Wednesday evening we were surprised by a ewe delivering twin ewe lambs. She had not been in with the ram because, although I love the color and feel of her fleece, she has an abscess on her udders. Cute little babies and already very self possessed!
I am training Gabriel to follow me from the house to the barn. He weighed less than 8 pounds when he was born. A week later he is almost 13 pounds. Pretty soon I am not going to be able to lift him, so he needs to make it on his own. He is easily distracted - a swirling leave caught his attention for a few moments. Starry and Gabriel are hanging with each other more. Gabriel is in the foreground in the two photos with them together. I can easily tell them apart because he is stockier and Starry has a long torso. They have already started to nibble on grain and hay.
Fiber stuff is always ongoing. If you look at the plum skein of yarn, you can see the knots hand spun into the yarn. I usually spin sport weight when I am doing art yarns, but I decided to try out lace weight. Lots of yardage -322 - enough for a project by itself, but I am spinning supercoils and will be doing a beaded yarn and a single for someone who wants a truly unique set of coordinating yarns.
I am at 52 inches on the Blue Spruce Shawl. My goal is 74 inches not counting the fringe. The rhythm of weaving yarns is truly soothing. Techniques lend themself easily to this mindless weaving.
If you want to see a short video of the new lambs and the maternity ward, go to my Facebook page, WithersWool, and look at my videos. It was done as a live yesterday. Follow/like my page if you are interested in regular updates.