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Category Archives: Sheep Farming
Future Felting
Future felting comes from lambs. Here are some of this years lambs outside enjoying the spring sunshine. Most of our lambs were born in the winter so they are not tiny anymore but they are very cute non the less. … Continue reading
Posted in Sheep Farming, Uncategorized, Wool
Tagged animals, calf, felt, goose, lambs, sheep farming, wool
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Wool Gathering
This past weekend, my husband and I went to pick up 200# of wool and took it to the processing plant. This is the wool that I will be using to build a yurt this summer. It was really exciting … Continue reading
Posted in Fiber Preparation, natural wools, Sheep Farming
Tagged carding machine, sheep, Sugar Loaf Wool Mill, wool processing, yurt project
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Two Tongues Made
This week I feel like the worlds slowest felter. I managed to get the two tongues for my boots made and that it. They look huge when you start but when your done they are the right sized. The final … Continue reading
Posted in natural wools, Sheep Farming, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged Boots, felt, felting, fiber, fibre, fibres, lambs, mr boots, natural fibres, wet felting, wool
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Last Show of the Year Done.
I am not sure how it got to be this late in the year but the calender doesn’t lie. I have finished my last show of the year. I had a bigger booth than usual it was 10×20. Usually I … Continue reading
Posted in Fairs and Shows, Needle Felting, Nuno Felting, Sheep Farming, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged booth design, display, felting, lambs
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Demo at the Farm Show
It was time for our spring farm show. It’s a trade show for Farmers. There is machinery , equipment, Information an animals and buildings and and just about anything you can think of that a farmer might be interested in. … Continue reading
Posted in Fairs and Shows, Sheep Farming
Tagged carding, demonstrations, farm machinery, Farm show, felting, knitted socks, machinery, ropemaker, sock knitting machine, spinning
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Washing Some Wool
This weekend I decided to wash some of the masses of raw wool I have. This is a small piece from one of my sheep she is a mixed breed meat sheep. Here it is before washing. I put it … Continue reading
Posted in Fiber Preparation, Sheep Farming, Wool
Tagged fiber preparation, raw fleece, raw wool, washing wool
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New Lamb on the Farm.
We promised some sheep farming posts so here is one of the first lambs of the season. She came 2 nights ago when it was bitter cold. She was also stuck. We had to catch mom to check, as I was … Continue reading
