Life on the 59th Parallel
Posted in Knitting, Sanday Show, Sheep, Spinning on Dec 5th, 2009
At last I’m getting around to posting photos of the completed Jacob Waistcoat. It was fun to knit and even got a prize at the Sanday Show! The pattern needed a little correction, but it knitted up quickly and I may make another soon.
Posted in Sanday Show, Sheep, Smallholding, horses on Jul 28th, 2009
Well, since March we’ve had 19 lambs out of 12 ewes, sheared 20 sheep, and now it’s time to get sheep and horses ready for the annual Sanday Show.
I’m taking 12 sheep and both horses (the horse classes are a bit low on numbers this year, so I’ve entered both of them).
Decided to wash their [...]