A wool throw is one of those purchases that either lasts twenty years or pills and flattens within a season. The difference usually comes down to three things: the breed of sheep, the weight of the weave, and whether the mill is finishing the cloth or just selling it. We've been carrying wool textiles since 2018 and have a few opinions.
The word 'raw' on a honey label is not regulated in the United States the way 'organic' is. It's a useful signal, but it doesn't tell you everything. Here is what we've learned from six years of carrying honey from the same Central Valley apiary.
Stoneware is more forgiving than people think, but it does have a few specific needs. Over nine years of carrying hand-thrown ceramics at Prairie Sapphire, we've fielded a lot of questions about what to do and what not to do. Here is what we actually tell people.
We ran the first workshop in the shop in November 2019, a bread session with a baker from the Richmond District. Twelve people, flour on the floor, and a shop that smelled like a bakery for two days afterward. We've run about thirty sessions since then. Here is what we've figured out.
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