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Moonshine Mohair at Keldaby Farm

Moonshine Mohair at Keldaby Farm

Here at Keldaby we raise the beautiful, gentle and shyly friendly angora goats that provide Moonshine Design with the cloudsoft and highly lustrous mohair used in our fine selection of hand dyed, hand woven goods. Wrap yourself in a throw, toss a scarf or shawl around your shoulders or luxuriate in our fabulous ruanas. Step back to a more romantic era in a Western Isles hood. Discover the magic of mohair socks dyed in every color of the rainbow.

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Hats…Hats…Hats!

Yes, I have been knitting up a storm and here are some of my new hats! Here’s a quick tour through my studio. All these hats are $65

Author keldabyPosted on 22 December 2022Categories Knitting, Mohair, What's new in the studioTags crafts of western Massachusetts, knitted mohair hats, mohair, mohair apparel, mohair yarns, New England crafts

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Had great models one weekend so took advantage of Had great models one weekend so took advantage of these good friends!
I’ll have many new mohair winter hats tomorrow a I’ll have many new mohair winter hats tomorrow at the Wayland Farmers Market
New hats at Moonshine Design just waiting for new New hats at Moonshine Design just waiting for new heads to adorn!!! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah and a jolly solstice!
The Exclamation Sock—New this Sunday at the Fibe The Exclamation Sock—New this Sunday at the Fiber Farm Day at Russell’s Garden Center, Wayland MA. The non-slip slippers.
This gorgeous hat will be done for the Fiber Farm This gorgeous hat will be done for the Fiber Farm Day at the Wayland Winter Market at the Russell’s Garden Center this Sunday, March 6th.
A new mohair snuggly hat from Moonshine Design A new mohair snuggly hat from Moonshine Design
Flight into Atlanta—coming home from Mazatlan Flight into Atlanta—coming home from Mazatlan
Just finished this hat so it must be a Christmas h Just finished this hat so it must be a Christmas hat!
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Love knitting hats using all the great colors I ha Love knitting hats using all the great colors I have created in my dye studio and using of course our own mohair-wool blend yarns made for us up at the Green Mountain Spinnery in Putney VT! The colors here seem Tibetan to me. Every hat I make is unique. No patterns, just fun with colors.
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I have been busy dyeing up more yarn so I can get I have been busy dyeing up more yarn so I can get started weaving a run of fall-colors throws. First step is to lay out all these new yarns so I can design the warp.
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And finally, this one--actually up in Leyden but v And finally, this one--actually up in Leyden but very near the Green River.
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Another shot of the snow covering our New England Another shot of the snow covering our New England woods.
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What a beautiful first snowfall the other day! #w What a beautiful first snowfall the other day!

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Another gorgeous autumn day so I decided to work i Another gorgeous autumn day so I decided to work in my dye studio and today was the day for blues and purples--always customer favorites!
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And here is the hat, finished last night while wat And here is the hat, finished last night while watching a program on Japanese culture. This is a special order because I had already sold the hat she had just bought on Etsy. Oops!  It's our farm-raised mohair yarn--no pattern, I make it up as I go.
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While I was dyeing yarn yesterday I was also finis While I was dyeing yarn yesterday I was also finishing up this special order hat. 
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Our goats were so happy to feel the cool clear aut Our goats were so happy to feel the cool clear autumn breezes this morning
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Our beautiful little flock of Angora goats . . . # Our beautiful little flock of Angora goats
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Peggy Davis and I--meeting under her sukkah-- get Peggy Davis and I--meeting under her sukkah-- get ready to write this year's press release for the Crafts of Colrain On-line (mostly) Studio Tour. Cheese, tea and crackers will help the process!
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  • Moonshine Mohair Home
    • Contact Us
    • The Keldaby Farm Story
  • Shop our Etsy Store
  • Angora goats and Peacocks
  • Adventures in Watercolor
  • Gallery
    • Scarves and Knitted Hats
    • Mohair Ruana
    • Burnoose and Happy Meditation Wrap
    • Mohair Shawls
    • Mohair Throws
    • Western Isles Mohair Hood
    • The Mohair Sock
  • Orkney Rovers
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