Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[CocoNUT]

I'm SO proud of you! I knew you'd figure out that loom! Maybe we can swap...I'll spin your wool...and you can weave it! I like the red/white pattern you have going too.
Hopefully everything will go well with your ewe...any updates?
I was engrossed in a cleaning fit of craziness yesterday...so didn't get out much. I did spin another 120 yards of icelandic wool though! VERY nice stuff. Now I just have to dye it, beat it, dry it and crochet with it! YAY!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Morning Coco!

Harriet is doing okay. I think I figured out she has MORNING sickness! She won't come and eat in the morning, but in the afternoon she will. So? Must be that!

You are a spinning maniac Coco!

 

[CocoNUT]

spinning is something to help with the insomnia! good way to let the mind wander....
how's that weaving coming along? you could probably make matching napkins for your table runner!
Oh...forgot to tell you...DD LOVES felting! apparently she's a 'master' at it! I'm proud that she hasn't managed to stab herself...

 

[Southern by choice]

Loving your loom! This will be fun to watch the progression!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

That is the neatest thing! I am jealous a bit Can't wait to see more.

 

[jodief100]

Now you need to join the Weaver's Guild! It looks nice. I want a loom.......

 

[Bridgemoof]

Thanks guys! I got only a couple inches done today. It's looking really cool. I'm going to go work on it now.

I AM part of the weaver's guild already Jodi! The league I belong to is the Blue Ridge Spinners AND Weaver's Guild, so now I can participate in the weaver's group activities, too!

 

[Bridgemoof]

I'm well on my way with the weaving. I think I'm about half way done, but not sure because both ends are rolled up and I can't tell. I got a lot done today in between work and feedings. It's going much smoother now and quicker. I went back and read one of my books and now everything makes sense! It didn't make one bit of sense trying to read it before I weaved anything. But now I know what I did wrong and my next project will be most beautious! I'm already dreaming about what I can spin and weave.....eeeee! My back is killing me from intensely crouching over the loom, but it's been really fun!

FEEDINGS
Speaking of feedings, I'm SO tired of feeding! Now with the momma goats still up in the barn with the baby goats, they have been on a special diet. Which means going out there every morning and every afternoon and mixing up their special concoction. We don't feed anyone anything out of any feed bags. Everything is based on ear corn that we buy by the ton. Then it's mixed with particular minerals, soy, molasses, etc. depending on who gets what. And since I get up first and go out there first I have added on the responsibility of feeding them, too, because I would feel bad if they had to wait until Tim got our there. Plus I've been feeding the sheep ore grain since allegedly they are pregnant. Anyways, enough whining.

JACOB WHETHER FOR SALE
So my biggest news is I have made the decision to take our newest Jacob whether to the auction on Monday. He's not doing very well here. For one, Uriah is constantly trying to hump him :/ He is still cold after being sheared. He hasn't embraced the corn feeding. He is scouring. He's not a looker. He's got no personality. Honestly, I think that Uriah may have rammed him. He was scouring a dark almost reddish poo. We gave him probios and pepto and that helped for a bit but the the scours came back, lighter though. Then the other day when I took his temp it was only 99. That's when I tried putting a sweater on him that didn't work so well. Today I took his temp and it was only 94.!!! He should be dead! I went and took somebody else's temp to make sure the thermometer was working and it was. I looked up low body temp in sheep and the only thing I could find was Hypothermia, which doesn't seem likely since he is in a barn and it's not subzero temps outside. It's barely freezing. So the other thing I found was internal bleeding could cause low body temp. I thought that may be it. I tried putting another sweater on him today, put him by a heat lamp and got his temp back up to 99. Then later the sweater got all tangle up on him and as I was trying to get it off of him Uriah was trying to ram me and him. So I put Uriah in a stall and the little brat jumped over the stall wall which is narrow and about 4' tall! So I just made the decision to get rid of the whether before I get too attached to him, plus I need to focus my attention on the producing sheep. So we'll get rid of him before something really bad happens. Have I adequately convinced myself that this is the right thing to do yet? I hope so!

OKay, I'll try to take a pic of my weaving progress tomorrow! Almost time for bed. Night!

 

[Southern by choice]

about the wether. Sorry bridge. Uriah needs a spanking!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Uriah got spankings, it didn't work, lol. Now he gets the STICK! Tim told me to get a stick and bop him on the nose. I did. He boinged away. Now when I go in there I just carry the STICK and he stays away from me. But it's hard to hold the stick and a bucket of feed and try and open gates and stuff. And if I go in there without the stick, by golly, there is you know who trying to bop me with his horns. I still love him He's so darned cute!!!!

I wish I had a camera with me yesterday out in the barnyard. The little piggy has been running around now. I've bee letting her out of her stall. The Jacob sheep were afraid of her at first and were bopping her with their horns, BOP, SQUeaL, BOP, Squeal...but now they are used to her. But she can get under any fence or gate. Well yesterday there were two horses in the corral next to where the Jacobs are. The piggy went in there with them. The horses, Woody and Spot, were both laying down basking in the sun. Little piggy went right up to Woody's nose and was snorkeling around. Woody just looked at her. It was so cute, teeny piggy to big horsey, nose to nose. I was over at Ruth's helping her with her checkbook, and I called her over to look out the window. Ruth enjoys watching all the animals so much. She invariably leaves me notes because she's always got her eye on the barnyard. For example, "Bridget-your crippled sheep is stuck in the corn bin." We don't have a crippled sheep, she must mean the goat Uni. So I go investigate, nope. It's not Uni, it's the big pig Taco and he's not stuck! He's pulled over the whole trailer with corn in it and is eating it. And Ruth gets so mad when we park the horse trailer in front of the barn because it blocks her view!

Today is weaving, feeding, cleaning, weaving, feeding, cleaning and bed!