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WOOL PRODUCTS
Roving
Yarn
Quilt Batting
Mattress Pads
Sheep Pelts
Knitted-hats, Fingerless Gloves, Scarves, Felted-hats, Purses, Mittens
Novelty Items
SITE SECTIONS
Turkey Roost
Chicken House


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WOOL AND OTHER PRODUCTS DIRECTLY
FROM THE FARM |

Richards' family farm has been developing for over
40 years starting with improving the soil, planting trees and later
adding the animals. Our philosophy from the beginning is to
maintain, plant, raise and harvest as organically as possible by
using complement planting, crop rotation and organic fertilizers. We
are committed to raising fruits and vegetables without the use of
pesticides. The poultry and sheep are raised without antibiotics,
free ranged and pasture rotated.
We are members of the American Livestock Breed Conservancy and
Society of Poultry Antiquities and believe in trying to preserve
breeds that have demonstrated hardiness irrespective of the current
commercial trends in livestock demands.
Wool and other products that we sell are from sheep we have
carefully tended and the processing of fibers and wools are done in
the best places we have found, Zeilinger Wool Company and Bucks
County Fur.
Handspun wool is done in our home on an ASHFORD wheel in any spare
time found when all the chores are finished.
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Special Offer |
Buy 15 oz. of roving, wool or yarn and get the 16th oz FREE! |
Knitting and felting patterns available |
Spinning and knitting
and fiber dyeing Book Library
Brittany needles available in many sizes.
Bamboo circular needles from Crystal Palace may also be ordered in various sizes and lengths
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All Sheep are not the same... |
Therefore all wools are not the same...certain wools are better for socks, some felt easier...contact me if you have questions. |
WPI refers to wraps per inch |
Lace Wt: over 18 wpi
Fingering/sock: 18 wpi
Sport: 16 wpi
Double Knitting: 14 wpi
Worsted: 12 wpi
Bulky: under 12 wpi
Using the correct wpi of yarn may make the difference in the finished project
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Did You Know? |
A wool filled mattress pad provides you the warmth and cushion you body
desires.
Wool is an energy saver. It keeps you warm in the winter and cool in the summer |
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