Thursday, November 22, 2018

New Lambs 2018 - Dina

Dina is out of Jane Eyre and Nitro




Tuesday, November 20, 2018

2018 Lambs - Korva

Korva is out of Mrs Hughes and Nitro, a nice solid moorit ewe.




Saturday, November 17, 2018

2018 Lambs - Neda

Here is Neda out of Treviso and Nitro.





Sunday, November 11, 2018

Angora and Shetland Blend Yarn

This weekend I am doing something new.  I am blending the fur from Hazel with the wool from Pearl to make a blended hand processed and spun yarn.  Not sure if I'm doing it right, but very excited to see the result after plying, wash and dry.  I am on the second bobbin right now.  I am using 80% wool to 20% angora, will see how that works out.


Our Pearl


Hazel after clipping.  I was more focused on getting good clean clips without short pieces than a nice clean shear, which is why she appears so choppy


Pearl's raw fleece
Pearl's fleece after washing



Silky fur from Hazel
Pearl's flick carded locks

80% wool, 20% fur coming off the carder



Fluffy poofs ready to spin

Second bobbin begun, can't wait to see final result!



Saturday, November 10, 2018

2018 Lambs - Tovia

Tovia is out of Whispering Pines Sybil and OK Acres Nitro






Wednesday, November 7, 2018

2018 Lambs - Ofeibea

Ofeibea is Reawick and Oberyn's second white twin ewe.  Lovely girl...




Monday, November 5, 2018

2018 Lambs - Soraya

Soraya is a white ewe (i don't know which from their lamb photo) from White Pines Reawick and Whispering Pines Oberyn.  Its been quite some time since we have had white ewe lambs here, so this was pretty exciting for us.