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Wow. That was fast.

Summa summa summa-time.

White sheeps lounging and cud-chewing

Dottie scratching an itch

And Chone coming in close for a cuddle

He’s such a sweetie 🙂

If you’ve been on the sheepcam recently, you might have noticed a large blue object sitting next to the hay feeder.
That’s a cobalt salt block- and I’m hoping that it might help with them processing the metabolic by-products of molybdenum (of which we have much in our pasture grass) The sheeps have been enjoying a cobalt block for about a month now- and have actually made a dent in it

Here’s hoping that it helps strengthen the hooves. Figure it’s worth a shot.

This weeks hat, fresh off the needles

And a red blend from the wheel

But as much as I love the fun and funky colors I’ve been playing with- I’m starting to feel a need to do a little bit of natural color work. Kind of a palate cleanser.

This week I started playing a bit with my “Deep Water” fleece. The fully saturated color is pretty intense,

so I thought I’d do some blending to create some different shades with Dottie (silver grey) and Frank/Felix (white)-
That worked out nicely, and I expanded my experimentation to make some blue-based multis

Here are all my little wool muffins waiting to be spun- in a cool sheep planter (seemed appropriate) 🙂

And here are the new spins!

Also have another hat underway- here’s a little close-up of the color scheme

I do love mixing and matching colors to come up with combos that kind of pop. Think this one is going to fun- the oranges and golds are so energizing, and the greens balance it, I think. Guess we’ll see when it’s done and blocked!

Also been meaning to mention a cool book that The Man got for me recently-

Been enjoying making my way through her adventure- meeting sheep of many breeds, their shepherds, and taking in the landscape.
Scottish Isles, sheep, wool, and socks- definitely a winning combination!