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I’ve not been getting a lot of wool-work done lately, but have managed to finish a few more tiny birds (12 done so far)

And then yesterday I got the urge to do some garter stitch.

The fiber is Malabrigo Nube in the Diana colorway, that i picked up in Salt Lake City earlier this year. The chain plying is a bit uneven, but you don’t notice that so much once it’s knit up. Simple garter seemed the best way to show off the fabulous colors and make the fabric thick and squishy.

So there you go. 🙂

And in sheep news, I think that we might have turned the corner with flock relations. During Friday night’s heavy rain I noticed everyone (including Esther) hanging out in the shed. What a relief.

Go Hawks!

It’s been quite a rainy couple of days.
But that’s October. And we needed it. So no hard feelings 😉

But the sheep are still being difficult with regards to sharing space with Esther, so there has been some drama in the shed during the downpour. I think it’s slowly getting better, but sometimes it seems like one step forward, two steps back.
Kind of frustrating.

Anyway, this week i tried out another ornament pattern, Christmas Balls.

It has three designs, and i chose to work the Kilim chart.

Its a cute pattern, and i think it turned out ok, but i the design probably would show more clearly if I’d used a two-ply yarn, or if i could have figured out a way to block it properly.

I like it well enough that I’d knit it again, but I found it kind of fiddly doing stranded colorwork on double pointed needles, so it took me forever to make this little guy. Not really a quick project.

So i think I’m going back to making tiny birds (and finishing my shawl!)

We got some sprinkles of rain on Thursday, but it didn’t amount to much.
So things are still dry and crunchy.

But I’m looking forward to Fall, and the return of moisture to the landscape.

We’re planning on changing up the configuration of the chicken side of the shed before winter, and implemented the first of the upgrades this weekend- new PVC feeders.

We’re hoping that these help reduce the amount of spillage and waste. Once they get used to the new setup we’ll probably make two more to replace the other feeder, so we can make sure there is enough access for everyone.

The pasture is mostly dried up now, and the sheepers get pretty darned excited at the prospect of fresh-cut apple branches. It’s a surefire way to bring everyone together

And I’m all about making the sheepers happy 🙂

And if there is one thing that this weather has been good for it’s drying yarn.

I have been getting a some spinning done lately, a little Chone and a little Dottie.

And I think that I’m going to want/need to shear Dottie again this fall. She’s already got about 3 1/2- 4″ of fleece grown since spring, and is a bit prone to felting over the winter.

Everyone else should be good ’til spring I think.