Foxfire Holler Journal:

Beautiful yarn to knit : )

Hey yall : ) It is a gorgeous day in downtown West Jefferson... Wish you were here!  

I just wanted to update yall on our new digs down on Jefferson Avenue. This is turning out to be a very good move for us... and next week we will start work on the shop at the farm ... Remember Wednesday is still Ashe County Fiber Folks, meeting in the new place at 8A S Jeff Avenue. We are next to Sweet and Savory Bakery and 2 doors from Good Ol Day's bakery...this is dangerous !  

I made a trip over to Miss Babs dye studio last week... oh gosh... yall gotta come see what I got ... Lots of colors in the Yowza Whattaskeins ( washable merino 560 yard skein) Lots of colors of washable fingering weight too ... and fiber Oh my gosh ! We also got that superbulky 2 stitches per inch Bear Creek yarn that we carried last winter from Kramer yarns, great for quick projects ... Claudia Handpaints too ... yummy stuff.  

Call me please to schedule a spinning or weaving class ... yall know I don't like to do more than one or 2 students and so I just teach on demand : )  

I hope you get a chance to get outside and enjoy this awesome day ! Love .. Nancy

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8A Jefferson Avenue

Hey yall : ) After a couple late niters, I am pleased to announce that Spin A Yarn is now open in our new location at 8A South Jefferson Avenue! Please help me spread the word that we are now sharing space with Mountain Home Utopia and Simply Ashe Gallery ! We are occupying mostly the rear end of the store ( that's me, always bringing up the hind end ! ) We are located between Sally May's and Sweet and Savory Bakery. I sincerely hope that you will find the same smiles and sense of community here that we tried to achieve in the Backstreet store. I will personally be in the store on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.. Chrissy will be around on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Tom Phillips (MHU owner) will be here with his strange sense of humor most all the time... He may not know much about yarn, but he won't let you leave without laughing! You can still get our great farm grown natural meats, Heritage Homestead Cheese, eggs, and Fishel's Moravian Chicken Pies in our new shop.  

Don't forget our Grand Opening is this coming Saturday, August 28... We will be celebrating with a Yarn Tasting at 6PM ... Lots of great surprises await :) I hope you can join us !  

Our new phone number is 336-844-4771 .. Love to all, and thank you so much for your wonderful support, Nancy

• Phone: 336-844-4771 
• Address: 8A Jefferson Avenue 
• Store Hours: 9AM - 6PM Monday - Saturday

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Hey yall : ) I took a week and played hooky ! Had a great week camping at the Galax Fiddlers Convention. I am now home and feeling much more like taking on the world. I want to thank everyone that came and made the High Country Farm Tour a complete success last weekend!! I don't know bout yall, but we sure had a blast!  

The first project I need to tackle is the moving of the store... and the more I look at that the more I realize there is just an overwhelming amount of "stuff" to move , so starting tomorrow.. August 17th, I am on a mission to reduce inventory, fixtures and well .. just stuff! So .. Meats (excluding poultry) are 30 % off... all yarns are 40% off ... I have a quantity of slatwall fixtures and shelving and such that I will be selling at a "make me an offer" price !  

Our poultry labels came, so beginning tomorrow we will have chicken in the shop for sale , raised naturally and completely free range here at Foxfire Holler. They weigh 2-3 pounds each, and the price will be $6.50 a pound. Anyone that had a piece of Mama's fried chicken during the High Country Farm Tour can attest to the tastiness of our poultry !  

We are so excited about our new plans, and hope that we can continue to serve you ! Nancy

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Yall Come !

Hey yall : ) Just a reminder that the High Country Farm Tour is still going on today from 2-6. 

Everyone was having such a great time at all the farms yesterday, I heard ALL good things from all the guests... We still have a little fresh chicken left to sell, along with our other farm raised meats, and Foxfire Holler Yarn. We look forward to seeing yall today ! Nancy

Link: High Country Farm Tour

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Life is good !

Hey yall : ) A quick update from the farm. We will be harvesting poultry this coming Thursday... If anyone wants fresh, not frozen, vacumn sealed and packaged, whole bird, please contact me to preorder. 6.50 per pound. We will of course have it available along with our other meats at the shop through the fall .  

