Sarah Jane Humke

The life of a traveling, reading, writing, spining and knitting shepherdess.

So, this full-time job thing has just been totally messing with my time lately!  Somehow I managed to miss an entire month of blogging!  So, where to start? It’s been a good year for lamb watching, as the two fields directly across from us had ewes in them.  Watching the lambs race across the field …

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So, two things happened today to make it a good day.  First thing was that I finally started my new job.  Thankfully it didn’t rain too much as I am outside all the time, except for lunch.  It was great and everyone was super friendly and understanding about the whole flat tires thing yesterday.  I …

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1.)These were the top search terms to find my blog this past week: brenda dayne,  alpakka yarn tampon,  sarah mengel knitting,  london trafalgar square empty plinth,  woman knitting I especially like the alpakka yarn tampon one.  Does make one think though.  I mean, if they now have cashmere toilet paper at Waitrose…. 2.) I’m really …

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On Saturday the hubby and I, accompanied by Meara the wonder dog, set off for Henley on Thames.  The purpose of this trip was to visit a new yarn shop, and to procrastinate on our spring cleaning for at least a few more hours.  What we found when we got there was an absolutely lovely …

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So, I know it is WAYYYYYYY past my birthday at this point, but I realized the other day that I had not shown y’all the great birthday package that I got from my friend Tini. First off there was this great mug with sheep all over with a skein of handspun yarn in it.  That …

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