ʻO nā kamele,ʻo Yakaka, nā kao a me nā Llama he "ʻohana" ma ka'āinaʻo Tregellys
Uaʻike wau i nā makuahine o nā meaʻelua e hikiʻole ke mālama pono i nā inoa o kā lākou mau keiki. No laila, mahalo nui au iā Ed Cothey me ka aloha aloha i nā kāmelo, nā'īlio, nā kao, nā llama, nā hipa, nā hoki, puaʻa, nā'īlio a me nā'īlio ma ka inoaʻoiaiʻo ia i hoʻouna mai ai iā mākou i ka 150 mau holoholona i hoʻokaʻawale i kona home ma Tregellys Fiber Farm i Hawley. , Massachusetts. ʻAe, ua'ōlelo au i nā kāmelo!
Ua kūʻaiʻo Cothey me kāna wahine,ʻo Jody i ka hale kūʻai 1806 Dodge i ka makahiki 1994, aʻo ka'āina pākīpihi kahiko i nānā pono i nā kuahiwi o ke kauwelaʻo Massachusetts, he hale kēia no nā mea ola holoholona a me nā mea'enela kūpono i ka East Coast. , Hoʻokamea Keleponaʻenehana Kelepona.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻololiʻana o ka waiwai me kekahi mea iʻikeʻoleʻia. Ua kūʻai aku nā Cotheys i ka pupuhi lāʻau no nā kao kao, a ua hānauʻiaʻo Tregellys, kahi hua'ōlelo Cornish "hometead huna". ʻAʻole i lōʻihi nā kao kao - "ʻAʻole au makemake i ka waiū i kēlā lā i kēia lā," i'ōleloʻo Cothey. ʻO ko lākou pani paniʻana heʻekolu llamas,ʻelua puaʻa a meʻelua mau hipa Merino. "E puka mai ana ke kahawai mai laila mai," i'ōlelo aiʻo ia.
ʻO kēiaʻano mahiʻai "hūnā" a me nā mea ola holoholona o waho, ka lole ulana, ka lumi hula a me ka hale kūʻai kūʻai e pili ana i nā yarn, ke kelehehie no nā lima lima, nā pahu kilihi a me nā mea hana lima i hoʻopauʻia pono kūpono e hoʻohuli i ke ala hele a iʻole i kahi huakaʻi kūikawā. Loaʻaʻia mai ke alanui 2, ka Mohawk Trail, kahi hānaiʻo Tregellys Fiber Farm i nā malihini mai ka lā ma waena o ka hāʻule ma waena o 10 am a 4 pm, akā ponoʻoe e kāhea i mua, (413) 625-9492, eʻike i nā mea nona ka inoa iāʻoe ' hele hou mai. Hiki ke hoʻonohonohoʻia ke kula a me nā helehelena hui āpau e ka manawa -ʻo ka makemake o nā keiki eʻike i nāʻano holoholona likeʻole i kahi hoʻonohonohoʻole i ka zoo.
Ma nā lā hebedoma, hiki iāʻoe ke kiaʻi pono iā Jess McKenzie i kahi hana ma ke kekona hula.
ʻO ka mea makemake e hui me ka mahalo i nā meaʻoluʻolu maikaʻi, eʻikeʻia kaʻikeʻana i ka hana a McKenzie i nā hua'ōlohelohe. Hoʻokomo i nā kānana a me nā pupuhi o ke ākea i loko o ke ānuenue o nā laina huʻupuʻu i nā paia o ke kālepa kūʻai pāʻani, a me nā pale umauma lima, nā hulu, nāʻulaʻula a me nā lole, ka lole a me nā mea ulana a me nā pahu piha piha me nā mea a pau e pono aiʻoe e hana i ka sweaters me ka hoʻohanaʻana i kēia mau leke kūikawā.
