I am a grown up sheep farmer

We were so excited to be at our first big fiber festival, Endless Mountains.  Had a great time, sold lots of roving and we will be back September 2012!

Dye pot photos

Just a few photos of dyeing our fiber the other night.  On the bottom of the pot is a grey Jacob wool that is going purpleish, and on top of that a merino roving that took on a greenish=blue and a few dots of pink.  It's going to be fun to spin.  On Friday I try out a different spinning wheel, and this is what I am going to spin as soon as I get the wheel figured out.

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Some beautiful fiber listed on our etsy shop

 Little one out in the pasture.  This is one of our Jacob lambs.   Not sure which one of the presidents it is, they are all named after U.S. presidents.

 Our showy little shetland and her lamb.

This proud looking young ram lamb is a handsome Jacob sheep, out of "Janette".  If you notice the tightness of his curls...that is the look that I love in a lamb, it means such a lofty, soft fleece to come! His grandad's fleece was so soft I could spin it without carding it, just wash and dry.  Like a CLOUD!

Angora Bunnies!

Graham Cracker the new baby Angora Bunnie.

Marshmellow's fiber after plucking.

Marshy gets a hug!

Marshmellow with his beauticians, getting his lovely, but hot fiber off for the summer!

This 4 oz. of white alpaca fiber is for sale now on our etsy shop!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/75593401/4oz-white-angora-fiber

use this link if you would like some lovely spinning fiber!

Our proud papa, Gabriel

This is our Jacob herd-sire, a beautiful four year old ram.  You can see how gentle he is in the picture, and a beautiful fleece, lofty and lots of white.

2011 wool harvest is here!

What an exciting moment yesterday when Dean came home with our entire wool harvest from the mill! The whole front room of our house is full of roving and stuffing!  There are six beautiful natural colors, three different browns, (one of them makes me need a piece of chocolate), a jacob white, a hog island white, and a lilac.  If you are looking for some great yarn, or roving contact us now, you have a great selection to choose from. I can't wait to start spinning the lilac.  So... I will talk to you later!

Our booth at the CSA fair in Ithaca

In the middle of the table you can see a basket with a Knitters share in it.  Six skeins of handspun wool, in 3 different natural colors, and one skein of carmel colored alpaca, spun with red glitz thread. On this side of the booth, one of our earache soother pillows and behind that some of the knit hats.  I am wearing one of our cowls, they come in the Family share