Handspun A Podcast about Handspinning, Knitting, and Yarn
A podcast all about handspinning yarn, knitting, wool processing and farm life with Kim Biegler, owner of Ewethful Fiber Farm and Mill. In this podcast I share how to tips and life inside owning a wool mill, making yarn, spinning yarn and owning a fiber flock of animals.
I own a wool mill where I process animal fibers into products for hand spinners.
I also have an online course for learning to handspin yarn on a spinning wheel from the comfort of your own hom- Let's Make Yarn! As well as courses for those in the craft wanting to learn new techniques.
Handspun A Podcast about Handspinning, Knitting, and Yarn
Steps to dyeing yarn for a handspun sweater. Spinning wool, dyeing, swatching for a knitted sweater from YouTube
All the wool is a vlog all about handspinning yarn, processing wool, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between.
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This episode takes you through some of the steps for spinning and dyeing yarn to knit a sweater. We start with some wool spinning at the spinning wheel. Then talk about prepping the finished yarn for dyeing and dye up a couple skeins. And finally we end with some swatching for the sweater. With a little Shetland sheep visit thrown in for fun.
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Handspun audio podcast
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Mentioned in this episode:
Pattern I'm swatching for the Casadinho Cardigan
Designer by Paula Pereira
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/casadinho-cardigan
Using handspun NC Cheviot wool
Link to Conditioning your wool at home: http://www.beingewethful.com/blog/making-a-carding-conditioning-oil
A few articles about Target. Plenty more out there.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/15/target-stock-and-sales-fall-as-ceo-brian-cornell-contract-ends.html
https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025/03/20/target-said-big-easter-sales-would-boost-lagging-sales-then-the-church-boycott-started
NY Times, The Daily podcast episode from Monday August 4th on BLS
Keds Economist video from Friday August 1st on YouTube re: BLS firing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-_9tMcnBQE&t=195s
The Ewethful mission...
Our mission at Ewethful Fiber Mill is to fill making hands with small batch American grown yarns and fibers. We strive to produce lightly processed products that maintain their character, have low environmental impact and tell the stories of the animals and shepherds from whence they came.