I really wanted to drop kick or whitewash Murphy’s ass today!!! Wanna get your fibery fix sign up for the RSS feed on the upper right hand side of this post! Share and Enjoy:
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Dwayne and I spent most of Saturday wrangling goats into the stand and combing cashmere!!!! Most of the goats were already shedding their coats except for Serena ….I think she will be ready in a about a week!!!!! We were able to get 3 out of 4 goats […]
I was hoping to work on my U-neck School Girl Vest. However, events had left it abandoned, languishing on the table waiting for me. The goats are losing their coats so I have to hoard the cashmere before they rub it all off on the fencing. I planned to start yesterday. I bundled up and headed out to the barn. […]
Continue reading about Oh Monday – Can’t knit will try spinning fiber
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I didn’t get my Back-To-School U-neck Vest done as quickly as I hoped. I found that friends visiting + a few drinks = having to rip back some. However I’m not too upset about because I think I will probably have it done by Wednesday or Thursday. My next project is to finish my Clarus. […]
This week on the farm we had some interesting weather. Monday and Tuesday we were able to get some yard work done. The weather was really nice especially Tuesday. The work mainly consists of getting the rocks out of the lawn so my windows won’t get smashed when we mow. The lawn faces the south […]
I’ve had an interesting week on the farm. I still have not gotten to de-cashmereing Gabby(shame on me). The weather is getting a bit better though. Stuff is starting to grow finally. I still have a huge snowdrift on the north side of the house though. I did however get a bunch […]
Continue reading about This Week on the Farm- April 15, 2011
I’ve been slowly collecting cashmere off the goats. Just in time too as I’m down to 1 pd of stock cashmere left. The goats are all looking alot skinnier except for Gabby. Her fiber just isn’t ready to release yet. The chickens have majorly started laying again. We collected 8 eggs in one day and […]
I’ve come a decision about the direction I want to take this blog in. I still want to inform people about different fibers. However I also want keep to the whole reason I started this blog which is to share my life and my rescued animals with you. To be honest I’m having trouble keeping […]
I’ve posted about fiber goat care. So you have fiber how do you process it and what do you do with it? Cashmere goats produce a double fleece that consists of a fine, soft undercoat and much coarser outer coating of hair called guard hair. For the fine under-down to be processed further, it must be de-haired. […]
