Cormo Fleece Available

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Tina

My Cormo have been sheared and I have a couple of fleeces that have not been spoken for.  The sheep were coated all year.  This is the prime coated fleece.  It is $25 per pound raw.  Shipping is extra.  (You can estimate shipping at USPS   Shipping from 45013.)  Fleece is sold by the whole fleece or by the pound.  When inquiring about fleece, please send your Paypal email address and zipcode.  I will email you a Paypal invoice.  If you do not have Paypal account, include your zipcode.  I can email you a Paypal invoice.  You can pay via credit card through the Paypal link on the invoice.  Contact me via the “Contact Us” link on my website homepage.  The link is in the upper right hand corner.

Update:  All the fleeces have sold.  Thank you!

 

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Alicia 7lb 14oz

 

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Alec Ram 7lb 6oz

 

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Spring (Shearing) is Here!

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Tina

The Cormo sheep have been sheared and I will be skirting fleeces for the next couple of days.  Most of the fleeces have been spoken for, but there may be a couple of extras.  I will send out a newsletter with information about remaining fleeces (if there are any).

Snack Time

Snack Time

I took the above photo when the ewes came in from the pasture in the evening.  The pastures are very lush, so I do not need to feed the sheep grain.  I give them a just a little grain to get them to come in paddock near the house at night.  The coyotes don’t tend to come too close to the house.  My Great Pyrenees does a great job of protecting the sheep from pedators, but I feel better knowing they are not too far from the house during the night…

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Noona

Noona

Lambi

Lambi

 

 

 

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Ashford Sample It Loom

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Tina

I bought an Ashford Sample It rigid heddle loom from the Woolery to use for small projects and samples.  I also thought it would be nice to have a small loom to take with me on trips.  I love this loom!  It is small enough to fit on my lap when weaving.

The loom has a weaving width of 8 inches making it perfect for scarves, small projects, and color sampling.  The outer dimensions are about 18.5 x 11.5.  It is small enough to fit in a tote bag.  It comes with a couple of stick shuttle and one reed/heddle.  I prefer to use boat shuttles for most projects.  The mini Schacht boat shuttle is the perfect size for this loom.

I bought the Weaver’s Idea Book awhile back and plan on using my Sample It loom for some of the pick-up techniques in the book.

smplitloom3My first project was a narrow Saori style scarf.  I used Cashsoft for warp and Noro for weft.

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Here are a few photos of the finished scarf.

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Wensleydale TWINS!

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Tina

Brianna lambed at 4am.  It was a very chilly 20 degrees.  I had been watching and waiting for her to lamb.  She had some problems with delivering triplets last year and I wanted to keep an eye on her again this year.

Brianna had two big, healthy ram lambs.  The sire is a UK ram named Popeye.  These rams are just beautiful and have nice confirmation.  I can’t wait to see how they fill out as they grow.

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Cormo Ram Lamb

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Tina

Alice had a ram lamb this year.  She had a very easy delivery.  The Cormo rarely have any problems lambing.  They are both doing great!  I think his ear tag is weighting him down.  What do you think?

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Weaving

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Tina

I have two weaving projects going right now.  One is a very simple warp of 4 harness dish towels.  I wanted something quick to weave.  I found a simple draft in one of my Weaver’s Craft magazines.

4 Harness Towels

4 Harness Towels

The other weaving project I am working on is a multishaft twill sample from Bonnie Inouye’s book, “Exploring Multishaft Design.”  I love this book.  It is currently out of print, but the Author is working on a revised version.  The cloth in the photo below is a 16 harness plaited twill.

16 Harness Twill

16 Harness Twill

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Chunky Handspun Art Yarn

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Tina

I added some new handspuns to the stash!  The fibers are a mix of farm fresh Cormo and Wensleydale from my sheep along with a little silk and Angelina.  The  green/blue will most likely become weft for a Saori weaving project.  I plan on using the lavender one for a hat.

Blueish Green Handspun

Blue/Green Handspun

Lavender Handspun

Lavender Handspun

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Saori Scarf

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Tina

 

On the Loom

On the Loom

I am posting some photos of the most recent project to come off the Saori loom.  I wove 3 identical scarves on this one warp.  The warp is commercial yarn.  The weft is a mix of handspun and commercial yarn along with some tailspun Wensleydale locks.

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Down on the Farm…

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Tina

Hello

I see you!

Noon

Nosey Lamb! (Wobble)

Fun in the Forest

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It’s Another Shop Update!

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Tina

I have added some super nice fibers to my farm shop on Etsy.  Fibers include: Cormo lamb, adult Cormo, washed Wensleydale lamb (white and black/silver), and some Kid Mohair locks.  The Cormo and Wensleydale were homegrown right here on the farm.  All locks have very little (if any) vegetable matter.  The Cormo and Wensleydale were coated fleeces.

The Cormo lamb locks are so soft and delicious, they could probably melt in your hand!  I have a bunch of the Portabella colorway (top right in photo below)  waiting for me to spin.

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