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More Organic Wool
November 21, 2005
I'm off work this week! It sounds better than it is (I'm off to revise for exams and do some Christmas shopping) but it's still very nice to be home and get a small lie in!
I've finished one piece of Dad's jumper (the back) and I seem to be on target with yarn quantities as well so that's good. Here's a picture of the finished piece:
And another one from a funny angle, which shows the texture and colour much better, oh well on my monitor anyway!
I also was emailed (from someone who works on an organic sheep farm) some photos of the actual sheep the wool is from! Very exciting! I showed a photo of a little brown sheep when I first showed this wool, but it was a different sheep (I knew I'd be wrong!). The main dark brown wool is from a Hebridean sheep:
And the light grey one which I'm using just at the cast on edge is from a Jacob sheep!
I really like seeing the exact kinds of sheep it came from! Well, onto a sleeve next :)
Posted by jen at November 21, 2005 05:16 PM
Comments
The sheep look lovely - I hope they are managing with their trimmed woolly coats in this cold weather!
Posted by: Mum at November 21, 2005 08:23 PM
Oh, what cute little sheep. You've made a very handsome sweater from the little guys. I love buying yarn at fiber festivals for that very reason, it's kind of like "meeting the artist". Good luck with the exams.
Posted by: Silvia at November 21, 2005 10:33 PM
that is soo cool to see the sheep your wool came from! thanks for your nice comments on my finished sweater!
Posted by: erika at November 22, 2005 08:59 PM
Oh wow, how cool is that??? I've never met anyone who originally supplied my wool (by growing it). You're moving along on that sweater. It's difficult to tell from my ancient monitor, but is that a moss stitch you're using on the body?
Good luck on your exams!
Posted by: Michelle at November 23, 2005 10:41 PM