It all started with one little English
Angora rabbit acquired at the NY Sheep & Wool festival. Eventually
after a friend got tired of spinning the fiber for me she convinced me
to get my own wheel. With some help from a good friend I dove into the
fiber world feet first. Never telling me that one fiber was harder to
spin than another, she had me try spinning angora to silk and beyond.
After the first couple lessons, spinning came naturally to me so
competing at various fiber festivals came next. I've won numerous awards for spinning at the NY Sheep & Wool Festival, Maryland Sheep & Wool, Southeastern Animal Fiber Festival, GA State Fair and the Ulster County, NY Fair. My husband saw that a neighbor had
some wool for sale and the next thing we knew we were bringing home 2
sheep as well. That was the start of raising our award winning Border Leicester & Finn sheep, Angora goats, English Angora rabbits and Jersey Woolie rabbits with our girls in 4-H. Eventually we moved from
the Catskills of NY to the NW GA mountains bringing our whole farm with
us. 45 animals in all. Getting use to the hot, humid climate of GA
meant finding breeds that could adapt too. We have settled on the
wonderful charismatic Pygora goat. Their small size make it easy for me
to handle on my own now that my girl's are grown and left home. Their
fiber is a dream come true. All hand spun yarn is done on either an
antique Canadian production wheel, late 1800's, or my workhorse a Dutch
Louet wheel. Woven items are done on an antique 4 harness table loom or a
"Cricket" rigid heddle loom.
I owe this wonderful, fulfilling life to my husband who has never stopped supporting me; to my daughters and grandchildren that are my inspiration; to my mother that encouraged me to follow my dreams; to Debbie that spun those first yarns for me; to Merry who I will always be grateful to for starting me on this path and to the Lord for making all this possible. ..........Kim"
I owe this wonderful, fulfilling life to my husband who has never stopped supporting me; to my daughters and grandchildren that are my inspiration; to my mother that encouraged me to follow my dreams; to Debbie that spun those first yarns for me; to Merry who I will always be grateful to for starting me on this path and to the Lord for making all this possible. ..........Kim"