Married to my husband for over 50 years and raising 7 children has given me the time to work with many animals and sewing projects. We live on a mini farm in the Pacific Northwest with just 10 acres and a  few fiber animals who now include our Great Pyrenees – another fiber animal.

As the children grew, we spent a lot of time in 4H and added skills.

Having learned to knit as a child, I became interested in  spinning some of the fibers grown here. We started with milk goats, then  sheep, then added Angora goats and rabbits and even a Jersey milk cow.  During this time, we have also been entertained by some non fiber animals – the obligatory chickens, geese, ducks, and turkeys plus alpacas .  Now we’re back down to ducks, geese, chickens, Cormo and Shetland sheep, and dogs.

When the children were grown, I learned to quilt.  Now  I want to work with and share many of the skills I’ve acquired.

Since our diet is plant-based, we are learning to grow much of our food.  So from time to time, I’ll be sharing that with you as well.

Also I will be in the near future, I will be adding some pages with photos of our sheep as well as some fleeces for sale and eventually some yarn.

If you’d like to contact me, here is the address:   smassena@gmail.com