Welcome to 14 Mile Farm
14 Mile Farm tells stories in fiber, yarn and cloth, creating wearable art such as scarves, shawls, and cowls, heirloom home goods, and everyday accessories. The epitome of “slow craft,” 14 Mile Farm specializes in hand-dyed, hand-spun, and hand-woven luxury fabrics. Working with fibers from qiviut to merino to rose viscose and tencel, each textile is handwoven with love and magic. 14 Mile Farm also offers one of a kind handspun skeins and small batch colorways inspired by life in Alaska on a range of hand-dyed yarns and roving, hand carded batts, and custom-milled combed top incorporating natural and plant dyes as well as conventional indie dyeing techniques.
Where to see me in person:
Come and see me in Fairbanks, Alaska! The Fairbanks Fiber Festival is Saturday October 14th and Sunday October 15th at the Centennial Center in Pioneer Park, I’d love to see you!
Come see me and so many other AMAZING local artists at the Fairbanks Arts Association's Handmade Holiday Market. There's no better way to celebrate Small Business Saturday and #shoplocal than direct from the artist!
Saturday November 25th 2023, 10 am -4 pm at Pioneer Park!
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Bordeaux by Inglenook Fibers.
I taught the girls to knit yesterday and it has me wanting to cast on with handspun! I have plenty of skeins sitting about and waiting for a project- not this one as it found a home at a holiday market last year! - but I have (long awaited) weaving plans for basically every finished skein I have. Whatever shall I do?!
#handspun #spinning #knitting #mamamade
Winding chains onto the loom for this long-dreamt colorway. Working on the backlog of collections that have been filling up my brain space - and filling up my shelf space!- feels so very good.
Autumnal colors are perfect all year, am I right?!
#babyfox #autumnal #warping #handmadegifts #wearableart #weaving #handwoven #newcollection #fox #woodland #cottagecore #fiberwitch #cottagecorefashion
Yarn days are good days.
#reusingoldreelsfodder #weaving #pickbypick #threadbythread #stitchbystitch #theyrenotstitches #butstill #craft #handmade #maker #makermama #schactspindlecompany #schactloom #mightywolf #overshot #cowl #neckwear #wearableart #winteraccessories #slowfashion
This weekend promises to be more temperate than last weekend’s -50° and we have Valentines mostly ready so I’m planning to spend some real time in the studio.
I’m feeling called to weave up the pile of handspun gradients I have waiting for me in a basket… but to do so probably means putting off Baby Fox (again!) till after the gradient warp and also not spending those hours building and getting my big dobby loom functional.
Oh what to do, what to do?! There are just so many options and so much beautiful yarn.
#sleighride #handspun #gradient #graydient #handcrafted #studio #textileartist #slowcloth #slowfashion #ooak #weaversofinstagram #spinnersofinstagram #wearableart #cottagecore #whomakesyourclothes
It has been -47°F (that’s -44°C, y’all) this week. So I have been parked in chair that is equidistant from the woodstove and heater, doing a bit of writing and a bit of stitching and a bit of homework. I have not been the studio making magic on the loom with these colors. And that’s ok.
#winter #winterinalaska #fortybelow #hibernate #studio #weaversofinstagram #babyfox
My after bedtime routine? Audiobooks and yarn.
#audiobooksandweaving #audiobooksandspinning #audiobooksandknitting #audiobooksandstitching
This sweet witch is finally finished… just in time for Valentine’s Day?!? ❤️😂❤️
Truly, my girls are getting different mama dolls in February (stay tuned!) and this lady is either 3 months late or 8 months early, take your pick!
Her hair is from @the1764shepherdess Witches Stocking SAL colorway however many years ago, this is about half of it chain plied, the other half is a 2 ply barber pole waiting to be the hair on this witch’s twin sister. It is corriedale and I’m loving its qualities for doll hair so far. I expect it’ll hold up to play much better than the merino that is generally my default spinning preference.
#handmade #mamamade #halloween #valentines #witchdoll #witchesofinstagram #diy #practicalmagic #spooky #handspun #imakeyarn #spinnersofinstagram #spin15aday
Said goodbye to this shawl in 2023. It spent a few years lingering on my needles, and longer on the wheel before that - it’s all handspun!- and a dad and daughters brought it home to give to mom for Christmas.
