Odey is a star!! Sort of....

Our little curley Angora goatie Odey is the proud supplier of the mohair my friend Carolyn used to re-root this gorgeous doll! Odey's fiber is curly and just soft and shiny as can be--what Carolyn calls 'excellent' for dolls! He is a smoochy goat and definitely Chaquita's (our llama) pet. He hides under Chaquita's tummy after he gives someone a not so nice head butt, mainly because he knows she will spit or chase anyone off that tries to give back what he has coming! Silly goat!

You have probably seen Carolyn's work on our site before, she is the other spinner of our Two Peas handspun yarn--we are like two peas in a pod, sometimes scarily so!! You can see more of her beautiful talented work here-- along with lots of beeeauteous fiber! Make a cup of tea and spend some time at the Ewe!! Then stock up for very unique and fun spinning, felting or knitting projects! Sandy the enabler over and out!! ha!

We did it! Watch 3 Chic Knits on Etsy!!!

Been meaning to get our 3 Chic Knits on Etsy because I love the people that are featured on that site! It is a collection of independent artists that we are happy to be part of! There are only a few items listed in the shop today but plan to add more over the coming week so keep an eye out! Click here to visit us at Etsy--yey! Be sure to visit all the fun shops too--lots of great art work and creations to browse!

Thank you to everyone participating in our Avon Breast Cancer walk raffles! The Sheep and friends have raised $588 so far--wheeee! The sheep and my families thank you--please know we are walking now for not only my own mom, but also my hubby Jim's mom who is battling her cancer again. Not the same cancer but we adore her and want to cast a wide net of support.... Now we have become Team Nancy & Claire! Thank you all so much, your kind words and actions are very appreciated!

Spring has sprung here for sure, we are waiting to hear from David the wonder shearer as to what day we will be shearing so watch the site as I scramble to make room for this years fleeces! Never enough fleece takes on new meaning this time of year for sure! Happy Sunday, hope you are all enjoying a pretty spring day with lots of fibery goodness!!

Altered Art--by Linda!

Today I am happily plugging my friend Linda's altered art! She is a talented artist from Ohio--and like another sister for me too! I adore her and her art!! Be sure to check out her store here and her blog here.... Treasures treasures treasures and inspiration galore! Keep up the beautiful, creative artwork Linda! Yey!

The sheep are enjoying the mild weather, not too hot for their big woolie coats, and not too cold for their bare little spindly legs either! They hate cold feet and legs! Shearing is just around the corner, have to confirm our shearing day with David the wonder shearer and then the countdown can begin! Better get more fleeces cleared out of my wooly heaven--watch for some beautiful wool as I get fleeces sorted on our non-rainy spring days!

Jenny was here today with more beauteous Alpaca fiber so will be listing more of that this week too--just keep an eye out and check out our new option on the site--two actually! One is for referring us to others, and the other is what we will use for people who would like an email when I update the site with new items.... Let the sheep know what you think of their newest idea to improve the site--sneaky buggers huh??? ha! Off to spin some wool and hope you are all busy creating some fibery goodNESS!!

Away We Go--and we are back to 'normal'!

Ok, first of all, thank you for your patience on Friday (obviously I had none!! ha!) and we are all set, back up and running on the website! Today I wanted to share with you one of the most special Christmas presents I received this past holiday!

This is original artwork created by Dennis Toren, the hubby of Barbara who you may recognize as one of the 3 Chics? Dennis creates his designs and hooks rugs, complete with hand dyeing most of his wool! He is very talented and I adore this gift, it shows three sheep, one each for me, my mom and Barbara--all doing their various knitting or jobs related to our 3 Chic Knit knitting business! How creative and how perfect--thank you again Dennis!! Check out our finished items knit with Homestead yarns here!

And thank you to everyone who is supporting 'Team Nancy' in the Avon Breast Cancer Reasearch walk--my mom is very touched by your support as she travels through treatment and we adore each and every one of you! To date Friends of the Homestead have raised $498!!!! Thank you from the sheep too!

Lots and lots of roving and clouds added to the site today so be sure to have a look, more dyed fiber to be posted later on too--unwashed wool tomorrow! Happy Monday!