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• For the Love of Corriedale

  Posted on April 16 2022

  Over 30 years ago, Geof Ruppert chose Corriedale when he got serious about sheep farming. Today he raises merino as well as Corriedale on his 200-acre farm on the Pennsylvania/Maryland border....

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• How to Knit a Hat w/o a Pattern: Part Five (the end!)

  Posted on December 13 2021

    Here's our last installment (for now) on knitting a hat without a pattern, a series that, if you pick up needles and yarn and give it a go, may...

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• How to Knit a Hat Without a Pattern: Part Four (the fun part)

  Posted on November 21 2021

    Quick recap: In the first installments of our series, How to Knit Without a Pattern, we discussed how to start a hat at the tip of the crown and...

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• How to Knit a Hat (no pattern): Part Three (TIPS!)

  Posted on November 10 2021

    In this chapter, we go into the knitting weeds. We talk about the bar increase used in this hat method and ways to keep track of where you are...

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• How to Knit a Hat Without a Pattern: Part Two (in which we crown you)

  Posted on November 04 2021

    Quick recap: In our last post, in which we introduced a method for knitting a hat without a pattern, we explained the first step: Choose your yarn and knit a sample...

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• How to Knit a Hat Without a Pattern: Part One

  Posted on November 01 2021

  If you have a stash (I’m guessing you do), and if you have a stitch dictionary (not necessary, but expands your creative options), then you can knit a hat right...

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• Template knitting—Ann Budd's Handy Book series

  Posted on September 15 2021

    The yarn was calling your name, so you bought it. Maybe you picked up the skeins at a sheep-and-wool festival, maybe you found them in your local shop, maybe...

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• Cushy, thy name is Cormo

  Posted on September 15 2021

    Cormo is a modern sheep. If you look them up in a breeds tome published before 1960, you won't find them mentioned. Young though their breed may be, Cormo...

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• Day in the life: A Romney Farmer

  Posted on August 25 2021

    Charlene Carlisle is an ICU nurse by night and an avid Romney shepherd every hour of the day.  We're glad and grateful that she took time to tell us...

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• Catching Up with Eri Shimizu

  Posted on August 19 2021

  Knitwear designer Eri Shimizu models her latest pattern, Autumn Forest, now available at Stone Wool. Here at Stone Wool, we’re halfway through August and getting ready for cooler weather and...

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