I’ve been calling this project “The Reluctant Sheep”. I went to a shearing and this sheep did not want to be sheared. She managed to hide out until the last. Once they sat her down, she gave in. I just had to have the fleece! It’s been sitting in my stash for almost 20 years. I decided to start working up these older fleeces. I have plans to make a cabled cardigan from this, possibly one from A Fine Fleece. There’s 700 grams of this and I worked through 214 grams this weekend. I have other fleeces I bought at the same time, that will need to be worked up too. I am doing these on the wheel. I want to do everything on the spindles, but I need to crank through this. I do have a spindle sweater project going. And I am trying to work up some of the older, stalled projects like this one:
This is some Inglenook Southdown/tussah silk. I have been spinning this on an Enid Ashcroft Midge, 3 ply yarn. I haven’t worked on it in months. I wanted to spin some Downs breed and remember this, so I’m working it up on a Bosworth. I hadn’t thought about using it for socks, but that’s likely what I’ll do. And it is nice fiber.
The socks are coming along nicely! Really enjoy knitting these. The grey corriedale is ready to use. I’ll use it or possibly work on socks for Lon. The double marled yarn I did is also ready to use. And I have two other handspun sock yarns ready to use. I do need socks.
One Comment to "The Reluctant Sheep"
I recall reading some time ago about a renegade ram in Australia who eluded the shearers for so long that he became practically immobile because of pelt overgrowth. This reluctant ewe reminds me of that ram. What a character!
(I have a pelt from a wether named Murphy. Every time I sit in the recliner upon whose back Murphy now resides, I ask his permission.) 😉