A little bittersweet but so heartwarming!
#handpsunshawl #prophecy #inglenookfibers #hipstrings #moreshawlsplease #knittersofinstagram #handmadewardrobe #slowfashion #likereallyslow #fiberart #14milefarm #alaska
Tonight will be the third New Year’s party at our dear friends’ when I will be bringing this particular spin as company to give my hands something to do and help keep social anxiety away.
The question is whether I’ll finish this spin in 2024 or if it will end up accompanying me next year too. 😂 I feel like I’d enjoy starting something excessively sparkly as a new years spin. ✨
#newyears #slowcraft #slowyarn #dropspindle #hipstrings #snowleopard #handspunyarn #imakeyarn
In the last of these sleepy, timeless, cookie and coffee fueled, game board rivalry full days as the calendar turns over, I’m casting on this gorgeous yarn for this gorgeous sweater that’s been patiently caked and waiting for me.
@elkmarketyarn’s #sägenyarn and #mineralsweater
#sweaterknitting #idratherbeknitting #mamamade #handmadewardrobe #winterhibernationwithwool
As 2023 wraps up, I’m grateful for a full year of colors inspired by endangered species, in company with a ton of other amazing artists. I’ll be getting in yarns - and I’m very excited to add a couple new ones to my usual offerings- and gearing up for a new year of color and inspiration.
Checkout and follow the #endangeredspecieschallenge hashtag to see all the beauty!
#handdyedyarn #2023
A years worth of dye pots and endangered species challenges, all bundled together. This collection of colors just makes me so happy and so satisfied!
#handdyedyarn #miniskeins #minibouquet #endangeredspecieschallenge
Ringed Seal for the December entry in the #endangeredspecieschallenge! As an Alaskan, this might be my favorite species of the year: I live inland but these darlings live in my state and at my latitude!
Thanks @evolutionary_thread and @huftgoldthreads for making this challenge happen!
#ringedseal #endangeredspecies #endangeredspecieschallenge2023 #indiedyer #handdyed
The last few months of this year’s #endangeredspecieschallenge. This has been such a fun and rewarding project to be a part of!
I’ve fallen newly in love with each colorway as I pull it out of the dyepot, but I think Ringed Seal just might be my fave.
#handdyedyarn #indiedyer #makersgonnamake #makermama #knitstagram
Crafting Community at @fairbanksarts in Pioneer Park all day until 5 today!
Come see me UPSTAIRS in the Civic Center!
#holidaymarket #craftingcommunity #handmadeholidays #gifthandmade #smallbusinesssaturday #tistheseason #buylocal
I love this shawl so much, and it’s finally off the needles! However, I’ve realized I’ll never be able to wear it. The yarns are all handspun and one is a yak/silk blend. In the years this piece has been slowly and intermittently in progress I’ve come to realize that high silk content gives me headaches.
But my loss is your gain! I’ll have this shawl at the holiday markets this year, and it would make the most luxurious gift for yourself or for a dearly beloved someone special.
#shawl #wearableart #handmadegifts #yak #silk #silkshawl #woolshawl #giftsforher #artisanalgifts #buyhandmade #handspunyarn #moreshawlsplease
I’m so ready!
#itsbeginningtolookalotlikechristmas
July, August, September of the #endangeredspecieschallenge. ‘Ahokehohe, the Giant Sequoia, and the Great White Shark.
What’s your favorite single skein project?!
#knit #crochet #weave #stitch #fiberwitch #indiedyedyarn #sparkleyarn #worstedyarn #merinocashmerenylon #alaska #alaskanartist #14milefarm
Nurture is on the loom! This small collection continues to explore themes of carework, parenting young children, chest feeding, and the vulnerability of life with littles.
There will be two ooak shawls, one with a superwash wool weft and one with a handdyed non superwash wool weft.
#hucklace #ontheloom #studio #process #handwoven #gifthandmade #slowcloth #wearableart #nurture #breastfeeding #cheatfeeding #carework #parenting #motherhood
#wovenwithloveandmagic #fairbanksalaska