@skirter.bsky.social
skirter of wool, creater of breed specific yarn 🧶 fibershed focus in the Heartland
Opinions are mine alone.
Opinions are mine alone.
If you missed seeing Purveyor of Fine Yarns at Rhinebeck, stroll over to the Orange Kitten on the Square in Monroe, Wisconsin for a chance to pet our locally sourced yarns
October 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If you missed seeing Purveyor of Fine Yarns at Rhinebeck, stroll over to the Orange Kitten on the Square in Monroe, Wisconsin for a chance to pet our locally sourced yarns
I had a vision of this yarn and worked with High Prairie Fibers to make it a real thing! It is 100% Lincoln, a long wool, and consists of three plies, a white, grey and black. It is a heavy yarn that will keep you warm this winter!
🧶 #breedspecificyarn
🧶 #breedspecificyarn
August 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I had a vision of this yarn and worked with High Prairie Fibers to make it a real thing! It is 100% Lincoln, a long wool, and consists of three plies, a white, grey and black. It is a heavy yarn that will keep you warm this winter!
🧶 #breedspecificyarn
🧶 #breedspecificyarn
New color, still hot and steamy.🧶
August 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
New color, still hot and steamy.🧶
Favorite sign from today's No King's Protest in Monroe, Wisconsin.
June 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Favorite sign from today's No King's Protest in Monroe, Wisconsin.
All the garbage bags contain raw fleece. Bags are piled according to breed. I pay a fair price to small farmers for the wool, which will become high quality knitting yarns.
Yes, it is take your cat to work day. 🧶 #cat #wool #breedspecificyarn
Yes, it is take your cat to work day. 🧶 #cat #wool #breedspecificyarn
June 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
All the garbage bags contain raw fleece. Bags are piled according to breed. I pay a fair price to small farmers for the wool, which will become high quality knitting yarns.
Yes, it is take your cat to work day. 🧶 #cat #wool #breedspecificyarn
Yes, it is take your cat to work day. 🧶 #cat #wool #breedspecificyarn
It is a holiday, I worked two days of the three day weekend, so I allowed myself to begin a new project! 🧶
May 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It is a holiday, I worked two days of the three day weekend, so I allowed myself to begin a new project! 🧶
Skirting polypay fleece on a sunny Sunday morning 🧶
May 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Skirting polypay fleece on a sunny Sunday morning 🧶
Finally finished the baby hat, yarn is Purveyor of Fine Yarn, 100% Romney worsted, colorway is snapdragon. 🧶
May 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Finally finished the baby hat, yarn is Purveyor of Fine Yarn, 100% Romney worsted, colorway is snapdragon. 🧶
This hat needs 12 more rows, then I can bind off. I am tired of knitting it. 🧶
April 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This hat needs 12 more rows, then I can bind off. I am tired of knitting it. 🧶
Spent day skirting polypay fleece. Have been developing new yarn with mill, very exciting. 🧶
April 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Spent day skirting polypay fleece. Have been developing new yarn with mill, very exciting. 🧶
new hat on the needles, yarn is 100% Romney in worsted weight, color is Snapdragon. Pattern by #woolleywormhead 🧶
April 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
new hat on the needles, yarn is 100% Romney in worsted weight, color is Snapdragon. Pattern by #woolleywormhead 🧶
I saw the "Anne Frank Rules" on an instagram post, posted by a person I had met IRL. The words brought memories. There was a time I lived in a community that was a safe house for people who needed to disappear for a time so that lawyers could sort out papers. Now is the beginning of worse times.
April 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I saw the "Anne Frank Rules" on an instagram post, posted by a person I had met IRL. The words brought memories. There was a time I lived in a community that was a safe house for people who needed to disappear for a time so that lawyers could sort out papers. Now is the beginning of worse times.
I enjoy the dye days, playing with color is always a good day
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April 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I enjoy the dye days, playing with color is always a good day
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Baby sweater progress. Need to do about 3 more inches on the body then I can knit the sleeves. Had to stop as the second skein is sitting in the studio and I won't be there until Saturday. Sigh. Hand dyed yarn so I need to alternate a few rows to work in new skein. 🧶
February 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Baby sweater progress. Need to do about 3 more inches on the body then I can knit the sleeves. Had to stop as the second skein is sitting in the studio and I won't be there until Saturday. Sigh. Hand dyed yarn so I need to alternate a few rows to work in new skein. 🧶
Progress on the baby sweater. Sweater is size 9 months, baby is currently 4 months old. I need to hurry. 🧶
February 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Progress on the baby sweater. Sweater is size 9 months, baby is currently 4 months old. I need to hurry. 🧶
The beginning of a baby sweater, the hood is worked first. Yarn is 100% Romney, 3 ply worsted, wool sourced and milled in eastern Iowa. Local yarn!
February 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The beginning of a baby sweater, the hood is worked first. Yarn is 100% Romney, 3 ply worsted, wool sourced and milled in eastern Iowa. Local yarn!
Official certificate stating that I am now Certified as a Level 1 Wool Classer. For this I drove across Iowa and South Dakota (north and west) to spend three days in North Dakota. I did learn things, but not what I was hoping to learn. 🧶 I did meet some fantastic people!
February 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Official certificate stating that I am now Certified as a Level 1 Wool Classer. For this I drove across Iowa and South Dakota (north and west) to spend three days in North Dakota. I did learn things, but not what I was hoping to learn. 🧶 I did meet some fantastic people!
began knitting a baby sweater, pattern was given to me over 20 years ago, a battered photocopy that I found in a folder of patterns. One begins with the hood, should be interesting. Yarn is a 3ply worsted, 100% Romney sourced & milled in eastern Iowa. 🧶 Keep it Local.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
began knitting a baby sweater, pattern was given to me over 20 years ago, a battered photocopy that I found in a folder of patterns. One begins with the hood, should be interesting. Yarn is a 3ply worsted, 100% Romney sourced & milled in eastern Iowa. 🧶 Keep it Local.
I love knitting lace, meditative, long rows with a pattern stitch repeated over and over. Needs blocking to "see". Will add another skein. Yarn is Shetland fingering. Wool sourced from a small flock in northern Wisconsin, spun at mill in Illinois. Keep it local. 🧶
January 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I love knitting lace, meditative, long rows with a pattern stitch repeated over and over. Needs blocking to "see". Will add another skein. Yarn is Shetland fingering. Wool sourced from a small flock in northern Wisconsin, spun at mill in Illinois. Keep it local. 🧶
This is 100% Targhee yarn. Wool from sheep living in south central Wisconsin. Yarn was spun at woolen mill in southern Minnesota. Keep it local. 🧶
January 31, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is 100% Targhee yarn. Wool from sheep living in south central Wisconsin. Yarn was spun at woolen mill in southern Minnesota. Keep it local. 🧶
Romney yarn in the dye pots today
January 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Romney yarn in the dye pots today
I spent the morning in the sheep barn. Sheep were sheared, fleece was skirted, sorted and bagged.
January 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I spent the morning in the sheep barn. Sheep were sheared, fleece was skirted, sorted and bagged.
Skirting Romney. Almost done with this clip, need to deliver to mill this week.
January 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Skirting Romney. Almost done with this clip, need to deliver to mill this week.