This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I > am learning how to spin > this winter Hooray for you!! At our house we laughingly call my spinning "sheep therapy". Believe me, it works! Don't know about keeping sheep, though. We don't, as it requires quite a lot of extra work in our wet climate to assure fleeces that are useful for spinning. When I was growing up in Montana, my uncle raised sheep. I remember him commenting that a sheep was "a four-legged accident looking for a place to happen." They did seem to get into an awful lot of trouble, unless he had a shepherd tending them - or used a wether goat as a herd leader. Around here I have seen a few places which seem to pasture cows and sheep - or even horses and sheep - right in the same field. I do wonder what happens with the sheep if the horses were to start running - would the sheep follow blindly? I think I would rotate them in the field instead of putting them in all together. Any ideas Elin or George? Happy spinning. Mary, a fellow spinner. No I haven't tried spinning fjord "down" yet. Maybe someday. A friend does use the tail hair for tying fishing flies, though. ===== Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
