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fleeced

  • Joined May 2011
Hello
« on: May 25, 2011, 09:33:07 pm »
 :wave:

Hi...Ive been lurking on the forum for a while so thought it was high time I joined up!

I live in Yorkshire, with a band of beasts. two horses, two ponies, sheep, hens + bantams, and ducks, try to grow as much veg as I have time for, and spend any remaining time knitting/spinning/weaving/sewing etc!

So, hello to all  :)


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manian

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: Hello
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2011, 09:56:55 pm »
hi from neighbouring derbyshire
 :wave:
Mx
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: Hello
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2011, 10:04:14 pm »
Hi from Central Scotland - where it is cold and wet!  At least we've got rid of that cloud! ::)
Just ducks adn hens, dogs and a cat here.  I try to grow veg and the fruit grows in spite of me ;D
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Hello
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2011, 10:19:37 pm »
Hi from t'other side of the country - north Cumbria.  We're commercial sheep and beef farmers and I think of myself as a closet smallholder on the side - Fell ponies (he has Dales), Jersey house cow, pig(s), choox, no more ducks till I'm sure that damned mink is gone.  No time for gardening, plus between escaping cattle, orphan lambs, the odd escaped piglet, I'm pretty sure anything I put effort into would only get trashed and make me cross!

Welcome  :wave:
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Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Cinderhills

  • Joined Jul 2010
    • North Yorkshire
Re: Hello
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2011, 10:34:21 pm »
Hi & welcome from North Yorkshire.  :wave:
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fleeced

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Hello
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2011, 09:10:08 am »
Hi and thanks for all the kind welcomes from everyone!

Sallyintnorth, my Great Grandfather used to keep and breed fell ponies, they are a lovely breed!
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Hello
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2011, 09:47:11 am »
Quote from: fleeced on May 26, 2011, 09:10:08 am
Sallyintnorth, my Great Grandfather used to keep and breed fell ponies, they are a lovely breed!
  ;D ;D

What prefix did he have, do you know?
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Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: Hello
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2011, 10:23:32 am »
HI welcome from Brittany, spinning and weaving are becoming popular pass times amongst the expats here.
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fleeced

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Hello
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2011, 10:30:28 am »
Quote from: SallyintNorth on May 26, 2011, 09:47:11 am
Quote from: fleeced on May 26, 2011, 09:10:08 am
Sallyintnorth, my Great Grandfather used to keep and breed fell ponies, they are a lovely breed!
  ;D ;D

What prefix did he have, do you know?

I dont know.....I'll see if I can find out!
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Hello
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2011, 11:22:13 am »
Hello and welcome fleeced, from southern Scotland  :wave: We keep Hebridean and Soay sheep, and still have fleeces from other breeds waiting to be processed, Scots Grey and some hybrid hens and I spin and knit.  I have a couple of looms one large one small waiting to start making floor rugs. Oh and of course the veggie garden and polytunnel. 
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fleeced

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Hello
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2011, 11:33:03 am »
Hello Fleecewife! Do you process your fleeces yourselves? I still have fleece from last year that hasnt been washed yet, having the time and the weather never seems to coincide! I sent some fleeces for professional scouring and carding a few years ago and that was brilliant, but I still havent spun it all yet...
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hello
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2011, 11:38:44 am »
Quote from: SallyintNorth on May 26, 2011, 09:47:11 am
Quote from: fleeced on May 26, 2011, 09:10:08 am
Sallyintnorth, my Great Grandfather used to keep and breed fell ponies, they are a lovely breed!
  ;D ;D

What prefix did he have, do you know?

Hello, fleeced and welcome from humid Carnoustie  :wave:

I have a Fell pony here - not mine but lives here. She's called Tarnbeck Sheba, she's 23 and lovely.
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Hello
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2011, 11:48:41 am »
Quote from: Rosemary on May 26, 2011, 11:38:44 am
I have a Fell pony here - not mine but lives here. She's called Tarnbeck Sheba, she's 23 and lovely.

She's on the Tarnbeck website - http://www.tarnbeckfellponies.co.uk/sheba.php (She's on their website home page too.)  What a beauty.
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Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Hello
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2011, 12:29:38 pm »
Hi Fleeced
I usually manage to wash about a dozen fleeces each year, but like you this time I haven't managed to spin all of last years yet.  Still, they last for ages once washed.  I dry mine on jumper dryers laid on top of the clothes airer in my boiler room - waiting for the weather to dry them outdoors doesn't work  ::) :D.  I have sent some off to be carded but wasn't happy with the result - too many noils (shetland fleece). Who did you send yours to?  I might try again if you recommend them as I have quite a backlog.  I also get some spun up into knitting yarn, both for sale and for me to knit, by the Natural Fibre Co.
We are still waiting for the rain to stop here so we can start shearing this year..... :sheep:

Quote from: fleeced on May 26, 2011, 11:33:03 am
Hello Fleecewife! Do you process your fleeces yourselves? I still have fleece from last year that hasnt been washed yet, having the time and the weather never seems to coincide! I sent some fleeces for professional scouring and carding a few years ago and that was brilliant, but I still havent spun it all yet...
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"Let's not talk about what we can do, but do what we can"

There is NO planet B - what are YOU doing to save our home?

Do something today that your future self will thank you for - plant a tree

 Love your soil - it's the lifeblood of your land.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hello
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2011, 01:39:05 pm »
Quote from: SallyintNorth on May 26, 2011, 11:48:41 am
She's on the Tarnbeck website - http://www.tarnbeckfellponies.co.uk/sheba.php (She's on their website home page too.)  What a beauty.

I know. She's had five foals, but is too old to breed from now. Pity, as AengusOg has a lovely Fell colt.
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