Locally grown sweaters
Sheep are good at keeping warm.
OK, not sweaters exactly, but the um, ingredients for them.
After seeing the recent post about farm shares, Ellen sent along a link to a yarn share based in the Hudson Valley.
Yep, it's like a CSA for knitters. Emailed Ellen: "It's the coolest thing. I know there are lots of knitters, crocheters and spinners in the Capital Region who would love to buy yarn this way and support a working farm."
The farm share started with a farm on Martha's Vineyard and later expanded to the Hudson Valley. And get this: one of the people who runs the share is former Columbia County state Assemblyman Pat Manning.
Bonus yarn info: Ellen says you can also buy locally raised yarn at Saratoga Needle Arts.
(Thanks, Ellen!)
photo: Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm and Hudson Valley Fiber Farm
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Someday, someday, I will have the money to do this sort of thing. I have to eat and I'm a fairly competent cook, so I can justify a fruit/vegetable CSA share (which I'm actually sharing with three other people).
However, my knitting skills and hobby budget really should just restrict me to $2.97 acrylic skeins from Wal-Mart.
... said LB on Mar 16, 2009 at 7:34 PM | link