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Fiber arts sales and education

At Horse 'n' Round studio, we are passionate about fiber arts, historical skills and education, and sharing the pride that goes with heirloom-quality handmade goods.

We specialize in sustainable fashion, decor, and fiber arts tools and supplies. Some products come from our very own flock of Icelandic and Shetland sheep, some from other farms and artists, and some from trustworthy commercial enterprises.

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Are you interested in learning how to spin? Or knit? Or make lucet braids? Or weave chainmail?

Yes, I teach!

Send me a message today to ask about what you would like to learn. Classes are typically $25 per person for a 2-hour session, plus cost of tools and materials as necessary.

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Events

From the Enumclaw Plateau Farmers Market to fiber festivals to a Viking festival to Oddmall—we have a lot of different kinds of events coming up! If you are in the western Washington area, come visit our booth and see everything we have available. You can even order ahead and pick up at the event.

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Blog Updates

Do you have burning topics you'd like to see in the blog, questions to be answered, or other random musing subjects? Let me know!

I worked on cleaning some raised beds today, and part of that was a lot of blackberry vine that I throw over the fence for the sheep to nibble. Most of the flock wanted to stay in the shade, but Neville and Felix came and got their fill and spent some time nuzzling with Finnegan. He is growing so fast!
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#finnegantheaussielab #interspeciescommunication #interspeciesfriendship #fiberonthehoof #sheep #animalhusbandry #gardening

Today's spinning material at Shepherd's Extravaganza will be @artandalchemypdx Blue-Faced Leicester in bright purples and greens! We're open today from 10am to 4pm at the Enumclaw fairgrounds!
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#artandalchemy #spinstagram #bfl #wool #handmadeisbestmade #handspunyarn #fiberartistsofinstagram #fiberartist #naturalfibers #sustainablefarming #sustainablefashion #sustainablecrafting

Shepherd's Extravaganza 2025! Enumclaw fairgrounds, Saturday 9am to 5pm, Sunday 10am to 4pm. Come support local wool growers and artisans!
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#shepherdsextravaganza2025 #horsenroundfiberstudio #fiberarts #fiberartisan #handspunyarn #fiberartistsofinstagram #livestockfarming #sustainablefarming #sustainabledecor #sustainablefashion #slowfashion #reducereuserecycle♻️

One more wool bowl finished in time for Shepherd's Extravaganza this weekend! Join us at the fairgrounds in Enumclaw on Saturday, 9am to 5pm, and Sunday, 10am to 4pm, for classes, demos, used equipment sales, fleece judging and sales, and shopping with local fiber farmers and artists!
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#shepherdsextravaganza2025 #shepherdsextravaganza #fiberartistsofinstagram #knittersofenumclaw #knittersofinstagram #knitstagram #crochetersofinstagram #fiberartist #woolbowl #woolbasket #sustainablefarming #sustainabledecor #horsenroundfiberstudio

Another bouquet of unique drop spindles are nearly finished! They will get hooks and be sealed in time for Shepherd's Extravaganza this weekend! Come see us at the Enumclaw fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday for classes, demonstrations, a used equipment sale, and of course shopping with lots of local fiber suppliers! Check the events calendar on my website for links to more information.
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#shepherdsextravaganza2025 #shepherdsextravaganza #fiberartistsofinstagram #woolgrowers #supportsmallbusiness #supportlivestockfarmers #horsenroundfiberstudio #fiberarts #slowfashion #handmadeisbestmade

We have a "new hire" at the studio! Meet Finnegan! He is a 4-month-old Aussie/Lab cross who arrived on Saturday from TX. He's settling in pretty well so far, choosing toys, snuggling, sleeping through the night, and figuring out potty-training in our space, exploring, learning about the cats, and everything else that comes with puppyhood.
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#puppy #puppies #aussielab #studiofinnegan #dogsofinstagram #horsenroundpuppies #puppiesofig

Skirting fleeces today to make room for the 9 fleeces that will be sheared on Friday. I haven't done any skirting since last summer before my surgery, and I'm so behind! Ah, well. It will get done now and maybe even become roving in time for Shepherds' Extravaganza in a couple of weeks.
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#shetlandsheep #icelandicsheep #shetlandwool #icelandicwool #fleeces #sustainablefarming #sustainablecrafting #handspunyarn #fiberartist #horsenroundfiberstudio #livestockfarming #supportlivestockfarmers #smallbusiness

I just learned about pie armor today from Tasting History. This would be so much easier than the loose pie weights we have. Would you be interested in this if I made them? I've seen prices from $20 to $60 for the commercially made ones. I would probably charge about $30-35 for them. Let me know in the comments if this is something you'd like to see me start offering alongside the stainless scrubbers!
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#piearmor #pie-armor #bakersofinsta #blindbaking #baking #bakingfromscratch #stainlesssteel

