Elliott's fleece is fluffy and soft, and comparatively clean, in regards to what he's been up to lately -
This is a sample of Vanessa's fleece - it will wash up a real pretty honey color, I'm sure.
Another sample of Elliott on the left, with Donna on the right - Donna's fleece has really lightened up this year. It has nice crimp to it though.
The ends are kind of sticky with the dirt/lanolin "gunk" that gets out at the tips of her fleece and The Shepherd was going to take a pair of scissors to it and cut off those ends.
"Wait a minute!" I said - "let me try washing out a bit of it!"
Here is part of her fleece after a little soak in a "hot tub" of hot hot water and wool wash.
Oh, yeah -baby - look at that - and you should feel it. I think any spinner would love to get his or her hands on this fleece, don't you?
Here's a close up of the washed locks -
Very nice.
And of course, an obligatory Kitteh picture of George, that I managed to nab while he was out tearing up the nursery the other day.
Speaking of Cats - A "sweet 16" side note - The Shepherd was beside himself this evening - do you root for your "home team" - in this case the Arizona Wildcats - from his home town of Tucson, or for the "home team" - the Gonzaga Zags - the local team from Spokane. I think he ended up rooting for his Wildercats - they won pretty handily. Go Wildcats!
5 comments:
I want to buy some yarn from those wonderful sheep! I see a colorful winter cowl in my future...
I enjoy learning about fleece (real fleece, not the poly kind) from you, Tina!
Our shearer comes Wednesday morning, but I rooed Annabelle yesterday. I really need to check and see if any others are roo-able, but haven't had time!
Your wool looks beautiful as always! Our shearer comes on Friday. The I will have a lot of wool to play with!
Ooo, what a yummy harvest! You will have some wonderful dyeing, spinning, and creating this year.
Funny you should mention that about home teams. I've always wondered the same thing, ;)
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