Technically, he was a leased ram, but rental ram just has a sound to it doesn’t it? The rental ram in question is the same one that I used last year, the lovely Nuuk from Sommarang Farm. He won Yearling Ram at this years MSSBA show at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. Last year …
The last couple of weeks have been all about learning about and getting used-to the new members of the farm. The sheep are getting not only used to us, the humans, but also to the other animals. They are fascinated by the farm cats and will start a small stampede following one of the poor …
Spring is usually busy, but this year is even more so than usual for me. First up, it was my brand new niece’s baptism last weekend. I decided to make her a Christening Shawl/blanket for the event. I then decided that it should really be hand-spun Shetland laceweight. With wool from Shetland of course! Well, …
Random has been sort of my catchword of late. It feels as though my life has become a host of things unrelated to one another except through me. I could make a concept map to explain this, but I’ll save y’all the horror:-) I’ve not posted here in a while. Partially this is because, quite …
Sarah Jane Humke 