Stocks

When you have stock(in the barn,not the bank), everyday begins and ends with a trip to the barn.Even on Christmas morning the goats and sheep are waiting for their gifts too.I have good friends just down the road that put up the best hay you can find and store it in their barn, all I have to do is hook up to the trailer with my gator and load about 10 bales that will last a few days.Much easier than in the past years when we tried to make hay ourselves, usually unsuccessfuly, with all the humidity we have.Fired up the old Ashley stove in my mill room yesterday and got the dye pot going,decided to overdye the light blue BFL fleece to a deeper blue.Saw an old colorway I made years ago that had been spun and knitted into a poncho by friend Bonnie, very eye catching, so I decided to try it again.Got two orders for black kid mohair, handwoven scarves and one curly spun, silvery taupe skein of yarn from Sasha(yearling mohair), to spin for Clare to finish her shawl.Perfect weather and time of year for spinning and weaving, but off to the barns first to check on my stock.