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Pretty hens, I like the speckled gold ones. That blue hen on the left looks gigantic! Was she ruffling up?
That’s the rooster. He’s big and majestic lol
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I did it. I dry picked all that wool. Which wasn’t even that much wool considering I skirted off over half of it lol
I made 28 rolags and have already spun 5 of them. It’s fun.
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I didn’t feel like waiting for my drop spindles to arrive, so I made one out of a pencil, cardboard, and wire with some glue and tape to hold it together. It works 😂
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I’m making yarn from the fleece of my first sheep that I bottle fed, raised, then sheared all myself. It’s kind of crazy to think about it.
I still have a few things more to do before I can actually use the yarn, but I’m pretty happy with my progress so far. It’s bizarre to think I started all this just a week ago 😎
 

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I got my spindle full enough that I decided to wind it onto a tp roll while I repeat the process. Then I’m going to spin them together to make a 2-ply yarn.
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It was nice and sunny this morning (if cold) and Woolfie was feeling full of herself. Kept trying to convince the others to play. Foxy accepted 🙄😝
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Kit and Dingo were smart enough to stay out of it and focus on the hay I was getting for them 😊
 

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Yeah, I’m actually pretty proud of myself 😎 Considering it wasn’t something I ever intended to do, I think I’ve done pretty well. As for being inventive, I come by that trait from my Mom. She’s always been good at making due with what she has on hand and taught me to be the same way. It’s a skill/trait that certainly comes in handy!
So, I took a big fat bird perch I had lying around and a few tp rolls and plied the yarn together for a small length of 2-ply!
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It’s currently hang drying on the bird perch over a dish towel 😋
If (and that’s a big if) I did the math right, it’s about 114 feet long. Not sure if it’s enough to make anything out of (maybe a hat?), but it’s a start. In March or April, I’ll have my ordered spindles and four more fleeces to spin into yarn...you know, once I shear, wash, dry, pick, and comb through them all 🥴
Might be next winter’s project since I’m hoping to be a mad hatcher before then 🤪🐣
Oh, and bonus pic of baby eating his toy car this morning lol ❤️🥰❤️
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