What began as a passion project 21 years ago has transformed into Ranching Tradition Fiber—a beacon for wool lovers worldwide.

A step-by-step guide on washing raw wool

The craft of Crochet has been around for 100’s of years. There has been evidence of it further back then knitting even. But more recently...

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Have you heard of the Temperature Blankets? I keep seeing people talk about them and decided to start looking into them. The basic idea...

My fifth sweater, was a super fun bottom-up. I made my own colorwork with it by knitting with 2 yarns in different colors, keeping one...

First a little bit about my fiber journey. It all started with the sheep, then selling their wool (18 years ago), couple years later I...

I love to continue learning... Being a dyer I kept running into issues when I was trying to get a certain color that had a mixture of...

Learning something new I decided to try Natural dyeing. I dusted off my Rocky Mountain Dye Plants book, downloaded "Picture This" plant...

We have been raising our own sheep for 18 years. Through the years we have learned so much about raising a great lamb for multipurpose...

Last time I shared some common tools that can be used when prepping fiber. And while I also shared the common outcomes for using those...

Are You Ready for Some Prepping? Have you taken the plunge and bought a fleece, or gotten your hands on some washed locks, or maybe a...

One of the last steps in spinning yarn is plying. It’s putting together two or more strands of spun singles to create the final yarn. As...

Not everyone wants to raise sheep. But I am immensely grateful that many of those who do love to post pics of their lambs and sheep on...

When most people think of wool, they generally think roving (if you’re a spinner), or yarn, (if you’re a knitter or crocheter), but there...

Since I was a little girl, I’ve been fascinated with spinning wheels. It began while being read to, or reading – fairytales, I’m sure....

It’s always nice when something learned in the past sticks with you in ways not fully appreciated at the time. Maybe you experience the...

This is a story about playing with two yarns, each with different fibers; a journey of curiosity and exploration. It began several years...

When we moved to Montana after living in Florida for 43 years, I packed a lot of things, yarn and fabric included. But that was nowhere...

As some of you know I will be having a couple fiber ladies joining Ranching Tradition Fiber as guest writers. I am super excited to...