Millcast Episode 147

This week’s episode is an extended edition packed with your questions—like what were the very first colors of Making Tracks? And what advice would we give to someone dreaming of starting a mill today? We’re diving into these and so much more. Grab your fiber project and tune in!

Chapters:

00:29 - Weekend Updates

02:23 - Trick or Sheep Bundles

04:29 - Ask Us Anything

05:22 - Advice for future mill owners

09:20 - What do you wish you had known before you started?

10:59 - What did you want to be when you grew up?

13:41 - What “job” do you like/dislike the most at the mill?

15:56 - How do you divide up the responsibilites of running the mill?

19:49 - How do you manage your friendship alongside your working relationship?

21:28 - For how we met, see Millcast Episode 18

21:53 - How do you come up with your colorways?

25:15 - How do we name the colorways?

25:54 - What were your first colors?

27:01 - What is the source of those maple candies?

27:15 - How do you find the wool?

29:31 - How is the new scouring machine working out?

30:39 - Worsted vs “heavy DK”

32:35 - How dependent is the US yarn industry on imports?

36:30 - Do you think tariffs will eventually encourage clothing/fiber production in the US?

39:12 - How did Peg name Savage Hart Farm?

40:10 - What kind of sheep would you be?

40:56 - Any questions we should have been asked?

41:12 - Are we enjoying ourselves?

42:17 - KAL Progress

42:49 - What we’re reading

45:56 - Next Open House: Nov 8

Mentioned in the Millcast:

Trick or Sheep Bundles: https://junctionfibermill.com/products/trick-or-sheep-bundle

Fall Festivals Information: https://junctionfibermill.com/pages/events