Oh Baby Baby!!

Here's 'our' new baby--Miss Macie Josephine! She is my baby sister's first baby--she and hubby are spending mucho time snuggling this little beauty up--I cannot wait to get my hands on Macie. She is as gorgeous as her name--I get to see her on Thanksgiving. I told mom she probably did not even need to cook food, we will all just make that baby feel like a football with all the passing around--hahaha! OH, but we will have to put our best tackle on my dad to have a turn holding Macie--ok, done with the football giggles now. The sheep are threatening to follow us to mom's, they want to see Macie in person too. Now THAT could be a problem! Better take all the vehicle and gator keys with us right? (and by the way, this picture of Macie is when she was watching football with her mom and dad--ironic yes??) :0)

The sheep are working on an update for later today so please stop back in--and be sure to get on our email list so you get the first notices of new fiber and yarn ok? Baaaaack later!

What to do with CAMEL fiber???

Ok, I am sure you are all familiar with my beloved 'nephew' Humphrey? He lives with his family in KY so Cindy is glad her camel is far enough away--I might have to pack my bags and move in with Humphrey--he has a very nice apartment there! :0)

Humphrey arrived at her rescue farm with a broken hind leg, that has long since healed. He spends his time babysitting little baby ponies and entertaining his family--he loves to give kisses and never spits.... What manners!

And what to do with Camel fiber you say?? I say, just have fun--Humphrey says you don't know what you are missing! We wash his fiber here at our farm then send it to Argyle Fiber Mill where the fiber is then sent through the de-hairing machine to remove most of the guard hair--leaving behind a gorgeous 'cloud' of the soft downy fiber. I have spun his fiber into single ply, two ply, alone or with other fiber added in. The fiber spun on its own may have some guard hairs left that can either be easily removed while spinning, or left in the yarn for some texture--it is a great felting yarn also! The pictured yarn I spun two matching plys of dyed Humphrey (yes, you can dye it any color too!) fiber. When I spun each ply, I spun a random amount of camel and then a random stripe of Corriedale wool that was a very similar dye lot. It will be a softer yarn that can be used in most any project--and it is gorgeous--the yarn was a gift to Cindy, ordered up by Humphrey himself.... hee hee hee! We are working on the second half of Humphrey's 2008 fleece now so watch for it to hit the site--both in clouds and dyed up some scrumptious colors!! What an adventure!!!

Update this weekend--sorry we are late, the sheep are enjoying some late fall weather--lots of breeze, cool nights and sun in the day time. Perfect time to be a sheep! Toodles!

Wash day and new toys!

Saweet! Lots of yarn spun this weekend--in between a sneak visit to my parents that included my 'other' mom and dad--Barbara and Dennis! Had a fun day, and thank you mom and dad for all the wonderful 'stuff' (drying rack and so much more) we scooped up to help me organize my shop!!!

I was so tired yesterday I played with the sheep (in the most windy day we have had in months) and just spun lots and lots of yarn! Whew--really is a great way to spend a dreary inside day don't you think? Spins the bad right out of you--hee hee! The sheep have also been busy washing and dyeing fiber--and roving. Should be ready for an update later in the week--sorry we (they-ha!) are off their schedule. Just makes for a better update though--lots of goodies!

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She's a girl!!!

Thank you all for your patience this week, my baby sister had her first baby on Tuesday, everyone is healthy, happy and wonderful--heading back home tomorrow. Yey! Her name is Macie Josephine Brown. The Josephine is Kevin's mom's name (she passed away when kevin was a teen) so what a beautiful baby, and a name to match! Will post pictures when I have them available--not so sure about posting unprotected on the internet? Any thoughts on that? Our pictures are protected on the website but not here.....

We are also thinking about some changes for payments--nothing new choice wise but to save me some bookkeeping (or make it easier and less time involved). We are setting Jenny and Kendra up with Paypal accounts so when you order their wool, you will need to make a seperate payment to their accounts--that way they get the money pronto and saves the sheep time in the office.... hee hee! They say Baaah humbug to office work as we all know! Any thoughts on that appreciated too--might be confusing at first but I can alway send seperate Paypal invoices to keep it easy. Anyone paying via check would continue to make one payment to the sheep.... Do I make any semblence of sense today? Probably not! Off to sort fleeces!