Just thought you might like to see some of the wool after it’s gone through the initial Skirting and Washing Stages. It still needs cleaning, and fluffing, and carding, and then it’ll need to be spun! Of what Fun! Have You Ever Spun!?
You are awesome! You’re making it happen! Now, let’s do this for Nova Scotia! Let’s do this for Digby! For Bear River! Can You imagine a Homesteading Farmer from Nova Scotia being on the cover of Taste of Home Magazine! Let’s Make This Happen!
Not just for Me! For the positive attention it’ll bring with it for our area! For Homesteading and Farming, especially Small Farms! Traditional Country Cooking, Baking, and Home Made Goodness!
Breads Farmhouse Recipes Free Range Chicken Free Range Eggs Gardening In The Pantry Lambs Lard Life at Briden Farm Meals Meat Muscovy Ducks Nearly Wild Rabbits Nuscovy Duck Pastured Poultry Pork Rabbits Ring Neck Pheasants Sheep Sourdough Uncategorized Vegetables Vegetables Wood Stove Woodland Pastured Pork
Whether You spell it Woolly, or Wooly, it’s great! Even in the Raw! Warm in the Winter, Cool in the Summer, and naturally flame retardant! Great for everything from Liquid Fertilizer to Wool Pants, to Yarn for Sweaters and Mittens to Crafts like Felting! The things wool can be used for are almost endless, and the Yarns that have been told about it, and adventures with Sheep! Some of them are right down Wooly and Raw!
When I was a kid, my Dad had about 30 Sheep, and before I come along at His Farm’s peak He had about 300 Sheep, 125 Cattle, and all the side trimmings. So, it’s always been my dream to own sheep!
That dream was realized last Fall, and now, today, another dream come true! We got to shear them, well, technically not us, but Peter, the guy we hired to shear them. We found him great 5o work with, and we didn’t get fleeced, but we did get some beautiful fleece!
A mixed bag really, while we kept the pure Babydoll Wool separate, and the Shetland Babydoll Mixed Breed Wool in bags of its own. We did have some mixed Arcott Friesian mixed bags of Wool. Yes Sir, Yes Sir! Three Bags Full! Unfortunately, none of it is Black Wool.
So, now the question begs, what to do with our Wool!?