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Weekly Update May 31: Shop Updates

I have been working diligently to create yarn for an enormous fall release. We are going to have naturally dyed items, scrunchies, dryer balls and so many fun extras.


My favorite yarn ever is in creation. It's from our alpaca Malcom who passed away a few summers ago. I mixed his white fleece with our new boy's fleece and blended some hand dyed pink fleece into the mix. The result is incredible. Lightly pink and white. Pink and neutral. Who doesn't love that?


This is the yarn as a single ply.



I am created all of the dryer balls for the year this summer. It is a huge task but I do not want to have to create them in my basement this winter the week before the holiday season. Yes, I have too much experience doing that for wholesale orders and honestly, that is a time I believe I need to be spending with family and friends. While the weather is great, I go outside with my bucket of water and soap and scrub the fiber away until I get nice large felted balls.



Wool dryer balls are dryer sheet replacements. They literally last for ever too! You can scent them or leave them unscented for a sensitive skin friendly option. They help separate clothing in the dryer to help with drying efficiently. These are particularly great for large loads or doing loads with blankets.


This fall, we will at the very least have hats and matching gloves available. I am hopeful to have both kids and adult sizes with limited naturally dyed color options. I am so excited to share these with you all. Can't wait for August!

 
 
 

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The Buzzard Farm is a small, regenerative fiber farm in the Pennsylvanian Appalachian Region. As an aspiring carbon neutral fiber producer, we hope to merge farming and cloth production by means of knitting machines and looms. Our ultimate goal is to produce clothing as a small scale manufacturer, designer, and fiber supplier. By enacting responsible rotational grazing, composting manure to spread on healing lands, we hope to help our planet by greatly improving our overall soil health while keeping our own carbon footprint as small as possible. 

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Fiber farming today is an uphill battle. Competing with fast fashion simply isn't an option. Each garment is made slowly and until we reach our goal of becoming a factory led company made from locally made cloth, we will be taking donations to contribute to our animal husbandry and ongoing slow fashion work.

Joining us on this mission to local sustainable cloth is the Rustbelt fibershed, our local fibershed sector. 30 percent of all donations we receive goes directly to their community involvement.

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