Shearing Finished

 

I now have lots of English Leicester wool to spin and weave.

 

 

Lots of help on shearing day.

 

 

Happy sheep till we had lots of heavy rain.

 

 

This sheep was on a mission.

Catching Up

 

The sheep were shorn in November.  It was lucky the shearing was finished then as a couple of days later David had a serious tractor accident and was airlifted to a Melbourne hospital. His recovery has been slow and he is very lucky to be as well as he is now.

 

The English Leicester curls are appearing already.

 

 

I have been rug weaving.  Today I commencing a purple, blue and grey rug as soon as I have finished my Etsy listings.

Too Exhausted to ...................

We were all too exhausted to celebrate New Year's Eve.  It wasn't planned but it just happened that shearing took place on New Year's Eve.  The sheep I am sure a very pleased although the weather was cold on New Years night.  We brought the sheep into the house yard where there is plenty of shelter. 

The wool is the best we have had for years.  Most of the sheep were coated which has resulted in very clean wool.  Now its time to get spinning and dyeing and weaving.

I'll be back at the Arts Centre Market on Sunday.

Ready for Shearing

 These sheep are ready to be shorn. With all the lush grass the sheep are fat and have lots of wool ready to spun or woven.

 Not sure when the weather will oblige and give us a dry sunny day.  Anyway I am going to book the shearer and hope for the best

Today the rain is pouring down and the wind is blowing.

Shearing

The sheep waiting to be shorn. We managed to get all the sheep in the yards without Stella leading the flock astray.

Some of the fleece ready for me to spin.  I really enjoy shearing once the sheep are in the yard and the shearer is at work.  Well I'm even happier when shearing is finished and I can look at the wool.

All the fleeces have been sorted.  Some fleeces are for yarns, some for weaving and some will be for sale.  Yesterday I finished cleaning the shed.

A Few of My Friends

 I just love my "hair do"  As soon as it gets to the length I like and my wool looks stylish she decides its time to shear us all.  You just ask the other girls how they feel about having the right look!!

I have grown so much wool this year she will be happy with my fleece.

I have the best fleece of all.  Well that's what I'm saying.  And she can't have it to spin until this weather improves.

I'm bored.  Let me out into the paddock again.

I hope to get shearing organised in the next month.