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.
I’ve finished the Jacob waistcoat! It’s been a bit of an off-on project – very quick to knit when I got down to it.
It’s going in the Annual Show on Friday. I’ll put up photos after that.
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 [...]
I spent an inspiring hour with Fenella this afternoon, training Tan. I arrived at her place just before she returned, so talked to one of her sheepdogs until the hail became too severe and he sensibly went into his kennel!
Fenella then arrived and we talked dogs whilst we drank tea and waited for the rain [...]
The sheep had to be vaccinated on Thursday, so I got the pen ready and took Tan in to the field to gather the hoggs (last year’s lambs) ready for Fenella’s arrival. She was coming with her dogs to help getting the pregnant ewes in – Tan is a bit boisterous to trust with the [...]