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Fire
Ant Ranch Has
moved to NEW
address is:
Wool & Mohair prepared by a Handspinner!
Since 1992 and going
strong! Featuring fiber and fiber
products from Black Welsh Mountain, Shetland and Gulf Coast Sheep, mohair
from Texas Angora goats, and a few other favorites. What isn’t fiber from my years of raising
them comes from specially selected flocks I’ve known personally.`
The flock (sheep – all Black
Welsh Mountain) has been sold! And
they are going to CANADA – the BWM breeders are in desperate need of a
genetic infusion to their flocks. They
received one such infusion earlier this year from the Desert Weyr flock. Now they’ll have even more great genetic
material. I’ve had to purchase much more
wool than I ever could raise for a long, LONG time – a mark of success for my
fiber work. Since there are only so many
hours in the day and livestock husbandry is ALSO extremely time intensive, I
decided one or the other needed to go.
The fiber won out in this case.
A big THANKS to all of you who love my fiber and keep coming back for
more! Our favorite sausage is still
from the one and only Louis Mueller Barbecue place in Taylor, Texas! And it will remain our favorite as I
seriously doubt there’s a BBQ place in We’re holding at
15 cats at the moment. All of them are
indoors at the new place and we’ve built a lovely cat room/cat spa. Going on five years now with Kenney, the dream dressage horse – a 16.1 hand bright
bay Trakehner schoolmaster gelding.
He’ll get a lovely dressage arena over there, close to the house. The equines have a new very spiffy metal
barn with stalls, and concrete hay storage.
My shop is out there in the barn as well in a separate space. There will be a dye area and a place for
the felting machine as well. I’ve published & sold
designs in Knitter's Magazine, Lion
Brand Yarns and Knitter's Digest. I
also do custom knitting of Kilt Hose and other items of clothing and home
décor. My beautiful old Gilmore 40", 4 shaft loom
is still here. I'm still happily exploring twill patterns on it, using the
shareware design program, Winweave. Oh yes, and we can’t forget the Auto
Knitter Sock Knitting Machine. Or the
Brother bulky flatbed knitting machine, the mid-gauge machine. Or the felting machine I’m still playing
with. Please visit my CUSTOMER SHOWCASE PAGE. l have pictures of yarns and finished
items featuring Fire Ant Ranch fibers, many of which are prize-winners! Email me with what you’ve done with my
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The Shop Front is Open ONLY by Appointment – just email or
give me a call to see if you can stop by – fiber shows, farm chores and equine
activities notwithstanding! I travel to more than a few Fiber
and Art Festivals during the year to market my finished goods,
equipment, fibers and handspun yarns. These festivals include the And PLEASE FEEL FREE to shop via website and email at any time! Since my fibers and yarns are very much
handmade, ask about what’s available
when you get that creative fiber urge! Your
Spindles from JONATHAN BOSWORTH and others, including
KOKOVOKO spindles. ERTOEL ROBERTA ELECTRONIC
SPINNER – That Australian Technologically Advanced Beauty of a
“powered” Spinner! Absolute BEST
Electronic Spinner on the market. STRAUCH Drum Carders, Hand Cards and really BIG
Ballwinder, MAJACRAFT
Spinning Wheels and other fine Products , I still emphasize products I
would and DO use myself, and seem to be specializing in technologically
advanced spinning equipment that doesn’t look very traditional. That’s me, and that’s my taste. I’m always celebrating something
– ask about specials. AND also check the Fire Ant Ranch Collectible Items featuring the
Knitting Ant Logo! FARM FIBERS & YARNS My hand dyed and mostly hand
processed wool & mohair products (Austin
Batts, Ant Mounds and Ant Trails) are very popular. My mohair locks (Ant Mounds)
have many repeat customers who know that if a certain colorway hasn’t been
dyed up yet, they can request it. And
my handspun yarn, classic and exotic, is still popular. Knowing that something you’ve designed
yourself also pleases others is a really, really good feeling. I do carry at least once
commercial line of yarn: OPAL Sock Knitting Yarn from |
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