Meet Ginger
I have been a fiberholic since I learned how to spin 40 years ago. I had a wool sheep and dairy goat farm (Holly Birch Farm) where I raised angora goats and angora rabbits along with sheep for spinning fibers. I acquired my first loom during those early years to help use up the prodigious amount of yarn I was spinning — about one pound a day of worsted weight. I wove in the winter after the sheep and wool festival cycle and the canning was done. I did the dyeing outside during the spring and summer in the summer kitchen.
I am a lifelong knitter and crocheter. I do not remember learning either but I do remember sitting in my grandmother’s lap knitting or crocheting along with her. I learned to alter patterns and eventually to write my own to showcase the yarns I was creating — something I continue to do.
Since I no longer have to spin for my dinner, I now spin only soft, luxurious fibers that make me smile as they slide through my fingers. I want to share these amazing fibers with other spinners. My 30 years of experience knitting, crocheting, and weaving with handspun lends an unusual level of expertise that guides the selection and blending of fibers for that amazing tactile experience of spinning, knitting, and weaving with your own handspun yarn!