Sarah Jane Humke

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

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 …

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Last week I was in Finland. This was a slightly postponed birthday trip (it seems that my birthday trips keep getting later in the year, if I keep it up at this rate, I’ll be taking my birthday trip in June when I’m 80!) as my birthday is at the end of January.  However, I …

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Yeah, that about sums up my urge to blog the past few weeks.  And I’ve stuff to blog about to be sure.  I went to Fibre Flurry in Birmingham and had a great time despite the M1’s attempt at making me miss it entirely.  I went to Loop in London, finally.  I had dinner with …

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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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