fine over their lifetime.
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NAMASTE FARMS SHEPHERDESS
Animals have been the focus of my life for as long as I can remember. As I child, I learned that animals would love you unconditionally and the comfort animals provided carries into my adult life. There are few people that have the devotion and respect for animals I do. This respect can be upheld [...]
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Colored Angora Goats Never Looked So Good!
Here is a CAGBA buckling that is from Persimmon Tree Farm and Cloudspun genetics. These are my favorite foundation lines and I think you can see why.
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The Beauty of Pygoras!
This little doeling is a permanent resident of Namaste Farms. Her mother is a Hawks Mountain Ranch Pygora and father is a Oregon Flock and Fiber Champion from Namaste Farms.
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It Used to Be About Yarn
Most people knew me because the high end yarns I handspun for Yarnmarket.com. I don’t make yarns anymore, but I appreciate the notoriety and success they brought me.
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Roanie’s New Tractor
One of Roanies favorite things.
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Do You Want to Use Your Yarns?
My friend, Kimberly McAlindin and I have started a business together SimplePatterns. This is a shop on Etsy where you can learn how to do things YOURSELF both with video tutorials AND simple patterns. Not only that, we give you support through email or Skype. Please visit our shop. We also have gorgeous scarves and [...]
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Purebred US Teeswater Sheep and Wool
Namaste Farms has some of the only 96% Teeswaters in the country. This percentage is considered purebred from the US upgrading system. Pictured is Black Sheep Gathering 2009 Champion White Longwool Ewe, Maddy.
OH Kruse Grain
OH Kruse is such a great grass roots company. Recently they asked me, Natalie Redding, to do their ad campaign for the Triple Crown Horse feeds. I feel so honored for many reasons, probably the biggest is that I want to give back to them for all they do for Namaste Farms, but also, because [...]
Lister Shears
I am so thankful to finally find shears that have the ON/OFF switch in the right place, are durable and have a comfortable hand piece that can fit in my hand. I have very large hands for a woman and even though my hands are large, I’ve been complaining for years about past pairs of [...]
Breedboxes
BIO OF APRIL BREEDS HERE BIO OF MARCH BREEDS HERE BIO OF FEBRUARY BREEDS HERE BIO OF JANUARY BREEDS HERE Do you want to learn about every fiber producing breed under the sun? If so, sign-up for Namaste Farms monthly “Breed all About it” Breedbox Months January February March April May June July August September October [...]
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How To Make Ainsley Daisy Yarn
This is a darling yarn that is really fun to make. Please subscribe to me on Youtube; Namaste Farms channel.
Washing Wool And Mohair
Check my featured Youtube at the bottom of homepage or check out my Youtube channel to see my technique for washing wool and mohair. It covers washing super long locks without destroying them. I have switched over from Dawn to Unicorn Power Scour because I think Unicorn is less likely to over scour your wool [...]
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