Fiber Love

Athena – – Coopworth – Border Leicester Cross

Hera — Coopworth – Border Leicester Cross

Moe — Romney – Coopworth – Wensleydale Cross

Larry — Romney – Coopworth – Wensleydale Cross

We just can’t wait to get our hands into these bags of fibery goodness, received last week from Davis Ridge Fiber Farm & Mill in Nettie, West Virginia.  We met Jen and Brandon at the West Virginia Wild and Wooly Fiber Festival.   Arriving with our four large bags of fiber in tow, we were shepherdess/s on a mission.  We were thrilled to meet the Harden family, and equally thrilled that they are starting a fiber processing facility in West Virginia!  We sent our ‘four bags full’ back with them to be processed into roving, and, well, you can see the results above.
It is tough to concentrate on the holidays surrounded by all this lovely fiber; next week may well see some shepherdess/s hiding from the family to do some post-holiday spinning!

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A Friday ritual.
A single photo – no words – capturing a single moment from the week.
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.

We have to break the rules a bit, and introduce the newest farm girl – Lauren Ruth – Shepherdess Sharon’s granddaughter, Shepherdess Anita’s great-niece, and Harley’s little sister.

Essential Equipment

Essential winter equipment for these farmgirls
 
** 100% waterproof
** cold-tested down to -40 degrees
** non-slip sole that kicks away dirt

So pretty, bright and cheerful, they make us smile on even the most grey, wet, cold, miserable mornings (so far anyway).  We love these boots!
Here’s hoping that they fit our snow-shoes. 
Well… honestly… here’s hoping that we won’t need our snow-shoes this winter.