Laurie has recovered from her lambing ordeal – she gave birth to Robbin, the lamb. He still tries to get some milk from her, but she’s dry, and she isn’t having any of it.
Maria thinks she has some gorgeous wool coming, she has fully recovered her form, and it was lovely to sit on a bench and watch her chewing on her cud.
There is nothing more calming than watching a sheep chew its cud.
Hi John and Maria – When a sheep has lambed, a lot of her resources are need for her lamb. As a result, her wool could have a weak area in the fiber from that time. This weakness can cause the wool to break during processing. If it breaks, the resulting yarn will be weaker and prone to pilling. Maria’s handspinning friend, Suzy, can most likely help you test for soundness. Your shearer or the mill might be able to help you as well. The mill that processes fiber for me tests each fleece, so your mill may do this as a matter of course. If the wool is weak for spinning, it would still make great dryer balls.
We know all that, Pat, she’s fine now and quite sound..they always get weekend when they lamb, I’ve seen this over and over again for 15 years..