Hoosier Hills Fiber Fest

This weekend was the Hoosier Hills Fiber Fest in Franklin IN where Joyce and I shared a booth. I ended up doing a little better than I thought but sales were still a little low. Of course I ended up spending more than I made but it was a worth while investment. I picked up a suri llama fleece, traded some angora yarn for a llama fleece, traded Joyce some roving for some llama and wool roving. I ended up with lots of llama LOL Thats great since llama is one of my favorite fibers though. The best part of my weekend was getting to see my friend Kathy Obrakta out and about who I have not been able to see much since she got sick. I believe the good Lord is really helping take care of Kathy very well.

This guy was giving demos on blade shearing sheep.

Little lambs in a pen.

Two little lambs in my dads dog box in the back of his truck?

Meredith in the front and Kristina behind all settled in a small pen in my barn for a couple days while they adjust to the new surroundings. They are 50% Cormo 25% Shetland and 25% Finn. The start of my spinners flock! Once these girls are old enough to breed I plan to get a Cormo Ram and a Cormo BL X colored ewe. I called and asked Dad for permission for a lamb since I would have to depend on him to come get it and take it home for me and he talked me into 2 lambs. Whoever thought my own Dad would be a bad influence on me? I tell you God really blessed me with wonderful parents that are very supportive and understanding of all my hobbies. God bless and hope you had a blessed weekend as well!

Quail

The quail have grown so fast it is hard to imagine they just hatched in April. Tonight while I was out feeding I found the first quail egg in the cage. Here are a couple of pics sorry they are so dark.


This second pic is the quail egg beside a chicken egg so you can see the difference in the 2. Most people know how small a baby chicken is so now you can imagine how tiny a baby quail is.

Tomorrow is the Hoosier Hills Fiber Fest, Joyce and I will be sharing a booth. I will try to get some pics but I am not very good at remembering to take them. God Bless hope you enjoy your weekend.

Rovings

I got these new rovings in this week, I am very pleased with the skeins I spun up. This is 2 of the fleeces I picked up at the Greencastle fiber event both came from Westfeild Woolies.

This is 50% Colored Angora and 50% Cormo BL X wool. A very nice soft yet strong yarn with a good amount of halo, and I am in love with the steal gray color. I think this would make some fantastic sock yarn! I have always wanted to spin my own sock yarn once I get brave enough to knit them maybe now its time to give it a go. $3.75 oz plus shipping.

34% Angora blended with Cormo. I dyed several different colors of orange and yellow and had the mill blend them all together with some just the right amount of firestar. The finished yarn is oh so soft would be great for baby cloths or other special projects. $3.50 oz plus shipping. I take paypal, checks, or money orders. Email me at psalms121@rocketmail.com God Bless!

Strawberries!

Mom and I picked these out of the berry batch tonight. Hopefully soon we will have enough for a pie. God Bless you and my strawberry patch!

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers Day to all your moms out there! I pray God Blesses you all!

Bailey

This is Bailey a Boxer puppy, she was born Jan. 6th.


Moses says Hello to Bailey. He was not very thrilled at first but they seem to be getting along a lot better now. He really liked being the only child.

Made herself right at home, she even snores its so cute! God Bless hope your all having a good weekend!

New Babies!

After I returned home from the Columbus Ohio mini convention yesterday where I was meeting a friend and making some new ones Drusilla had her first litter. Dru is a fawn German cross.

There are 2 Reds in this litter I am very excited about, an opal, 2 REW,2 Black a couple chestnuts and then the kit in the lower left hand corner that is looking like it may be a lynx or something to that effect. I have never had a lynx baby so not sure what they look like.
This next pic is a litter of blacks out of Stormie and Eddie. Out of 8 babies I only have 3 does one of which has a white spot on it forehead. All are very dark black though so should have good color for my black program.

Hope you enjoyed the bunny pics! God Bless.