The High Country Farm Tour is coming up fast ! August 7-8 from 2-6 both days ... Lots of awesome farms to see .. Y'all come! http://www.brwia.org/node/479 Is a link to Blue Ridge Women in Ag who are sponsoring the farm tour.  

I neglected to consult my "Board of Directors" about our Grand Opening Yarn Tasting. Sorry girls ! So we have pushed that back to August 28th at 6 pm : ) : ) Get ready for lots of good food, wine and of course YARN!  

Love yall ! Nancy

Link: High Country Farm Tour

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Hey yall : ) Whew ... all I can say about this summer, this year... is "Wow.. What a ride!!!" It surely does seem like things are moving at the speed of light for the business and the farm this year, so I thought I would just take a moment and catch y'all up on stuff.  

You may have heard that we are closing the store on Backstreet. Quite honestly, I am feeling more and more tugged in 3 directions.. family, shop and farm, since our lease is running out, this seems like as good a time as any to streamline things just a tad!  

Here is the plan: We plan to leave an outlet in town so that you can run in and grab yarns, needles, tools and such. This will be located within Mountain Home Utopia ( where Skyland Books used to be on Jefferson Ave) We will have some classes there as well as our sit and knits and such. None of that will change : ) I know many of you have been concerned about losing the sense of community that makes Spin A Yarn a special place.. I believe we can keep that! I know that yall are what makes us special and so long as we don't lose you.. we won't lose community!  

I reckon y'all have probably noticed that pavement is not my natural habitat... I tend to be nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs in town..And quite frankly, I want to be farming! So, the second part of our plan is to move a branch of the store to the farm .. now now, I hear y'all gasping .. but truly it's just 4 miles from the redlight in town to Foxfire Holler... now that's not so bad, is it ? At first we will be located in a building next to the house, then hopefully by next summer we will have the homeplace renovated and ready to house the business. Since I will be spending more hours farming, we can raise more products, and hopefully market to a wider audience. You will also be able to call me with an order for meats and other produce and I will deliver it to your home! We will be doing produce deliveries in the area, as well as having the products available here just like always. I am also discussing an outlet for our products out at The Barn on 221 in Fleetwood. We are very excited about that, so stay tuned!  

Part three of our plan is Agritourism,and education.. We are going to be holding workshops ( 1 day, 3 day, 1 week.. weaving, spinning, living off the land...the sky's the limit here) This winter we are going to erect some small, primitive cabins that will house folks who want to come and stay and take classes... I love letting folks come out and see the animals, it's such a nice feeling to see a child hold a chick for the first time... to plant a seed.. to learn where their food comes from! Hopefully next season we will be hosting open house days on the farm a couple times a month, complete with activities and learning experiences for kids of any age!  

This year we are trying our hand at raising free range chickens and turkeys for market. So far it's going really well ! We harvested several yesterday in a trial run, and were extremely pleased with the results!  

Another new addition are our hogs... Tamworths are an old, heirloom breed that are wonderfully awesome to raise! Blossom and Bubba are producing beautiful offspring... we are well pleased !  

In a couple other bits of news ... The High Country Farm Tour is coming up ! this is a yearly event put on by Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, and is an awesome chance for you to tour many of the farms that you visit at the Ashe and Watauga Farmers markets every week! And this year.. tada ! Guess who's on the tour ? Foxfire Holler is ! We are very excited ( and nervous) about doing this, but I had a moment of insanity and applied .. and they accepted ...and now I am sure it is going to be a totally awesome weekend .. Saturday and Sunday from 2-6 both days...I am as yet unsure of what you will see at other farms, but we will have hands on fiber activities, and lots of demonstrators. Tickets and info will be available in the shop... I think last y

• July 31, beginning around 10 AM Fiber Day at the Ashe County Farmers Market 
• August 5-6 Ashe County Fiddlers Convention at Ashe Park 
• August 6-7 2-6 PM High Country Farm Tour 
• August 21 Grand Moving Celebration and Yarn Tasting Spin A Yarn at Mtn Home Utopia on Jefferson Avenue

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