...and the goats, chickens, rooster, peacocks, llama, alpaca, dog, cats, pig,...
Today was our first visit as participants in their Fiber Project, "...designed to give those who do not have sheep an opportunity to experience sheep farming and the fiber production process. This year long program gives participants eight opportunities to visit the farm and the sheep during important times of the year such as shearing, lambing and halter training etc. This project is similar to adopt a sheep, but more hands on and educational. Participants buy one share of a sheep (kind of like a wool CSA) and get the quarterly news letter, invites to the farm during shearing, after the lambs have arrived, training and maintaining during the summer months and wool processing (washing, carding, spinning and dying). Also toward the end of the year members get two skeins of hand spun yarn from their sheep with patterns included and a knitting class."
We choose Cloe as our share sheep. She is a cross between a Shetland and a Bluefaced Leicester. Cloe is small with a sweet disposition and cream-colored, soft, crimpy wool.
