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I think I’ve got all the yarn I’ll need to complete the “shades of gray sweater”

(taken on location while I was waiting for a bus yesterday)

and I figure I’m about 1/3 complete, knitting-wise.

So my spinning focus has shifted to Huey.

I’ve got about 2/3 of his fleece washed up now, and I’ve started swatching around….

(same bus stop- the light was really great)

It’s the most beautiful ginger-y color, and I really like it as a lofty, softly spun three ply.
So soft. So silky. And just a hint of pearly luster.

Mmmmm.

Oh- and I forgot to mention last week that the Experimental Sweater finally fulfilled it’s destiny-
I got talked into entering it in the Arts and Crafts show at work:

And all because that silly scarf aspired to be a more than an accessory

Ok.

Time to go play with my fleece.

Well, I made the resolution with the best intentions.
But how can you turn down lovely Shetland wool?

Tell you what-
If lovin’ fleece is wrong, I don wanna be right.

Meet Huey:

He’s a little jumbled there, having just been washed and air-dried.

Here he is all swatched up:

And here it is a little closer:

And even closer:

I’m really loving Huey’s fleece.
It’s really fine and silky, and feels just like a merino/silk blend, only alot easier and more fun to spin.

I’m thinking soft and lofty three-ply. Maybe something cabled…

And I beleive that in my recent single-minded pursuit of completed pasture fencing, I may have forgotten to mention my current knitting project:

This is from the Romney fleece I purchased last November from Eileen Hordyk of Sand Hill Romneys.
I’ve separated the fleece into three different shades and am spinning up a lightweight two-ply for a EZ-style seamless saddle shoulder v-neck pullover.
I’m about two weeks into it, but it’s taking a while since it’s on size 3 needles.

But it’s nice and easy, round and round and round in a 3×1 ribbing, and I’m enjoying the process.
And I think I’m really going to enjoy the sweater. One of those “goes with everything” wardrobe items.

And, just because she hasn’t been seen on the blog for a while, here’s Boo Kitty-

She’s got a birthday coming up. The big 1.0

🙂

Day 4 of our fencing adventure started slowly.

We were already pretty sore and tired from the labors of the last three days,

and it was a foggy and rainy morning.

We geared up and headed out to the pasture, and set about drilling a hole for yet another H brace.

And man-o-man was it a bugger.

Rocks. Big rocks. Pretty much the whole way down.

Dag.
And the hole digging had been going so well yesterday.

But we got through it. And spent the rest of the day tearing out old

clearing the fenceline

and installing the new

Amazing how much time and energy this takes.

We’re getting there. Slowly but surely.

Gotta go rest up for tomorrow.

Whew.

Ok, I hadn’t mentioned this on the blog before, but this week we are on vacation.

An intensive fencing vacation.

We didn’t do any fencing Saturday, so today was day three.

It’s going well, but even with the tractor’s help (which is substantial) it is mighty hard work, and we’re pretty pooped.

We’ve got the stretch along the front of our property done yesterday, and this afternoon we put in another three-post corner, after spending some considerable time clearing the fenceline  of offending shubbery.

But this morning, I got to help out with shearing over at Schoonover Farm!

Arrived at 10am, and the sheep were already penned up and ready to rumble.

The shearer (whose name I don’t remember) did a amazing job- it took all of 2 hours to do maybe 30 sheep?

I mostly held sheep after shearing and helped get them into the sling thingee so Donna could do hoof trimming and vaccinations.

Doesn’t Lewis look happy?

Was a lot of fun, a great learning experience, and I got a fleece for my efforts!

Not sure of the name on this guy. He’s a moorit yearling wether.

What a great day!

Will have pics of fencing progress tomorrow-