Yesterday I unexpectedly received a box from the UK. It was from my friend Veronica who lives in the Northern part of England. In it were a number of goodies… First off, there was a lovely book all about Shetland Sheep. It’s a lovely book and I would strongly suggest it to folks looking to …
I’m particular. Clothing, cars, spinning wheels, skin care products, chocolate, jewelry and computers. All of these things (and more) I have been accused of being “picky” about. I have an extremely love/hate thing going with shopping. If it’s for yarn or wool I can spend all day doing it without a care. But if it’s …
I had a fabulous and very busy weekend this past weekend. First, I went to a Neko Case concert at the Hoyt Sherman Place auditorium. It was an amazing concert which I have no photos from as the artist had really strongly expressed her desire for the event to not be photographed or filmed and …
Today was a most excellent mail day. Our mail carrier will back in whenever he has a package for one of us. You know that it’s going to be good when he actually gets out of the truck. Getting out of the truck means either multiple packages or a really big one. Today it was …
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 …
On Friday evening Deb had a wonderful single ram lamb. Now, I typically withhold judgement about lambs born until they are a little, or a lot, larger. But I have to say that this little guy looks amazing. And before people start asking why I say this, it’s because he has a super uniform fleece, …
So yeah, I made another pair of thrummed mittens. I bought a new coat and needed some mittens that matched them better than my old ones. I also wanted to make a few changes to how I made the mittens to make them work better for me. The first pair that I made a few …
Right now I am having to get to relearn my entire flock. After shearing, all the animals look completely different. Like, I can’t tell who they are without reading their eartags. A few I can tell, of course. The boys; Herbert, Greyson, and Buddy all have horns and (now) all have bells. When we change …
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, …
Sarah Jane Humke 