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Please join us at these upcoming Fiber Festivals.
We will have a large selection of handspun -one of a kind- yarns and
hand-knit and hand woven fashions.
We also welcome farm & studio visits by appointment.

  • April 20th and 21st  2013
    The 2nd annual “Sheep Shearing and the Journey to Fiber Arts”
    Cabin Spring Farm
    70 Cabin Spring Ln. Lexington VA 24450
    Admission: Free
    Calluna Farm Demos include Corespinning Yarn and Triangle Loom Weaving
  •  Saturday, April 27, 2013
    Powhatan’s Festival of Fiber
    10:00am – 5:00pm
    3920 Marion Harland Lane
    Powhatan, VA 23139
    Admission – $5.00
    Children 12 and under free
    Calluna Farm Demos include Corespinning Yarn and space permitting Triangle Loom Weaving

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Mountain Spring Handspun

Mountain Spring - Handspun Coils and SpiralsAhhhhh… the mountains are bursting with Redbuds and that special shade of green seen only in the spring…
Hand-dyed Leicester Longwool in shades of purple, fuchsia,rose with light to dark greens plied with mill-spun cotton flake into spirals and coils. Lots of texture and bounce in this richly colored yar

 

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]]> http://0326ca3.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?feed=rss2&p=306 0 Olde Liberty Fibre Faire – Saturday April 14, 2012 http://0326ca3.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=261&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-pearls-handspun-leicesterlongwool-2 http://0326ca3.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=261#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:26:07 +0000 callunafarm http://0326ca3.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=261 Continue reading →]]> Share

Make sure to visit Calluna Farm Studios at the Olde Liberty Fibre Faire
in Bedford, Virginia this weekend!
I will be sharing a space “inside” with the Leicester Longwool Ladies.
I will have a large selection of my one of a kind handspun yarns sale.
And demonstrate spinning – space permitting.
Enjoy a celebration of dyeing, felting, spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting and
all things fibre-related.

Saturday, April 14, 2012
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Bedford Lion’s Club Community Center
1577 E. Lynchburg-Salem Turnpike
(aka Route 460 East)
Bedford, VA 24523

Beautiful Fleece = Beautiful Yarn!

 

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Leicester Longwool & Alpaca -
“Wow ‘ is what my husband said when this came off the spinning wheel.

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Spring Landscape detail by candyhargett
Spring Landscape detail, a photo by candyhargett on Flickr.

Spring Landscape …detail
Redbuds, dogwood, daffodils, spring greens…

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Spring Landscape by candyhargett
Spring Landscape, a photo by candyhargett on Flickr.

Spring Landscape – Hand dyed Leicester Longwool and Alpaca hand-spun with coils and spirals… lovely texture

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When our grand daughter saw this yarn on the spinning wheel -
she declared it’s “spring pearls” …

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