Flannel sheet season

The most wonderful time of the year is flannel sheet season, not Christmas. This is the best time of year for wool and mohair sales, maybe that is what makes it feel like Christmas. A shepherd in the South has only a few short months to sell a fiber that is so warm, as it is hard to sell wool and woollen clothing when it is 90 plus degrees so many months of the year. But the flocks eat year round so the shepherd must make hay while the sun shines. The monthly meeting of the Peachtree Handspinner's Guild was today and I am fortunate to have so many supporters of a small farm flock. I joined the guild in 1986 and some of the spinners have wool from my sheep that are long gone, but their fleeces are still waiting to be spun. One of my favorite lines to tell buyers of handspun and knitted or woven clothing is that it may seem expensive, but it will last forever if taken care of properly.