Happy Fall,  y’all!

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Things are cooling down outdoors and Twin Birch & Teasel’s fiber adventures are heating up.

We had a great time on Saturday, Oct. 12 when about 20 fiber folks from the Piedmont FiberShed program and the Twisted Threads fiber group got together in our dye studio for a day of color experiments.

We had 7 natural dye pots going both inside our lower level studio and outdoors in the grassy area.  The colors we extracted from Wood Sorrel, Marigold, Fresh Mint, Cochineal bugs, Logwood, Black Walnut and Cosmos were all different and very surprising.  We dyed fabric, cotton, wool, mohair and some blends.  Some with mordant, some without.  We even tried an after dip with ammonia (glad to have an outdoor dye area for that one). Enjoy these few photos I snatched to capture the moment.

 

 

From the Dye studio we migrated across the street to Peppercorn Coffee Shop & Event space where owner Joan Underwood, invited us to set up our potluck lunch.  What a spread! 

After lunch a bit of knitting and spinning time was enjoyed before we left for our tour of M&M Alpaca Farm.  Farm Managers Laina and Sarah guided us into the world of premium fiber that included a bit of petting time with the animals and tons of information about the fiber, care and feeding of these magnificent creatures.

Our woodshop and retail/studio space keeps us hopping here in Siler City but we’ll be on the road again for the Southeastern Animal Fiber Festival (SAFF) in Fletcher North Carolina Oct. 25-27.  Visit us in the Davis Arena.  You’ll find us in space #243 and 245 with our Twin Birch Products, a plethora of Baskets, wearable art from Linda, the Triangle loom maven @Person’l Designs and some other surprises.

We are planning a few pre-holiday events when we return.  I’ll send out more info about “The Cellar’s Market” @ FireClay Wine Cellars in December, some in-town happenings, hands-on classes and Thursday Fiber Night get togethers.

Remember, we are a great space to host a fiber night of your own.  Just send us an email (sales@twinbirchproducts.com) or call the shop 919-799-7577.

 

Happy October!!!

Sue & Rich

Happy event coming up!!!!!!!!

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Hello Everyone and Happy July
from Twin Birch & Teasel in Siler City, NC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our Twin Birch & Teasel team are workin’ hard and looking forward to being part of the Central Carolina Yarn Crawl from July 18-21.

We are invited to join 6 other fiber art shops on “the Crawl”. Join us on a mosey from Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Mebane, Sea Grove, Siler City and Southern Pines. Each shop is unique and jam packed with raffles, giveaways and surprises galore. Come visit all 7 and enter to win the Grand Prize mother-of-all gift basket. Visit the website: centralcarolinayarncrawl.com for hours and details

On Saturday, July 20, we here at Twin Birch & Teasel will host guest S.W.A.T.C.H Saori weavers from the mountains. Come and try your hand at spinning, weaving Saori style or pick the brains of our resident artist Continuous strand weaver, Linda Person.

We’ll have goods, yarns and wearables from a local alpaca farm and  stunning hand spun local yarns here for the event.

We are an eclectic bunch: our Siler City Arts District is home to potters, painters, sculptors and mixed media artists. We always feature our Twin Birch Products here at the shop as well as baskets, wearable art and even a “FRAGMENTS” room where you will find gently used spinning wheels, looms and fiber art tools.

Do you have clean fleece ready to work? Our fiber prep studio with wool picker and drum carder is waiting for you. Or choose ready to spin roving from our fiber room.

We’ll put together our Fall class schedule soon, so watch for this.

Stay cool and hope to see you soon!!!!

New hours for Twin Birch & Teasel

Posted on by Richard Szary

We have changed the hours that Twin Birch & Teasel – our retail location – is open. Our new hours are: Wednesday through Saturday – 10:00 to 6:00, and Saturday, 10:00 to 3:00. And by chance.

Stop by and see us – EXCEPT for this week, when we will be in the NC mountains for the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair. We’ll be open again on Wednesday, October 31st (costumes optional).

On the road – again

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Twin Birch Products is back on the road this coming weekend – October 26-28, attending the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF) at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher, North Carolina – just outside of Asheville. We will be in our usual convenient spot in booths 243 and 245 in Davis Arena. Stop by and see us if you are attending the show. We will have our full range of handmade birch knitting needles, crochet hooks, drop spindles, and other fiber tools, a wide selection of African baskets and bowls, and triangle looms.

Since we’ll be away, Twin Birch & Teasel, our retail store in Siler City, NC, will be closed beginning Wednesday, October 23rd, and will reopen at 10:00 on Wednesday, October 31st.

On the road

Posted on by Richard Szary

Twin Birch Products is on the road this weekend, attending the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival in Berryville, Virginia, on September 29th and 30th. We will be in our usual convenient spot in booths 22 and 23 just inside the Ruritan Building. If you are in the area or looking for an excuse to enjoy the early fall in the Shenandoah Valley, stop by and see us. We will have our full range of handmade birch knitting needles, crochet hooks, and other fiber tools, as well as a wide selection of African baskets and bowls.

Since we’ll be away, Twin Birch & Teasel, our retail store in Siler City, NC, will be closed beginning Thursday, September 27th, and will reopen at 10:30 on Wednesday, October 3rd.

Shetland fleece doing its work

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I took advantage of the cool morning and started working with a terrific Shetland  fleece from Diane at DLS Shetlands in Stark County Ohio.  I always snag a couple of her fleeces while we  take our Twin Birch Products on the road and are vendors at the Great Lakes Fiber Show in Wooster Ohio.

Paula the ewe’s fleece raw and beautiful

 

raw fleece hot and soapy

shetland fleece drying at the barn

“chimichanga”  (Ellie Rose named her) is quality control

 

 

Almost ready

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Yipppeeeee!   

We are finally about ready for the new website to go out to the whole world.   Thanks Rick and Mike!!!!

Hmmmm, what to do now?  More time in the woodshop making these great Twin Birch Products.  Watch out Rick and Lenny, I’ve changed the locks on you and will let you out when today’s orders are finished.

Have a terrific day!

The wood nymph