Sheep Farmer Sells “Fun With Wool” Kits

Sheep Farmer Sells “Fun With Wool” Kits FARM HOME Clothes Laura Berlage makes it easy to learn how to felt wool into cute little critters She’ll send you a kit and you can follow her directions in a 3-hr Zoom video conferencing class for an extra fee or you can watch a video for instructions free with your kit At $25 her kits come with everything you need: wool roving a foam work pad two 38-gauge felting needles eyes and needle and thread Many of the kits contain material for two of the hand-sized critters - including bunnies birds livestock and pets Berlage has a video for each one on her Erindale Tapestry Studio website Before the coronavirus Berlage offered classes in her on-farm studio as well as other venues she traveled to Laura encouraged area folk schools to embrace online learning and was part of the initial team of instructors that launched live virtual classes through North House Folk Schools She started with just 5 participants in June to create a wool felt loon via Zoom “It was so popular we had to run it 4 times It’s really taken off and I’ve done nearly 2 dozen classes this way ” she says adding people have signed up from all over the U S and Canada Check out Events on her Facebook page for upcoming classes Or order kits from the farm website Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Laura Berlage North Star Homestead Farms LLC 11077 Fullington Rd Hayward Wis 54843 ph 715 462-3453; www erindaletapestrystudio com; laura@erindaletapestrystudio com; Facebook: Erindale Tapestry Studio: Laura Berlage

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