Back to work on this shawl. The current row is 440 DCs plus 1 TCs at each end. At that number of stitches and with the untrusted threads that make up the yarn, each row is taking a WHILE. But it is more than halfway done!
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#crochetedshawl #crochetersofinstagram #fiberartist #cottonthread #lacecrochet #laceshawl #purple #horsenroundfiberstudio

The secret stockings have been delivered to my friend @taylor_tomblin ! These are knit in Cascade Yarns Heritage Silk (merino/silk). The lace is an adaptation of a vintage/Victorian knitting pattern combined my basic sock pattern that was translated from a WWII pattern. Whew! Very pleased with how these turned out. Taylor will be wearing them with Regency garb this weekend, but they will also go nicely with her Venetian and any of her other gorgeous period wear. 😍
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#handknitstockings #handknitsocks #reenactment #vintagepatterns #sockpatterns #fiberartist #knittersofinstagram #sockknitting #knitlace #laceknitting #horsenroundfiberstudio

This will soon become 3 Moravian stars! 180 diamond shapes are now thread-basted and ready to be sewn together. I can't wait to see the floral ones done. They'll be so pretty!
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#moravianstar #handstitching #handsewing #quiltbyhand #quilting #handquilting #fiberartisan #horsenroundfiberstudio #cottonfabric #eppornaments #epp #englishpaperpiecing

New rainbow Moravian star in progress today! Nursing a sore finger today where the sock needles rest, so I'm switching it up a bit. Also look for floral themes and other non-holiday Moravian stars this year. But for now, #ichooselove
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#loveislove #lovewins #lgbtqally #rainbow #colorful #moravianstar #handquilting #handsewing #unholiday #ornamentsfordays #ornamentsallyear

No spoilers. Just a really satisfying Kitchener stitch. Want to see a video on this? Let me know! I'll record finishing the second stocking. (There are lots of videos on YouTube, but people still request more. You never know when 1 person's explanation might suddenly ring a bell with someone else who has been struggling to learn.)
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#kitchenerstitch #knittersofinstagram #sockknitting #knitstockings #knitsocks #invisiblejoin #knittingskills #fiberartistsofinstagram #fiberartisan #horsenroundfiberstudio

Jeeves has his eye on the ball! Always good to have a supervisor who stays on top of things ... like my lap. 😁 (This is also why everything does get washed before going out.)
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#catsofinstagram #catsupervisor #commissions #fiberartist #smallbusiness #smallbusinesscats #knittersofinstagram #horsenroundfiberstudio

This cursed shawl. I will finish it eventually! The yarn (i don't even remember where I purchased it) is SO fine and has no twist at all, but the drape of the fabric is really luxurious for being cotton thread It is slow and laborious and doesn't travel well. At least the pattern is easy, but at this scale, each row takes forever. I may have another cake of this, and I will actually spin ithat one before working with it. Aargh!
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#cursedprojects #laceweight #cottonyarn #purple #crochetersofinstagram #crochetedshawl #fiberartist #fiberartistsofinstagram #horsenroundfiberstudio #smallbusiness #frustration

Now that it has been gifted to a dear friend, I can finally share photos of one of the secret projects!

This is a quilt-as-you-go lap blanket. Each rectangle is cut, sandwiched with backing, batting, and top, and sewn like a self-bound mini-quilt. Then the rectangles are sewn together into strips, and the strips sewn into a blanket! (Ladder stitch is recommended, but I found whipstitching like EPP to be more solid and faster, but you can also zigzag on a machine if you're not into my kind of insanity).

The primary dog fabric is actually an Aztec representation of Xoloitzcuintli, also known as the Mexican Hairless Dog (though my friend's dogs are both a coated variety). If you have seen Disney's movie Coco, that's what we're talking about.

I've been wanting to do one of these QAYG quilts for a couple of years, so when I discovered how well the fabric fit with the templates I had, this was the perfect time to do it. Super pleased with the outcome, and I'm really glad my friend loves the quilt and will enjoy using it.

Templates by @elisebaek.
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#qayg #quilting #handquilting #sustainablecrafting #fiberartist #handmadegifts #xoloitzcuintli #themefabric #xolodog #xololovers #naturalfibers #quiltasyougo #handsewn

While I do have a number of projects going (as always), the green shawl was my only travel project--somerhing that was easy to pick up and put down and could be worked on with minimal attention and wakefulness. I'm heading to the Sew Expo in Puyallup tomorrow, and not having a travel project is causing me more anxiety than meeting (Stephanie Canada) @backroomfinds !

