Spinner's Guild Sheep Study

Goodness I am WAY behind in keeping you all updated with our farm happenings... It's been a crazy time of the year with lambing, finishing up this semester of graduate school at Cornell, and everything else that happens when the world wakes up in the spring.

Last month in April, I had the pleasure of attending the Genesee Valley Handspinner's Guild (http://www.gvhg.org/) meeting to participate in their current "sheep study". Each month, members of the guild receive a small sample of a different breed of sheep so they can learn about breeds, textures, and discover new types of sheep. In March, we supplied the guild with some of our Lincoln lamb wool, and I wanted to attend the meeting to see what members thought of our wool and what they did with it. The results were pretty impressive, as you can tell from the photos below!

While I don't spin, being a member of the guild will hopefully serve as a way to promote not only our business, but our breed and I look forward to being involved in the future. Maybe they'll even teach me how to spin one day!

All the members spinning while announcements are being given. Talk about multi-tasking!

Marilyn posing with some Lincoln yarn.

Caroline, the current president with two different yarn colors from different fleeces.

Can you believe she spins and knits a little sweater every month with the different types of wool?

Ray spun different weights of yarn and created these handy reference cards for each type of fleece.