Saturday, December 15, 2012

ROVING ON & ON & ON...

Graze over the colors/textures and let me know if anything strikes your fancy!
  
        This roving is very dense/plush/soft, and the creamiest &
                   dreamiest natural butter color. In does have more vm than I prefer, but if you're spinning fine, it truly is no problem at all.


This dark roving is on the soft side & very easy to spin. 
It is suitable for many projects.
       
Fun, bright, loaded with luster!!
       

Friday, November 23, 2012

My yarn spinning samples

Here are some examples of what I've produced for various projects here and there:
From L to R:
50/50 Churro/Mohair cable yarn (chunky wt.), 50/50 Churro/Mohair single yarn (sportwt.),
100% Churro lamb's wool 2ply (DK - Wrstd wt.), 100% Churro single yarn for felting 

Various fibers I've spun with Churro from Top - Bottom:
BFL/Churro, Yak/Merino/Churro,
Churro, w/ a splash of Mohair (the darkest yarn shown)
Same yarns as shown above, but in reverse order.
All 3 yarns are in the worsted to heavy worsted wt. category.






 Various Churro singles:
   


spun at various weights....


Thursday, November 22, 2012

Fall is a flurry, or furry, or BOTH!

  Let me catch my breath!

     Life's a flurry blur as I attempt to juggle work and farm responsibilities, and breeding has added to the pile, but my ram Ted is quite the gentleman, and so easy to work with.  
     I'm excited to see the new lambs this coming spring.  I have two ewes of my own bred, and two ewes which I've sold  [one bred, and one not].
     Yes, since purchasing two new Navajo-Churro ewe lambs this fall, and already having 4 other ewes...I felt I needed to do something to help keep my numbers in check. A shepherdess in LA is buying Roseee, and Daizeee.
     So, the only other new news right now is...I have some raw fleeces for sale, as well as new roving which arrived in the past month.
     
Here is what I call....'Spinner's Mix' 
It's a combination of HEAVILY SKIRTED raw wool from:
Daizeee (Polypay X), Roseee (N-Churro), Putteee (my Teeswater X wether lamb), & rambouillet.  Daizeee's and Roseee's wool is extra short because it's only 4 months growth as opposed to 6 months (long story short....I needed to take advantage of a shearing opportunity, so I did).   Yeah! 



Additional pics of fleeces.....

Basket full of Daizeee
Dizzing up some Daizeee

   S O L D  !!!!

P.pay/Shet. X ewe: 
             1.9 lbs

       Daizeee fleece
              $19 
Daizeee wool options.....spin in the raw (very easy due to low grease & bouncy wool),    
or quick wash to a bright, light fluff to card & spin


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Navajo/Churro raw wool of various colors is most always for sale...just contact me through Ravelry.



















Teeswater X G.Coast/Dairy wether lamb: 1.6 lbs.

S O L D !




















Thursday, September 6, 2012

Breeding line up: lambs due 2013

Fall 2012: I bred a BFL ram to the following Navajo-Churro ewes:

 These are my first two 
                Navajo-Churro ewes I bought 4 years ago, 
Rosebelle on the left, and Ceeeola on the right.
              Close ups of both ewes. 
      I feel very strongly the cross will produce beautiful sheep, with great wool.






Monday, September 3, 2012


  Introducing... "Fl-urro",          my first BFL-Navajo-Churro cross lamb! Go ahead, pick up hay or clover, & feed him! OR just pet him and watch to see how much he enjoys it.....
adopt your own virtual pet!

Saturday, July 28, 2012

BFL ram

     The BFL ram I've chosen to purchase is from Dreamcatcher Sheep Farm in Missouri, the breeder's name is Jennifer Fitzwater.
     The ram's name is Teddy.

I think he's just gorgeous!  I'll get more pics when he arrives in Texas this fall.

Yummy yummy, loads of locks!