And the wool comes tumbling down

Tumbling down.......

 I asked my 6 year old to come out and take some pictures of mom sheering and she did a great job.  It really was hard for me to decide which ones to post. 

Hank in full one year fleece.

Her is the first cut.

If she had been zoomed out a bit you would have seen my counter-balance angle a bit better.

My favorite part!

All that yellow is lanolin.

Fleecy heep.

Did I Mention: I Love Spring?

One week and one day after her sister, Tsydal blessed us with two amazing boys. Both are very HEALTHY. She is on the smaller side (well smaller then Hava, ha ha ha), so to see two thick ram lambs on the ground is ideal.

I took four really nice pictures before I realized that I forgot to put the chip in the camera. However I did get some good ones after I found the chip. I just realized after loading the pictures they aren't very good fronts of the babies. Oh well we will save that for another photo op.

~Here they are very cute.~

~Charcoal black, and Dark brown into black with white.~

~It don't matter if your black or white.... did illa da da... did illa da da..~

Oh, and I LOVE SPRING TIME!!!

Oh Hoppy Day!!!!

New babies!!!!!! After a dry spell we have babies in the nest box. I am soooo excited I can hardly stand myself. This 100% German litter is from Bounty (REW mom) and Korbl (Black dad).

She had a few black and more white, which is typical. I am trying to stay out of her "HARE" so I will have to update you later on how things are going. As far as I can tell the kits look good and she seems to be doing well.

For your viewing pleasure:

~She started early (four days early), and pulled plenty of hair for her nest.~

~Just uncovered enough to see a few bare babies ~

~Not adorable yet, but just give them a day or so and we will start to see the fluff come.~

Easter Blessings!!!

I might have known that Hava would wait for Easter to deliver her little bundle of joy. I was surprised to see ONE, but I guess he is big enough to make up for any others.

I am always amazed by how quickly they get up and start nursing.

Aunty Tsydal came over quite a few times to make sure everything was going well. Awaiting her turn at motherdom.

Hava-lamb is such a wonderful mother. I am in love with these Icelandic sheep. The boys are nice and the girls are oh soooo sweet. I know that it was not by accident that these lovely creatures were places in my care.

On the Farm, Every Friday....

There have been some exciting things going on here this spring. Today I went over to Tri-Cities and did a little fiber art education for one of the middle schools. It was crazey and fun, and I learned some things, too. In future classes I want to have more hands on and my information in a better format. There are so many facets to this wonderful venue that it is hard to narrow it down and still give the idea that it is limited only by your imagination. The bonus of the day came when I got home and found that they had put a part of what the kids and I were doing on the local station.
Day of art appreciation at Highlands middle school

Recently I sold a few yarns on Etsy, applied for a knit lab scholarship, got some yarn made, most of the bunnies are sheered down, and some hopefully have babies in thier future.

And here is some of the roving I recenly got back featuring, Yucas (in black), Hava's first babies with some bunny (in white), and Levi's first fleece (in fawn).

Looking forward to a fiber festival the end of March!

The reason God made tomarrow.....

Ok no more procrastination. I don't remember feeling this motivated last year. (Probably the reason you haven't seen anything since 2010.) It is my goal to work harder in this blog thing. So here it goes: pictures of what I have been up to recently -

Angora Fingerless Gloves

My new favorite stitch "Brioche knitting"

These are sooooo dreamy!! And 100% Farm Fashioned pieces.

I have been up to a few more things, spinning and knitting, but you're just going to have to wait for some more good picts.

The New Year

Ringing in this year are...

the latest addition to our farm, Cutter. Our little Christmas blessing, and future sheep herder.
Goshen's babys. Here they are at 10 days old.
Now at 5 weeks.

And I am beggining to see a fluffy pattern here on the farm.