tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32724369233766577092012-02-16T15:37:02.413-08:00Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17564980929620044673noreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272436923376657709.post-12670391901830734482011-02-14T05:47:00.000-08:002011-02-14T06:36:40.607-08:00

Del and Katie having a little snuggle time :)Little Dude and Bailey will do anything for Kristy!Bailey and Katie bug, two of my four 'grandpuppies'....and Alicia caught mid yawn last lambing season.

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The planter is on the patio, the gazing ball is on a pedestal in the garden at the end of the patio.This is my driveway. I did not go out there with a measuring stick and see how deep it really was. I was too tired from wading through it to the barn several times a day to check on Oso.Just a few of the pictures from around the farm and driveway before Matt came and got the tractor out to clear

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I can hardly thank you enough, Herbert, for allowing Oso to come home with me! I'm sure you and your family must miss him as I've already fallen in love with this beautiful dog.Here he is in the hotel in Gallup, NM. We didn't have a bit of trouble getting him to find a comfortable spot inside with us. He slept at the foot of the bed nearest the door and I can't remember feeling more safe on a

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This is the beginning of the mitts. I like the cable and ribbing, it matches the hat nicely. The only problem is, I didn't weigh out the yarn and am worried I won't have enough to make two matching mitts. So...I ripped it out and started over by taking it all to my scale andweighing, then dividing in two piles.I'm all ready to go and I've swatched (ok, only if theripped out first attempt counts

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Today the miracle may be to simply complete the short 'To do..." list. I've about got the mess cleaned up from our last snow, with a littleeffort the last of the laundry and floor mopping will be done today.Liz's new hat is done and I'm hoping to have enough yarn left overto make some matching fingerless mitts.

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Little did I know when I was writing about changes, what was just around the corner for me at that time. I had been thinking of my husband's return to school, working towards completion of his Masters Degree and what that would mean as far as reducing the work load around the farm, changing our vision of what God had for us to accomplish... There were other changes in store than what I had been

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We're making changes here on the blog as well as on the farm. Sorry it's been so long since I've updated the blog but life happens and this wasn't on the top of the list for a while.

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One of the shearers giving Demi's daughter a massage. She put this little lamb to sleep while mom was getting her spa treatment.Chocolate Bar and Magnus after their haircutsOne of the new boys on the shearing table. It was much easier on the humans to be working at table height and the alpacas didn't seem to mind any more than in the past when we didn't use it, I think we may have even been

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This is a little of what I've been doing instead of blogging.

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It's another ewe lamb! We've only had one ram lamb from Chocolate Bar so far this year. Their fleeces look nice and consistent front to back, and a couple of them are soooo plush. MMMmmmmmm, I can't wait to see how they turn out!Only a couple of ewe's to go now. There are so many things I'm planning on doing better next year but over all it's been good.

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Do you know how sometimes you just know that God loves you!I mean, not in a generic,I've been raised to believe this, kind of way - but - more personal.When you know He's paying attention to all the details of your lifeand anticipating your needs, like when I see my kids working really hardand getting tired or discouraged so I do something extrato love on them...like that kind of love. Some

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Margie, this one's for you :) a close up of the lace project. It's just pinned out so it will look better once I get it all done and wet finish it.Basa and her girls out enjoying the sunshine and grass for a bit.Louise just can't seem to get that little lamb to come with her to the field! He wants to check out everything else, including Del. Basa decided to see if her help was needed...This is

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Just a quick picture of our newest little lamb.

