Handspun yarn featuring tones of brown and purple and blue poses with a mussel shell from the Maine coast and two quartz beach rocks | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading

Handwoven fabric gets so much more character when made with a handspun weft | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading

A teeny tiny miniscule mussel shell rests on a granite stone which rests on two skeins of handspun yarn. The colors of the shell and the colors of the yarn match perfectly | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

A wooden seal poses with textured handspun cowl in a colorway evocative of the legends of the selkie | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading

A beach combed mussel shell shows off textured handspun yarn | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

A soapstone carving meets handwoven fabric in a selkie inspired colorway | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading

I've officially fallen head over heels for weaving with handspun yarn. It is beautiful both visually and energetically. Pictured here is a hood style cowl on the Surfacing warp that features handspun weft in a colorway inspired by mussels and the sea. It was pretty fun digging out mussel shells from the Maine coast out of my jar of shells and beach stones for the photo shoot.

The wool blend of the Buoy yarn and fiber from Hipstrings is ideal sweater yarn, and makes for a warm and outdoor-in-winter-worthy cowl. Different fiber blends, of course, create different effects. There are nearly unlimited options! I'm so looking forward to more handspun pieces, mostly cowls and neckwear, but I have a few hand spun wefts planned in the next year for full baby wrap pieces too! Stay tuned!

Hand spun skein of a luxury fiber blend with labradorite | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

This Bethlehem Star motif in an advancing twill paired with the hand spun weft makes for a divine texture | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

Hand spun yarn in a luxury blend by HipStrings and a rose quartz | Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

Sugar Plum Fairy hand dyed warp in purples and blues meets a gorgeous hand spun weft in pinks and blues | 14 Mile Farm Handweaving and Homesteading in Alaska

I have been wanting to structure my business in such a way that I am able to contribute to the increasing vitality of the global community we live in as well as supporting my nearest and dearest. I've decided that I will be holding regularly periodic charity/donation auctions of pieces with hand spun wefts.
Hand spinning is for me a process of imbuing love and intention and healing and magic into the yarn that I am spinning. Combining my own hand spun weft into handwoven cloth - which is itself a process-oriented craft with lots of intention and and healing and magic making; is a synergistic undertaking that I am both proud and humbled to be able to offer to the world. Each charity/donation auction item will be made of hand spun crafted specifically with intention sent towards the chosen organization. It is my dearest hope that the combination of my energetic work and your monetary donation will be able to bring some spark of light to the darker corners of our world's experience.

This first charity/donation auction will be to benefit the ACLU in support of their legal work in support of human rights in the US. The auction itself will be held within the 14 Mile Farm Facebook Chatter group - click the link and request to join if you are not already a member. (If for any reason you're not comfortable bidding there, or if you don't do Facebook, feel free to message me to arrange for proxy bidding.)

This cowl is from the Sugar Plum Fairy warp. The warp is 100% hand painted cotton, woven in a Bethlehem Star motif advancing point twill of my own design. The weft is a hand spun luxury blend from HipStrings in the "Unicorn Fluff" color way. Unicorn Fluff is blend of 25% Superfine Merino wool, 25% Tussah Silk, 12.5% Mulberry Silk, 12.5% Bamboo, 12.5% Baby Camel, 12.5% Faux cashmere designed by HipStrings and custom processed in the UK. The cowl measures 16" deep including the mini-fringe and is wrap-width in circumference.

The auction will run next week, Wednesday February 22nd from 2 pm - 6 pm AKST in the chatter group. Come join us!

Shout out to the amazing Nikki at Silver Seedling for the gorgeous earrings in the photoshoot!