Busy week

Well, the lambs are all here!  They’re getting bigger and stronger every day and starting to make me laugh out loud watching them play together in the evenings!

 

Roy’s been off all week, so we’ve been busy starting projects – – and trying to finish a few.

 

The barn is all cleaned out from the winter, and we’ve started a nice big mulch pile to compost down for future gardening needs.

 

We’ve dug a dozen or so post holes in the back field.  We’ve got a dozen or so more to put in before we can start stretching fences over them, mounting gates, and stretching high tensile wire to prepare this field for the sheep.  That will be so much safer and easier than using the portable electric fencing back there.

 

Today we’ll try to sneak in a few more seeds and onions in the garden before the raindrops come.  We will also be gathering cut firewood from the woods and bring it up to be split before the hot summer arrives.

 

We’re excitedly preparing our 16 fleeces for the CT Sheep, Wool and Fiber Festival this Saturday.  We have quite a variety from which to choose!

 

Our family will be there helping out with the sale as well as helping to demonstrate fleece skirting.  We hope to see you there!  If you want to purchase fleeces, we suggest arriving as close to 9am as possible!  

 

If you’re not there for fleece, there are so many other things to do and see, and the only fee is $5 for parking!

 

A celtic group called Fiddleheads will be performing Celtic and fold music from 11am until 2pm.

 

Windham Woolies 4H group will have a Kids Corner with crafts and games for children.

 

A sheep dog trial runs throughout the day.  Watching those dogs work a flock is awesome!

 

If food is your “thing” – lamb stew and fried dough…need I say more?!

 

State Veterinarian Mary Jane Lis will be available at 11am to answer questions in an open forum.

 

From 1pm until 3pm, Jo Judd will have a wool quality workshop.  It’s a must if you have wool breed sheep and need to know more…

 

If you’re thinking about alpaca, which are quickly growing in popularity, there will be a free seminar at 11am – Alpaca 101.

 

And here’s the rest of the schedule:

 

RED BARN I

Hosted by Happily Hooked on Crochet Club

 9:30 Introduction to Crochet

 11:00 Tunisian Crochet

 12:00 Introduction to Crochet

  1:30 Crochet with Roving

 2:30 Introduction to Crochet

 

RED BARN II

Hosted by the Nutmeg Spinners

 11:00 Skirting a fleece for handspinners

  1:00 Basics of hand painting yarn and fiber

RED BARN III

  Sheep Shearing – top & bottom of every hour

starting at 9:30

RED BARN IV

  10:00 – Angora Rabbit Care

  11:00 – Knitting with Beads

 12:00 – Kumihimo

 1:00 – Sheep 101

  1:00-2:00 – I Made it with Wool !

 2:00 – Shetland Sheep Primer

 

 

RED BARN V

 10:00 – Color Blending with a drum carder

  11:00 – Spinning Wheel Clinic

  12:00 – Knitting Cables

  1:00 – Hooking with Fleece

 2:00 – Needle Felting

  3:00 – Hand Spinning Artisan Yarns

RED BARN OUTSIDE

 9:00 – 4:00 – Bobbin Lace Demonstrations