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Actually, this is a better picture of Basa our WONDERFUL maremma, but you can see the lamb behind her in the small pen. Basa is so good with the lambs! She helps the ewes keep track and the first time one of the lambs figured out how to escape the pen (of course in the dark of night and yes, a black lamb ;) ) Basa made such a racket we came rushing out to the barn to check things out and were

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What a darlin' lamb! We heard Basa barking and went out to check what was going on. Look what we found :) Honestly, I knew they'd be little (we raise Shetlands after all) but my goodness, when she stands next to the fence she's not as tall as three of the squares on the 4"x4" cattle panel fencing she was next to. After we got mama and baby set up in their own space and took care of the

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Remember back in December when I got some beautiful roving in a swap? Then I spun it up into about a sport weight 3 ply with one being alpaca? Well, look what it's going to be. This scarf is similar to the Morning Surf Scarf. I'm using size 10 needles and the picture below is much more accurate as far as color goes.I'll get better pictures when it's all done.

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My niece came out to visit the other day. We met for lunch in town to deliver some Girl Scout cookies with my granddaughter and decided it was a wonderful day to see the alpacas and hike to the bluff. I don't think you can see it too well with the sun in this picture but Jake had 'greeted' her by jumping up and his paws reach almost to her shoulders! Muddy paws on a white jacket and she's still

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I made my friend a pair of mittens. They aren't blocked in this picture but now they're on their way to their new home so this is the picture I have.I ran across this blog post and immediately thought of my friend who loves owls. Since I already have too many projects on the needles to make a sweater in a reasonable amount of time, and with all the doggie daycare at my house a sweater isn't

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Don't they both look ever so sweet?? Bailey is a Beagle Boxer mix and she was an early Christmas gift for my granddaughter. They had been looking for just the right puppy for months when they found Bailey. It turns out, Bailey is happier when she's not alone so she comes to our house for doggie daycare :) Then, shortly after Christmas, my other daughter got a puppy, she's the sweetie napping in

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First I had to ply some nice yarn to empty my bobbins. The natural oatmeal with flecks of medium brown is a soft, smooshy 2 ply shetland with about 2oo yards of yarn. I also had about 80 yards of lilac lace weight yarn spun from roving I got at Serenity Farms. Cary raises wonderful Corriedale sheep and I've never been dissappointed with fleece or roving I've gotten from her.Next, it was treat

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Let me tell you, Leann from Enchanted Hues has some luscious roving! She knew my favorite colors and dyed this roving perfectly for me. I won't be online long, I just have to go spin.Thanks Leann!

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This is such wonderfully soft wool!and my wretched dog tore into the package!!Bad Dog!Thankfully I can still spin it, I just won't get the pleasure ofspinning from the delightful little bundles that Val prepared for me.A few of them were still intact so I know what a great job she didbut lots of my soft corriedale is mixed with Husky fluff!Here are the rest of the goodies :)Do you see the

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This little guy was waiting in the nursery pasture when I got home. So I run inside to grab the cria kit for iodine - and the camera - and head back out to the barn.Mom was checking him out while everyone got to know the new kidAutumn, you did good. Isn't he cute??Wait a minute, did I get this wrong??No, it turns out Glow has nose and toes showing too and I'm thinking "Oh my, why does this

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The poodle is Vivi, next is Bubba and in the back is Jake. They keep me company most of the time. Sometimes they're troublesome but we get through it. The picture is courtesy of my granddaughter. Occaisionally she shows up here, she's my helper around the farm.

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I can hardly wait to play with this yummy fiber! It's such soft merino and a merino tencel blend I may see if I like it blended into batts with some of my alpaca or just spun up then plied with some alpaca. The possibilities are almost endless.

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Here's a peek at the wool that I'm carding up for my first swap partner. On some of it I dyed the locks while I was scouring it, and some is left natural. There's a little Corriedale, some Cormo, and some of our Alpaca and our Shetland. Just a pinch of this and a handful of that... from the bags of goodies in the studio.With a little teasing and flicking I start feeding the carder.After the

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It's about my favorite time of year. This is the view from my window next to the computer. Soon we'll have the alpacas in the pasture just on the other side of the tree and I'll be able to enjoy them for a while too.

