The Breakfast Bar

One thing you can never say about Maisie is that she's a chicken...unless there is chicken scratch grain on the ground and then she is totally a chicken ;-).  Makes for a good new puzzle.

The Renny Sweater

The Kentucky Shepherd's Market on Saturday went really well.  We had great vendors and a good crowd, excellent food, perfect weather and tons of fun.  Auntie Reg was there to keep things rolling in the booth so I was able to teach drop spindle lessons throughout the day and that made my day.

Well, maybe what really made my day was wearing my Renny sweater for the first time.  Yeah, I'd never even put it on after it was finished.  This is not the first time I've done that.  Remember the Rebecca Boone capelet story?  I've yet to wear the Lamb Camp Bottle Lamb poncho.

Why is that?  

The Rebecca Boone capelet knit up without a hitch if I remember correctly, but the Renny sweater took years to get the colors right and pattern settled.  I loved both items when they were finished, but I think I was worried the capelet would be too short or I'd look silly wearing it and that the Renny sweater wouldn't fit right or be comfortable to wear or something and then I would no longer love them as much.  

You'd think after learning my lesson about the capelet that I wouldn't be so funny about wearing the other two items.  I wonder if part of the poncho is because of the trauma of losing Abby and Early.  I miss those two lambs especially, but I've also backed way off enjoying all the lambs like in the old Lamb Camp days.  The poncho was made for lambing time.

I got lots of compliments on my sweater Saturday and when I told the story of not wearing it before, everyone understood and one knitter even finished my sentence for me "...you were afraid you'd no longer love it."  

That might be the beauty of gathering together for events like these.  I ended the day feeling inspired and encouraged and...a little less crazy.  And, like the Rebecca Boone capelet, I now love the Renny sweater even more.

I Finally Did It

I've avoided it as long as I could, but finally got coerced into making a drop spindle instruction video.  It took about 42 tries and on try 43 I finally got rolling...and Archie showed up.  That cat.  I didn't want to chance having to try for take 44, 45, 46... so I just kept going and no one was injured during the video and I didn't mess up and use any grown up words ;-).  It's actually sort of funny.

I uploaded it to IG because I know how to do that and it is a link that can be saved and reused.  I'll try to figure out how to post it YouTube next week.  I'm rushing around right now trying to get everything ready for The Fall Kentucky Shepherd's Market Day on Saturday.  It's going to be a really fun event!

If you'd like to learn how to use a drop spindle, here you go.  I'll also be teaching in person at the market on Saturday :-).

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The end of the video got cut off (even IG wanted me to shut up ;-) so I posted the last two minutes separately.

 

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Whiskers

When I first looked at this picture I was drawn to the contrast between the wool and the wood, but then I noticed her white nose.  When did that happen?  Some sheep go gray just like people do.  Of course, as a naturally colored Clun Forest, Kaala's already known for being gray (her fleece), but I had to go back and look to see when her muzzle started turning.

Kaala got here in 2018...so that makes her...maybe nine...ten?  I wonder if her ear tag has a date on it.

The Ol' Sneak Attack

I saw Burrnie sleeping in the sun this morning and tried to sneak in and take a picture...but he caught me.  This is his favorite sleep spot when it's warm.  When it gets cold, he moves in to the middle of the stall, about 10 feet from this position.  Cozier, but no pillow :-/.

I realized that when I hit a big run of blog posts, it's usually because I've taken pictures with the big girl camera and not my phone.  I have to manually download those picture to the computer, but when they are  on the computer, it's easy and fun to create a blog post...like in the olden times.  Plus I like them better :-).

I'm making a bigger effort to use my beloved camera more and thereby use my beloved blog more.  

Would you like a new puzzle?  I'm going to try to remember to do them more as well.

Cheers!