Sticker Burrs Galore

After such an early start to the day, you'd think we'd go to sleep early tonight. No such luck. We went out to the farm early this evening, thinking we'd situate everyone, and come home and weave. Unfortunately, when we looked at some of the sheep, they looked a little funny this evening. Thank goodness Susan came over to help. Three of the sheep, Moonlight and her baby Stormy, and Ebony (the orphan baby), were covered in sticker burrs, deep in their fur, especially around their necks. It was awful. We had to have Susan hold their heads, and Danielle and I went through their fur and picked out each and every sticker burr. Yucky.

I'm glad we did it. Tomorrow we go through the yards and cut down every sticker burr bush we can find.

So, it's a late night. But we're satisfied.

Danielle spent a great deal of time this afternoon weaving a towel on the table loom. I'm still working on the triangle loom, on a shawl. Both will be available on the Etsy page, which you can access from the website at www.mdkwi.com on the KareDan Farm page. Tomorrow we'll be making a batch of goats' milk soap. You can write for a sample of the soap we've already made. Let us know at info@mdkwi.com