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Sorry this is so fuzzy. Alicia and Kristy both seem to keep moving ;) I have some great help with the alpacas these days! We'll be moving Alicia into the boy alpaca pen later today because she's still well under a year old and I want to set her up to succeed. Keeping her with the females when it's cria season just isn't the best plan. Now that Quinn is here to guard the sheep, I'm able to

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This is Quinn, trying to get comfortable for the night. Can you see how tall he is? He was sharing floor space with Alicia and another litter mate that was traveling part of the way with us. I have to tell you, if you ever thought about getting a large guard dog for your farm, you won't go wrong by calling Jackie Church at Windance Farms! These dogs are WONDERFUL!They travelled like pro's and

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You'll be heading to your new home soon.

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Can you see the turkey? just to the right of the little cedar tree, he's really big. This is the field out back of the barn, I'm really bad about estimating distances but I know he was at least 50 yards from me. I guess he was feeling pretty safe in our field, I generally don't allow hunters here so even though it was turkey season he still strolled around the field like he owned the place.I

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Sorry, no pictures of this adventure. We found out early in 2008 that Chocolate Bar had figured out how to open the gate latch. He's very talented with his horns. I'm hoping he can't figure out how to get the new carabiners off. Yes, plural, he also generously opened the gate for the girls.I looked out the office window and what did I see? 6 sheep wandering around the orchard, exploring the

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This one's for my swap partner on Ravelry - Meredith. The two little faces you see in the background are Cocoa Girls cria. I hope you enjoy knitting something with the yarn from Cocoa and I.

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Once upon a time there was a new knitter who wanted to learn to knit lace. She was fortunate to have several wonderful friends ( Christian Aritsans ) who began a KAL for the Elegantly Simple Triangle ShawlIt was a wonderful time of learning, working with new and different yarns, getting to know some incredibly kind, patient knitters ;) andcompleting a rather impressive looking project for the

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is almost done. I just need to finish the arms and the front buttons etc. then block it. Just in time too, the weather is starting to cool off. This has been a fun knit, specially considering it's my first sweater ever. We'll see if I can get her to model it when it's all done. This is my hand spun yarn, made from Stone Soup roving's from my friend Cary at Serenity Farms it was so much fun to

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I just couldn't resist one more picture of this yummy fleece. I got it from Firth of Fifth Acres earlier this summer. Oohhh it's so much nicer in person than the pictures can show. When I start spinning there will be more pictures. What do you think I should make? It's a 12 lb fleece so unless I sort the different shades of gray I have almost unlimited possiblilites.

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Isn't that some beautiful Wensleydale fiber?? I've been washing and drying little bits at a time and the picture doesn't do it justice. Normally the cats are outside but I guess Rebel thought it was about the perfect place to hang out for a nap. I almost didn't see him as I was going out the door.

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Ok, so it's one of the worst pictures I've taken. Since the socks are already gifted and gone it'll just have to do. Mainly I wanted to remember how the two yarns held together as I knit turned out. I've done another pair in greens with yellows and browns in the multi yarn, I'll see if I can't get a better picture of them.

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In case you didn't get a good enough look at them the other day - take a peek at miss Demi hamming it up for the camera. The next shot she was kissing the lens - we'll skip that one. But just look at Leola, Lizzie and Louise heading it all up. I can't seem to get enough of these sweeties.Ok, there's more going on than me hanging out with the sheep. I signed up to play knitting bingoon

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By the time I got pictures of the dark brown alpaca laceweight MS3 stole developed, I had already frogged it and started over with off white alaca. I had thought it was poor planning to start my first ever sweater the same week as the MS3 but as it turns out, that was a wonderful idea! When I've frogged and tinked until I can't stand it, I can do some simple k&p on the sweater. I finally

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Where I hope I can share some of the beauty and delight that we enjoy here. Our farm is in central Missouri, where our families settled in the early 1800's. We raise llamas, alpacas, shetland sheep and one very fluffy angora bunny - Pink Snowball.When I'm not washing, carding, spinning or otherwise playing with the fiber I volunteer at the Rocheport Historical Museum a few miles away.

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