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| Boulderneigh Bing |
Time to focus again on sheep and fiber, the impetus for starting this blog in the first place. The sheep are all fat (except Annabelle, who is nine) and happy, eating and growing wool. The rams look and smell ready for breeding season, but haven't been acting out in any way. Good thing, as it still looks as though they will be sitting this one out.
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| Capable, beautiful Olive, with 2 oz. of singles |
I've been spinning up the two Gotland bumps Franna gave me awhile back on my olive Jenkins Aegean spindle. I was torn between plying them together for a tweedy yarn or separately to use in colorwork, but the grey singles decided that for me – I can't find the starting end of the yarn to ply with! It's just as well; the white Gotland is
much softer and shorter than the grey, and plying each on itself would have given me two small skeins of very different yarns. Better to ply them together for decent yardage (I'm thinking cabled fingerless mitts).
I have my next two knitting projects figured out, I just haven't pulled the patterns and wound the yarn. I still need to wash and block three finished projects, too. Now is the time to do those, while it is still extraordinarily dry here and moisture evaporates quickly. That will change soon enough!
That's it for today from . . .
11 comments:
I think it's amazing when I read your blog about what you do with wool.. I love the little jackets your sheep wear..and the sheep that you have featured above? I like his eyes.and the straw on top of his head.. I just buy yarn and not as talented as you to rove it and then knit what you have harvested.. I think that is just plane talent.. Keep up the good work~! I so enjoy your blog~!~! ta ta for now from Iowa:)
My lady likes to look at her sheep and see socks. hee hee
I'm still trying to learn how to spin on my wheel, running out of roving left over from class. Can't wait til I can pick up all the fleeces I drove to the mill last week. Have no idea what I am going to do with all that wool.
Michelle, thanks for the comment on the bedding... I am checking out stall mats today at two of our local farm stores...it would sure be easier on the chicken-keepers feet!
What a very handsome ram! I love this time of year - when my thoughts start to return to wool and all things woolish! Spinning is on my to-do list for this winter.
I don't know about talent, Nancy, but thank-you just the same!
Spin, TL, spin!
Wouldn't it be nice if it were that easy? ;-)
You're welcome; I'll be reading to see what you choose!
Susan, Bing had his manhood removed some time ago. ;-)
Our angora bucks have smelled ready for breeding season since the end of July. I think they are in the process, because every other goat on the place stinks to high heaven, too.
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