About this item
A comprehensive and inspiring guide small-scale fiber farming and wool crafting. Fiber crafts - such as knitting, weaving, and crocheting - continue to surge in popularity, with sites like Ravelry (a social media community for the wool obsessed) gaining more than six million members. Artists are seeking quality raw materials in greater numbers. The cottage industry of supplying not only raw fleece, but handcrafted yarns, is strong. Janet Garman has a small fiber flock (including Pygora fiber goats) and shares her expertise, as well as interviews, tips, and advice from fiber farmers and craftspeople across the country. In these pages, readers will learn the basics of properly raising sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, and rabbits, with tips on selecting animals, feeding, housing, breeding, and healthcare.
About the Author
Long time farmer, Janet Garman, began writing about animal and poultry care to encourage new homesteaders to get started with farm animals. Her first book, Chickens From Scratch was released in 2015. Margarita and the Beautiful Gifts, (2016) is a delightful children's book inspired by two ducks that came to live on Janet's farm. 50 Do it Yourself Projects for Keeping Chickens, helps chicken keepers create useful items and provide good natural care for their birds. In addition to poultry, Janet and her family raise a flock of sheep and fiber goats that provide the resources for the soft, locally milled yarn that is sold from the farm and on Etsy.com. Look for her next book, The Good Living Guide to Raising Sheep and Other Fiber Animals. (Skyhorse Publishing, 2019) For more, follow her blog https://timbercreekfarmer.com
