Sheepish Handspun

Sheepish Handspun Beautiful hand spun yarns from fleece purchased iocally. I make beautiful handspun yarns for knitters who want "the real thing".

i prepare raw fleece, washing and carding it, and often blending it with dyed fleece to produce lovely colors. I use a drum carder to blend different fibers, like silk, soy silk, bamboo or alpaca fiber with wool. My yarns reflect the joy and respect I have for sheep and the people who care for them. I try to use fleece from sheep I have met, and who live in New England. The adventure of making yarn in the time-honored way includes visiting farms and buying great fleece for your knitted handwork

Shakespeare favorite of mine.
06/15/2026

Shakespeare favorite of mine.

Another skein - a Manx Loaghtan skein - will be going with the Strawberry Sheep skein to Kansas.
06/15/2026

Another skein - a Manx Loaghtan skein - will be going with the Strawberry Sheep skein to Kansas.

Sold and shipping tomorrow to Kansas!
06/14/2026

Sold and shipping tomorrow to Kansas!

Sold and shipping on Monday to New Mexico!
06/14/2026

Sold and shipping on Monday to New Mexico!

Here it is! “Strawberry Sheep Worsted”. - 164.25 yards. Lots of color variation, and soft, soft, soft! This is the 3rd (...
06/08/2026

Here it is! “Strawberry Sheep Worsted”. - 164.25 yards. Lots of color variation, and soft, soft, soft!
This is the 3rd (or 4th) skein from the big bag of dirty Romney Cormo fleece underneath my kitchen counter. My son-in-law tells me it looks like it’s getting bigger every day! I still have a lot of the fleece left, and I will work it until I can see the floor under the big bag.

I also finished plying, skeining and soaking the brown Manx Loaghtan yarn today. It’s nice to have 2 yarns hanging. I wi...
06/07/2026

I also finished plying, skeining and soaking the brown Manx Loaghtan yarn today. It’s nice to have 2 yarns hanging. I will be washing and carding more white fleece this week. I ordered some Black Welsh Mountain wool for a little “something different”.

Today has been an unusually busy day; so happy I have had an energy surge, but it might not last1. That’s OK, too.What y...
06/07/2026

Today has been an unusually busy day; so happy I have had an energy surge, but it might not last1. That’s OK, too.
What you are looking at is the next skein of dyed Romney/Cormo cooling in the dyepot. The remaining water is clear! No strawberry colored dye in the remaining water. That happens because I calculate the amount of dye with the weight of dry yarn to be dyed. Works every time, and no dye goes down the sink.
OK, it’s “Strawberry Sheep”.

“Blue Sky Sheep” sold just after it was posted on Etsy. I wrapped it for a ride to California tomorrow. I’m kissing it g...
06/07/2026

“Blue Sky Sheep” sold just after it was posted on Etsy. I wrapped it for a ride to California tomorrow. I’m kissing it goodbye here before placing it in a mailer.

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Hudson, MA
01749

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(508) 842-9012

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