So I've finally wound 4 skeins of handspun that have been finished for over a year and 3 skeins of bright yarn @jadawoo_designs that will become a lightweight cowl I can wear at shows like Shepherds' Extravaganza and @fiberfusionnw without dying from overheating! Not sure which I'll start first, but I'm also sewing a raccoon cardigan this afternoon to wear to the Expo, so there is time to decide.
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#puyallupsewexpo #smallbusiness #fiberartist #handspunyarn #businesssupportingbusiness #supportsmallbusiness #shoplocal #quiltersofinstagram #sewistsofinstagram #newprojectscomingsoon

I'm still around! It's just that both of my primary projects right now are secrets, and both recipients are fantastic friends who follow my pages. There will be reveal photos eventually, but for now, enjoy my EPP pincushion, Pringles-branded thread catcher, the pair of scissors that is currently handy, and the nearest thimble.
#secretsewing #secretprojects #commissions #handquilting #epp #smallbusiness #fiberartist #quiltersofinstagram

One pair of commissioned elbow-length fingerless gloves finished! The superwash merino yarn is from @briarrosefibers , and the artwork on the bag is by @franklin.habit (via a Makers' Mercantile KAL years ago). Definitely need to make more fingerless gloves. They keep selling out!
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#fingerlessgloves #commissions #fiberartistsofinstagram #fiberartist #sustainablefashion #merino #horsenroundfiberstudio #stripedgloves #longgloves #slowfashion #shopsmall

Madame, Cambridge, and Ivy relaxing and chewing cud in the waking sunlight near the night gate. We did not, in fact, get snow dumped on us like our more northern friends did, so the sheep enjoyed plenty of time in the sun today and get a whole bunch of bananas as a treat. Bananas may be their universal favorite right now!
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#sheepthrills #shetlandsheep #icelandicsheep #eveningsun #goldenhour #wool #woolonthehoof #sheeplove #fiberartistsofinstagram #spinnersflock #horsenroundfiberstudio

Hand-carding a fleece in the grease for a client the past couple of days. Stig started out next to the door and has slowly moved back to lie against the pile for a bit.
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#slowfashion #wool #dogsofinstagram #icelandicsheepdog #elderlydogs #sleepydog #fiberartist #fiberartistsofinstagram #horsenroundfiberstudio #animalhusbandry

Ursulmas at the Evergreen Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA!
#sca #sca-merchant #ursulmas2025 #smallbusiness #fiberartisan #horsenroundfiberstudio #reenactment #handmadeisbestmade

One last sheep to sew onto the coat, sleeves to rim to length and hem, and this will be done enough for this weekend at Ursulmas. Yay!

What's Ursulmas? It is a public SCA demo in Monroe, WA, at the Evergreen Fairgrounds. Public hours are 9am to 5pm on Saturday, but SCA members can shop for some extra time around that, including Sunday morning. There are armored tournaments, archery, arts & sciences demonstrations, and of course shopping with a number of artisans in the merchant village. Something for everyone! Hope you can come see us! (We will be indoors and dry, but there is no heating except in the main arena.)
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#sca #sca-merchant #viking #societyforcreativeanachronism #fiberartist #horsenroundfiberstudio #antir #smallbusiness #ursulmas2025

Viking sheep coat shenanigans. The coat is mostly sewn and hanging to let the bias fall out. I've now been able to do the sheep body and head templates, trace these onto 9 different fabrics, and start cutting them out. They may only end up being pinned onto the coat for next weekend with minimal embroidery, but it is progress, after a year and a half (or more?) of planning this project.
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#vikingcoat #sheepcoat #societyforcreativeanachronism #fiberartist #sheepwool

As a left-handed sewist, I always used to struggle with pinning fabrics so that i could still get pins out before sewing over them. Clips were a game-changer! I still prefer pinning bias edges, but using both clips and pins is making this Viking coat so much faster to sew, both by hand and with my Featherweight! (I'll be wearing it in whatever condition it's in by then at Ursulmas next weekend!)
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#ursulmas2025 #sca-merchant #sca #viking #sewing #reenactment #costuming #featherweight

Snuffle, snort, and BOOP!
I spent enough at the local greengrocer (@rainierfreshcountrystore ) the other day to earn a free watermelon. We haven't been able to eat it yet, so I broke it up for the sheep today. Madame, Cotton, and especially Pocket really went to town on it! Sound up for happy snorfling sheep (and a snort from Stig).
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#icelandicsheep #woolonthehoof #woolgrowers #smallbusiness #supportwoolgrowers #supportlivestockfarmers #shopsmallbusiness #fiberartist #spinnersflock #watermelon #sheeptreats #sheepthrills #horsenroundfiberstudio

Not my best applique work, but I plan to do a blanket stitch edge and shadow stitching afterward on this block from the Fields of Fancy block of the month. Waiting for costume fabric to wash while stitching this really quickly. Whee!
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#handquilting #fiberart #quilting #fieldsoffancybom #selfcare #applique #qayg

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