Welcome!

What is up with this website?

This website started out as a website for the Laffing Horse Farm in Colorado. After several years of drought, we decided that farming in the desert might not be the smartest idea and we went in search of some place that has that mythical rain stuff. But that’s a story for another website.

When we left the farm, I couldn’t bear to leave to name Laffing Horse and so I took it on for my woodshop. The farm’s website became my blog… a place where I could talk about the new gadgets I was making.

How business has grown! Now, when people - at least those that don’t know me - come to my website, they’re expecting to see a store or a listing of products… not the inane ramblings of a fellow with sawdust in his hair (and beard, and nose, and shirt and shoes and brain case).

Here it is, then… almost. your navigation is right there at the top… beneath the snazzy new header. You’ve got the Welcome page (right here), the How To… page with all kinds of tutorials and more on the way, the TriLooms page with pics and prices on my TriLooms, the Crochet Hooks page with all the details and pictures of my hand-carved hardwood round or turned, square (a comfortable first!), Tunisian (double ended) and afghan crochet hooks, the Knitting Needle page which features - yep, you guessed it - particle accelerators, there’s also a page with a list of other products and things that Jen or Elena make outside of my woodshop, and finally a page devoted to people saying nice things about my stuff - Feedback.

But there are still some folks out there that like my mental meanderings. Fear not! If you click on the Meanders link in the navigation bar, I’ll be there, meandering.

Those menu items up there are ’spring-loaded’ and if there’s a sub-page you’ll see a list of ‘em drop down, but you don’t have to select a sub-page. You CAN get there from here!

And if you were looking for someone else’s wordsmithing - Jen’s or the dogs (no, really) - those links are right there to the right.

Enjoy!

Who are these people?

The Laffing Horse Woodworks is part of small homestead farm - The Foxbriar Farm - located on about 32 acres in north central Arkansas. Shawn, Jen and Elena raise critters including Jacob sheep, Lamancha dairy goats, Angora goats, Llamas, chickens, dogs, cats, horses, and bees. I make Laffing Horse TriLooms, crochet hooks (including really comfortable, unique square crochet hooks), knitting needles (yep, round and square), make drop spindles, and Navajo style spindles. We also spin and weave and crochet and knit and dye and write and photograph and work in town and make brooms and design websites and brochures and newsletters and brew beer and make wines and meads and teach and make doggy treats and goat cheeses and soaps and bodycare products and garden and travel and dance and skip when we have an opportunity to do so and annoy English teachers with run on sentences and creative spellings.

So the question arises “Who does what and how does anyone find the time? Sounds like chaos.” It’s not. It’s really structured and ordered without being regimented…. and if you believe that, I’ve got a bridge to sell you near some ocean front property in Louisiana. It’s a lot of work, but it’s also a lot of fun. But, like pieces of a puzzle, we all seem to fit together.

But that description, no matter how accurate, seems so monochromatic and our lives here are colorful indeed. Browse through our site and check us out… oh, and we’d love to hear from you, too.

How do I contact them?

Planning to visit?
Somewhere in Meadowcreek… better call first! It’s easy to get lost.
Fox, AR 72051

By snail mail
P.O. Box 64
Fox, AR 72051

Via telephone
870-363-4442

Via email
shawn@laffing-horse.com
jeanette@laffing-horse.com