Thanks to everyone for sharing your thoughts about what makes this time of year special for you. Congrats go to RichelleCK who commented on 4/22. Richelle, you're the winner of our drawing for 4 skeins of Cormo Silk Alpaca yarn in the color "Bluebird" in celebration of our new lambs.
Spring is now in full throttle here on Patten Hill. The trees are leafing at last and the pastures are greening. It's truly a welcome sight but it means we are extra busy setting up fences for grazing and hoses for watering sheep in the field.
At the same time we have been dyeing, boxing and shipping Sheep Shares. Our spring/summer yarn Cormo Flock Sock (and fiber) is now on its way to Sheep Shares members.
We still have a small handful of yarn shares available for 2011. If you'd like to join us, please click here for more info. And a reminder to Sheep Shares members, our spring open farm day "The Strolling of the Lambs" is on Saturday, June 4.
Caring for the lambs is delightful. The video shows snippets of morning in the barn and on the pasture. The lambs clamber in and out of their creep pen during breakfast (a creep is a separate lamb feeding pen - only little lambs can fit through the special panel). Outdoors, they are learning about nibbling grass while sticking close to Crackerjack, their llama nanny. You can hear the sound of the rushing brook in the background (and can see it too in a few frames).
I am off now to work in my garden before the predicted rain.
Thanks again to all blog commenters and congrats to Richelle.
I'm so excited, I can hardly stand it!!!! I squealed pretty loud when I got the message at work. You know you knit too much when you don't even get sideways glances when you do such things at work. They just ask if some cool knitting thing happened. :) Thanks again, Barb!!!!
Posted by: RichelleCK | May 02, 2011 at 01:28 PM
Received my Sheep Shares on Friday, and wow...I can't wait to use it.
In addition to "natural", I ordered Marigold, which is out of my normal color pallet and it is beautiful!
Thanks Barb!
Posted by: Cindy in Happy Valley | May 02, 2011 at 01:56 PM
Love the photos! About how long does it take for the lambs to get the hang of grass nibbling?
Posted by: Konna | May 02, 2011 at 03:30 PM
Yahoo, I received mine today! There's a shawl in my future in beautiful dragonfly blue.
Posted by: Pat | May 02, 2011 at 05:00 PM
Yea Richelle!!! What a cute comment! You must work with cool folks!
What a nice video - I love to hear the sheep. We have Maryland sheep and wool this upcoming weekend - I'll get to pet some sheep if the owners and sheep will let me! I just walk through the barns and take in the sounds :)
Posted by: Torre | May 02, 2011 at 11:03 PM
Thank you for the lovely video!
Posted by: Rebecca | May 03, 2011 at 10:32 AM
Thank you for the ever so sweet video. I needed that this lunch time. I teach technology and the technology wasn't cooperating. I and my students were beyond frustrated. The video was soothing to my frazzled nerves.
Congratulations Richelle!!
Smiles,
Posted by: Cheryl Adams | May 03, 2011 at 01:05 PM
Just received my first shipment of yarn and it is absolutely gorgeous, thank you and your sheep so much. Love watching the videos and hearing all about the sheep, thank you for sharing
Posted by: Debra | May 03, 2011 at 07:40 PM
Just wanted to let everyone know the lovely Bluebird Cormo Silk Alpaca made it to Oregon earlier this week. It is an amazing colorway!!! I can't wait to work with it! Thank you so much for your generosity, Barb!!!
Posted by: RichelleCK | May 19, 2011 at 07:45 PM