This morning was lovely & sunny, so we set about giving the Little Goat her six-monthly clip. We were determined that it wouldn’t take as long as last time which was four hours of wriggling & squirming and she had … Continue reading
The poor old Timber Top has been alternating between Broken and Mended as often as The Drum in the Discworld books this summer. However, I’m delighted to announce that It Is Now Mended. Its new tensioner handle arrived very swiftly … Continue reading
It’s been another miserable day today, but, for a little while this evening, a watery sunshine broke through, so the goats came to outside the conservatory where they could take full advantage of it and hung round, chewing. They have … Continue reading
Yes! At noon today, there was a bat milling around above the pond, hunting insects. I suppose the weather’s been so dreadful that they haven’t been able to hunt at night and are very hungry. He was far too fast … Continue reading
Well, actually, it’s the wool I’d forgotten to take a picture of in August. The Fine Wool fibre was from Freyalyn, “Shallows” at the top and “California” below. Both at 14wpi, they were the first test of thicker yarn plied … Continue reading
Will it hatch into a goat kid? Probably not. I suspect its destiny is to be a beautiful shawl, which will be a lot less noisy on the whole. This was made on a lovely Thursday afternoon when Amber & … Continue reading
Well, during the last month I constructed in my mind all sorts of exciting, witty & inspired posts which didn’t happen because of the broken blog. I have now forgotten them all. So here’s a summary of some of August’s … Continue reading
I found this tiny piece of fibre – just a few grams – when clearing up after Woolfest, in the general vicinity of the Fyberspates stall.
Well after all that cake, here’s a nice healthy lunch. Recipe here
This week I’ve been dyeing wool yellow, with wind-fallen lichen from the woods & orange with onion skins. In autumn I collect lichen which has blown from the trees in our woods. It dyes without a mordant to a beautiful … Continue reading