Yesterday was a long day that actually started the night before. Well, if I’m being completely honest, it started last year at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. David Kier, a professional shearer, was there doing demos and my friend Kendra started talking to him. It is not an unusual thing for Kendra to start …
We’re FAMOUS!!!!!! Again:-) (Thanks to Tini for pointing this out for us. This particular picture has really made the rounds. I guess we really DO look happy [we were practically wallowing in fleece, how could we not be!])
I am so stressed right now I can’t really write at all. So instead I will give you pictures to show what my life is like right now… And still no sweaters….
Malin, Barbro and Tini all flew to London to join me in an adventure up to the Lakes District to attend Woolfest in June (BTW, there is a picture of the 4 of us in the photo gallery on the Woolfest site:-)). The day that everyone flew-in was pretty laid-back. Lots of knitting and a …
Yesterday I got the word that it was time to go get some fleeces that I have been watching for the past two years (at very high speeds as I drove by!). I thought that they were Hebridean sheep but I found out that they were Black Welch Mountain sheep instead. I think I can …
I am trying to avoid housework. This has taken me to such a level that I decided to catalog all the different breeds of sheep fleece that I have currently, both processed and raw. It wasn’t as big of a list as I had thought it would be… Blue Faced Leicester (colored)-Raw Fleece Cheviot-Both …
I’m sure that some of you have noticed that I haven’t been on here in a while. That is because, my dear readers, I have been asleep or catching up on things that needed catching up on here in The Old Chapel. Mostly sleeping though to tell you the truth. I turned into sleeping beauty …
So, I haven’t shown y’all a lot of what I’ve been doing of late and I think that it’s about time that I rectified that. First off, I finished the cabled embrace scarf. It turned out nicely but I was just sooooo glad for it to be done already! It wasn’t difficult once you …
Yesterday, the Hubby and I went to the Linslade Canal Festival. It was a lot of fun seeing all the different organizations that had stalls set up to educate the public as well as sell everything from alpaca blankets (no I didn’t get any even though it was a really good price) to food to …
This past weekend was our first annual 4th of July party. Attending it were 2 Zimbabweans, a couple of Americans, a family of Indians an Italian and, oh yeah, a few Brits! I don’t know about you but to me that was about as American of a party as we could have had. It was …
Sarah Jane Humke 