The Knitter

Sorting the fleece

THE SHEEP have all been clipped now and look so clean and tidy, and the barn has big piles of fleeces waiting to be sorted. For a year, I have been working to get this crop of wool up to harvest; up to this point, everything has been focused on helping the sheepies produce the best possible raw material. Their work is done - now it’s over to me to do justice to this awesome fleece.

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