You know, I was never addictive when I was younger; I tried different things, but never had a problem walking away from anything. And now, at mid-life, I have an addiction that I can't kick! As much as I try to clean out my wool room, I always seem to be putting something back in!
We sheared Sunday so I have three new fleeces on my porch. Tunis (Eben), CVM/Romney (Gracie), and at the bottom Dorset/Suffolk (Babs). They are full of itty bits of vm, as I didn't cover them at all. This is the Tunis ram's hogget fleece, and both Gracie and Babs had not been sheared since the fall of 2010. So I guess I will process these myself, figure I'll be done sometime in the mid 2020's.... maybe.
5 comments:
Just lovely! I was drooling over your beautiful Coopworth/Polypay fleece on Ravelry. I have never tried Polypay (it's a sheep I don't hear much about) but have Coopworth in the stash :-)
Good luck on stash reduction. I haven't figured out the solution either. Those rovings are lovely.
Hello i just discovered your blog, and the dependence on and addiction to things that have to do with wool, and sheeps, I know very well! The same probelm with reducing the stash ! Nice blog beautiful pictures. greatings from Germany, Anke
It's a good thing I can't keep sheep (no room) or I'd be in the same situation. As it is, I keep coming aross things I HAVE to get. I live in Vermont, and know too many people with sheep and goats and llamas and alpacas. Then I went to visit family and friends in the NW and had to acquire an extra suitcase for the fleeces I got on Lopez Island. Your fleeces are so beautiful now I want some like them. I didn't realize my curiosity would lead to this, um, addiction!
Love all the beautiful fibers! It makes me want to try all sorts of new types of wool for spinning.
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