Category Archives: Farm News

Welcome to the pop-up schedule for Morehouse at Fiberworld!   Special guest appearances, all in Eastern Daylight Time: WEDNESDAY 8/19 12-1 The Taming Lace Series!  with Anne Frost, Host of the I Thought I Knew How Podcast THURSDAY 8/20 1:30PM EDT – Meet the Devious Knitter, Amy Snell, and learn about her sock classes, the […]

  This question came from Rita, and I thought it was such a good one it warranted a blog post! What do you actually plant to get straw? Is the plant named “straw”? Straw is a byproduct of planting grain. It’s the leftover stem of a plant that has been harvested for the seed head. […]

Our December Knitalong: The Morehouse Cabled Ear Warmer designed by VanessaKnits in supersoft, ultra-squishy Morehouse Merino and knit with just 1 skein of Morehouse Bulky   One lucky newsletter subscriber will win a Morehouse Cabled Ear Warmer KnitKit, courtesy of Morehouse Farm and Vanessa Knits. To be eligible, you must be a newsletter subscriber of […]

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Now that you’ve completed your swatch, and it’s been washed, blocked, and dried, it’s time to measure it to see what kind of fabric you’ve got. You’ll need a ruler that’s at least 6′ long and your swatch, a flat surface, and a pointed object like a knitting needle will be helpful too.  (Use it […]

Besides Merino wool, that is! This beauty is one of the earliest crops in our garden.  And this ONE was enough for 3 dinners!   (No, not a dog nose.  That was just the inspection.) Comment below with your answer and we’ll pick a winner at random from the correct answers.  What’s in it for […]

This VERY important question came from a letter to the editor of the New York Times. Well said, Anna! So tell us, why do YOU knit? Leave a comment below, or join our conversation on social media. View this post on Instagram Look what Albrecht cut out of this morning’s The New York Times for […]

As a Morehouse knitter, you’ll know Evi as the designer of the Pagoda Cap and Mittens, and the inspiration for the Sojourn variation. In the winter of 2003, Evi was a painter and was living in a small vacation house on the Hudson River, using the house as her painting studio when she was not working […]

Glad to have you knitting with us! P.S. Have you had the chance to see where our supersoft Merino yarn comes from? Meet Hugo, who will grow up to be one of the Morehouse Merino ‘sheep with the golden fleece’!