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This was The Man’s first slipper on Saturday”

And here it is next to one of my (size 9.5) feet, just so you get a real true sense of how humongous it is (was).

I had a nagging thought in the back of my mind as I was knitting it.
It went something like this:
“Wow. I remember your slippers being mighty big before felting,,, but this is nutso”

But, would you believe, it didn’t dawn on me until this morning that I should measure it and see how far out of the ballpark I was. (denial?) This is even after I had already cast on and knit the first couple rows of the sole for slipper #2.

18 inches.

Yes, It was 18 inches long. And I figure that the maximum possible shrinkage I can expect from a full-on hard felting is maybe 30%.

So, this is The Man’s slipper as of Sunday afternoon:

(it looks happier out in the lawn, doesn’t it?)

Other knitting that hasn’t received coverage on the blog yet (pre-empted by sheep) include

Suffolk socks:

And another Huey cowl:

Don’t know if I’ll get right back to the slippers.
I think I need a break from the line-by-line pattern following. Too much of that sort of thing really gets me down.

I need a nice, mindless, summer project.
Got any ideas for me?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Denise

Ps. Briar roses from the garden

Beauty, no?
Ever wonder why they call them Briar Roses?

Ouch!

More photos of my little Shetland guys now available at
http://shimonmor.com/TheShetlandSheepFlock/index.html

Chone is the flock’s offical goodwill ambassador, always coming to greet us at the gate with a smile-
And just this morning, I finally got some quality time with Edgar. Was so nice to just sit with him and fondle his lovely moorit locks while he and Chone chewed their cud. His fleece has such a nice silky feel. Just love it!

So, now I’m 4 for 5 on the socialization-
Griff is my only holdout, and I think he’ll give in pretty soon, now that his brother has warmed up to me.

Will try to get some good pictures of the fleeces this week-

Denise 🙂

Chone:

Edgar:

Griff:

Boys at the water cooler:

And taking the field:

Edgar says:

“Just happy to be here helpin’ out the team” 🙂

BTW- Just got our very first egg today! Isn’t it pretty?

Guess what we got this morning!

Yep, that’ll keep the boys for a while, I think.
Got a ton (literally) of hay packed in the woodshed.

In other news, I’ve won over Felix and Franklin with goodies and ear scritches,

and so I thought I’d give halter training a go!
The halter that we got from Premier one is still too big for the tiny sheeps, so I thought I’d make one from some heavy duty handspun yarn-

And here it is on our lucky first contestant!

It fit ok, but it’s really hard to keep the thing on the woolly buggers, especially when they start acting like bucking broncos!

So, I finally just let him wear it around for a while.

“Hey Frank- little help here?”

He finally came back to Maaaaa to see if I’d set him free.

Then everyone went to take a break behind the extra gate up against the shed. (seems to be a favorite spot)

Some pretty scenery from around the yard today-

Have a great week!