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Fire
Ant Ranch Has
moved to NEW
address is:
Wool & Mohair prepared by a Hand
Spinner! 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 is all sold and the
Black Welsh Mountain Sheep have made it to CANADA. The BWM breeders up there now have a much
needed infusion of great genetic material due to this and an earlier sale by
Desert Weyr. 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! Bobbie Mueller passed away recently, but
his family will carry on the tradition!
It will remain our favorite as I seriously doubt there’s a BBQ place
in Georgetown to rival that chipotle sausage!
I will say that we DO enjoy Duke’s BBQ in Georgetown. We’re holding at
14 cats at the moment, yes that’s one less – we lost our sweet Shadow to a
bone cancer. All of them are indoors
at the new place and we’ve built a lovely cat room/cat spa. Kaylee, the young Shire draft mare IS
a true partner. Not only is she
talented in dressage, but she is great on the trails! She actually has been shown – to CTDS Intro
Champion (walk/trot) in 2007! And
she’s small enough that my saddle fits her.
She’s been to Hill Country State Natural Area in Bandera, TX, Parrie
Haynes Park, Berry Springs Park and to Old Settlers Park now. She takes it ALL in stride. We just completed a 3-day clinic with Dr.
Thomas Ritter and we BOTH learned a lot! Sierra, the Mustang mare, has a gal friend again in Kaylee, although even after five months she is
playing the “Boss Mare” more than she is “Mare Buddy”. My lovely 40”Gilmore 4 shaft
loom is still here, as are the Auto Knitter Sock Knitting Machine, the
Brother bulky flatbed knitting machine, the mid-gauge machine, and the wet felting machine. Please visit my CUSTOMER SHOWCASE PAGE. It will be undergoing an update soon with
new pictures and stories of things made with FAR fiber and yarn.
Email me about your FAR fiber creations and I’ll post them to the
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The Studio “Shop” is Open ONLY by Appointment and on a limited
basis. Please email to see if you can
stop by – fiber shows, chores and equine activities notwithstanding! Please do NOT ask for farm tours for
school groups though, as I am not set up for this. It is probably much easier to catch me at a
show! PLEASE FEEL FREE to shop via website and email at any time! Since my fibers and yarns are very much
handmade, just email me to see what’s
available when you get that creative fiber urge! 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 have included the Taos
Wool Festival (which I’ve given up now after a 15-year run – I want to
explore other areas of the country) and Best of the Southwest Fiber Arts
Festival in New Mexico, Estes Park
Wool Market in Colorado, Destin Spin
In, Florida, and various other regional festivals and retreats. I’ve published & sold
designs in Knitter's Magazine, Lion
Brand Yarns and Knitter's Digest, as well as other publications. I also do custom knitting of Kilt
Hose and other items of clothing and home décor. Your
Austin and Central Texas source for: 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 (these are fantastic), HITCHHIKER ROADBUG Wheels from the Merlin
Tree – even better, the new double
treadle ROADBUG model!, I still emphasize products I
would and DO use myself, and specialize 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. Check the Fire
Ant Ranch Collectible Items featuring the Knitting Ant Logo! FARM FIBERS & YARNS My hand dyed and 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 color way hasn’t been
dyed up yet, they can request it. 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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