Here it is - the yarn from Alix the Shetland sheep. I've started a pair of socks with some merino for accents...think I'm going to TRY to knit a sweater, too...if I'm brave enough. But who needs a wool sweater in South GA?? I'd get to wear it once or twice/year...
Here's my newest spinning project - I met a great lady in Newnan who was spinning angora from her bunny. She was kind enough to send me some to try - it is SO SOFT. I now want an angora rabbit...but Cosmic Ray is not being too agreeable....hey, they are smaller than sheep, and don't eat as much....
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Hi Lisa! Alix's roving and the yarn you spun from it looks wonderful! This is Stephen from Sheltering Pines in Michigan. :-) Alix has probably the finest (in terms of fine to coarse) fleece of all my adult ewes! I micron tested her fleece and she came in at 23 microns (average fiber diameter) and she is 3 years old. That is amazingly good! It's really fun to get to see where some of our fleeces end up! You do a really nice job of spinning.
sincerely,
stephen
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