It was my first experience showing sheep, and the judge was very educational in his comments. After the show my education continued with MaryBeth Bullington. She had sheep, locks of raw fleece, handspun yarn, and knitted items that all helped me better understand color, fineness, organized and disorganized crimp, softness, silkiness and luster. Isn't the variety wonderful?
The camaraderie among the Shetland breeders was also fun. I hope to be a part of the Shetland showing contingent next year!
That's it for now at . . .
4 comments:
Michelle, I'm SO enjoying your blog! May I put a link to it on mine???
Yes, please! I LOVE this blogging business, both mine and others, and getting comments is such fun. So the more readers the better!
OK, Michelle...spill sthe beans! How do they keep those sheep sooooclean?
And I'm with Nancy...may I post your blog-link on my blog?
Of course, Kathy! (And I'm sorry, Nancy; I didn't think to ask you before putting a link on my blog to yours. It's a little late, but can I, please?)
None of the sheep at the fair had been coated, even though the judge asked Wally if his had been. We picked VM out of all of the sheep before the classes, and Marybeth hosed hers off at home to remove some of the dust and grit. (Unfortunately, she did it too close to the show and some of them were still dampish, which may have affected the judge's opinion of their fleeces - he didn't favor hers.)
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