He kanaka mahiʻaiʻo Ed Cothey a he kanaka lawaiʻa kai hohonu no 28 mau makahiki ma mua o kona hikiʻana iʻAmelika, ai ka wā o ke kauwela o ka makahiki 1996, ua hoʻololiʻo ia i nāʻike i aʻoʻia e like me he lawaiʻa lawaiʻa i ka hana o ka ulana. ʻO kāna mau lima lima kekahi o nā huahana kūikawā kūikawā, a he nui ka'ōlelo, e noʻonoʻoʻole e hikiʻole iāʻoe ke kūʻai aku i nā'ōmela camel ma nā wahi āpau.
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ka hapanui o nā fiber i huaʻia ma Tregellys he mohair mai kaʻohana o Angora kao. Ua hui pūʻia ka hapanui o ka mohair me ka huluhulu a spun ma Green Mountain Spinnery ma Putney, Vermont. Hoʻonuiʻia nā hua'ē aʻe e ka Navajo noho'āinaʻo Churro hipa, nā Icelandic hipa, llamas, yaks a me Bactrian a me nā kāmelo kūmālua.
Hoʻopakeleʻo Ed a me Jody Cothey i nā holoholona he nui e hoʻoweliweliʻia a eʻimi ana e hānai i nā mea uluʻole, e like me ka nuiʻole o nā mea hanaʻole. He homeʻo Tregellys Fiber Farm i nā koikoi o Baudet du Poitou, ua manaʻoʻiaʻo ia ka hānau kahiko a me ka momona ma ka honua, a me nā manu'ē aʻe e like me nā kāleka Mandarin mai Kina,ʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele mai'Asalia a me Shetland geese i pau i ka Shetland Isles. ʻO Bess, he kāmelo iʻikeʻia i ka pila ma kahi kiʻiʻo Antonio Banderas "ʻO kaʻumikumamākolu o nā koa," he pōloli a me ka momonaʻole i ka wā i lawe mai ai nā Cotie i kona "home." ʻAʻole wale ka inoa o kēlā me kēia holoholona akā he moʻolelo kū hoʻokahi a me ka hana i loko o kēia "ʻohana" -ʻo ia ka'īlio liʻiliʻi, aʻo kānaʻoihana iʻikeʻia,ʻo ia ka mālamaʻana i nā yak ma ko lākou manamana wāwae.
Kekahiʻaoʻao: Ināʻoe e hele ...
ʻO ka mea kanu holoholonaʻo Tregellys, me kona mau mea ola holoholona, nā hale lole lole, ka lumi hula a me ka hale kūʻai kūʻai me nā yarn, ke kele wili no nā pūʻali lima, nā kilihi wili a me nā mea hana lima i hoʻopauʻia, pono ke hoʻohuli i ka Mohawk Trail a i kahi huakaʻi kūikawā paha.
Inā heleʻoe ...
Kahi: Tregellys Fiber Farm a me Shades Natural Kettle Dye Studio aia ma kahi 15 Dodge Branch Road ma Hawley, Massachusetts.
Nä Kuhikuhi: Mai Ke alanui 91, e hele i ke alanui 2 (ka Mohawk Trail) Ke Komohana, e hele i ka Shelburne Falls, a ma hope o ka haulee, e huli pololei i ke alanui 112 South a hiki i Ashfield. Ma ka laina Ashfield / Buckland, e huli pololei ma ke alanuiʻo Clesson Brook. E hoʻomau i 2-1 / 2 mau mile ae hoʻokau i kāu kolu ma ke alanui Dodge. Ke hoʻomau i nā'āpana alanui, e hoʻomau i ka'ākau. Aia ka māla ma ka hopena o kēia alanui lepo. Mai ke alanui 2 East, e waiho hema ma ke alanui 112 South a hiki i Ashfield a hana e like me ka mea i luna.
Kāhea ma mua: Ponoʻoe e kiʻi i mua e hana i nā hoʻoponopono e hele i ka mahiʻai. Kāhea (413) 625-6448 e hoʻonohonoho i kāu kipa. Hiki iāʻoe ke leka uila iā Tregellys Fiber Farm, tregellysfibers@aol.com, no kaʻike hou.
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