Spinsters + Rhinebeck Madness!

At Spinsters yesterday, we got to visit with Tina’s glorious flock of lots and lots and lots of lambs!

Here’s a video of the Shetlands from Grasshopper (I remembered my camera but forgot my memory card… and my wallet and shopping list, sigh.)

And the Merinos & Romneys (also Grasshopper):

I was working on my barely-touched Spinner’s Hill batt & Jen reminded me I’d better get my ass in gear if I wanted this

to become an actual Rhinebeck sweater in time for the actual Rhinebeck.

Last night, we had thunderstorm & tornado watches & warnings all night, so I took the cats into the basement & cranked out about half a bobbin (not the one below; that’s from February’s Spinsters).

This will be my first year, and spinning up my Rhinebeck fiber (I couldn’t go, so I forced Jen to surprise me with a fiber haul, which apparently caused her untold angst :)) for a sweater-to-be has given me… Rhinebeck Madness!

That’s my Rhinebeck penny bank and my future Rhinebeck sweater. The perspective’ off–the jar is actually twice the size of the bobbin. And it’s not all singles, really!

Last weekend, the Yarn School helpers came out and we spent the weekend preparing the place for Spring Yarn School (still a couple spots left, but I’m closing registration soon!) I really like having my helpers come out early. Not only does a lot of stuff get wrapped up nice and early, but it also guarantees that I get started on the stuff I have to do myself much earlier. Every session I think: this time I’ll finally take some classes myself! But this time, I’m starting to actually believe it!

At Cupcake Ranch, Hokey Pokey has lost his tail & the Romney ram lamb is still unnamed. He is huge and hopping around now when he’s not lounging around like the laziest lamb in the history of time, and he does this cute thing when he’s nursing where he alternates between teats every three or four sucks, like he’s either OCD or afraid someone else will come along and drink his milk. The weather’s been shitty, but when it’s nice again, I’ll try to stare at him until a name materializes. I’ve toyed with a few ideas, but nothing solid yet. I think the lambs are due for vaccinations or worming or something. I’m going to look it up tonight and dose them tomorrow. I still haven’t moved them onto pasture with the electric fence. I dawdled when the weather was nice, then it got all rainy and I figured that wouldn’t be an ideal time to play with electricity.