Above is a Jacobs ram named
Frodo. I am debating continuing to keep this breed, since he is so aggressive and their fiber is not "next to the skin." The horns and color are interesting, but maybe not $300+ per year?
His companion looks like she might be the first to deliver this spring. She has that
depressed look of pregnancy about her. I am feeding her extra grain, since I lost her mother to toxemia last year.
My cure for dreary skies is carding up cheerful color combinations. This is actually still hanging and I plan to spin it up tomorrow, unless someone comes in to buy it before I do.
All of my
batts have a front and a back and they never match. The yarns turn out variegated and have lots of texture, since they are a combination of different wools and mohair.
This is a close up of the backside of the previous
batt.
This is a cheery orange
batt. They all measure between 20 and 30 inches wide and are 60 inches long.
This is a cool blue one. The other side has no blue in it at all.
A close up of one that I will probably spin. I added black Jacob/Shetland to it and the sheen of the mohair really popped.
This is the full length of the
batt.
I came up with a new way to hang my
batts for photographing. I am clamping one end of the
batt between poles and hanging it from one of the shelves in the studio. I carded this
batt up last night and it was so lovely that I left it hanging while I pulled strips off it to spin. One 4 ounce skein is drying and the second skein is almost done.
