Also, we will soon have a variety of vibrant new colors in Mochi and Taos multi-colored, self-striping yarn in stock. We are excited to see that this yarn weaves up into beautiful scarves when you use different colored warps. The finished fabric appears to have complex patterns even though it is a simple plain weave project. Come and check out the yarns and see the scarves we have woven!
Today we’re preparing to natural dye our merino/alpaca yarn. We are mordanting the yarn, then weighing and preparing the dye to use tomorrow. We are soaking and simmering cochineal, madder roots and osage orange to make the dye liquid. Tomorrow is the fun part when we will use the dye liquid we made today to create rich, heathered colors from our gray yarn.
Here are a few more pictures from the American Cheese Society Conference in Montreal, Canada that Brazos Valley Cheese attended. 
Last night was the awards ceremony at the 28th annual American Cheese Society Conference in Montreal, Quebec. Brazos Valley Cheese is presenting there and won 1st place in the Brie category for their Eden (Brie with a line of vegetable ash in the center and wrapped with fig leaves), and 2nd place for their plain Brie. In the bandaged-wrapped Cheddar category they won third place.
Here’s Rebeccah with her ribbons!
At the end of August look for our new fingertip towels for sale in the shop and in the gift barn. Woven in earth tones with a Cottlin warp and Cottlin boucle weft, with a touch of Dara’s hand-spun Pima cotton for the borders, these make very attractive and absorbent hand towels.