Shearing

Yesterday was shearing day. I was so excited to see what I got. I knew Charlie and Beauty's fleece would be nice, but I wasn't Sure about Lulu's.  As a lamb we had her shorn to soon and then it was to short the following year as well so this was the first real fleece from her. Plus we would be able to tell if the ewe's were bred.

Of course we picked the coldest day ever this spring to shear. It was probably in the 30's. Poor Beth wanted to watch so bad, but she was freezing. I felt really bad for Colin though because he couldn't really wear a jacket or gloves while shearing, brrrrrrr.......

 I was glad to see that her fleece was a good length. She has such a nice dark chocolate brown fleece.

Normally I am patient enough to wait till I get to the mill to skirt fleeces, but I really wanted to check them out and they are awesome!!!!

Here is a close up of charlies locks, they are so soft and fine, yum........

Here is what I got from Lulu. I was glad to there was a lot more prime and seconds than there was trash. I think after I wash it and card it, it is going to make some really nice yarn. It is so fine and springy. I'm thinking of blending this with some white and then over dyeing it so the brown will show through and the white will be dyed. It would make a really nice tweed.

The best part of the day was that we found out if they were bred....

Yay!!!! Both ewe's are preggo and will be due mid-late April. Hopefully it will have warmed up by then.