The Woolley Farm

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This is the shawl from the brand new Rowan magazine #43 done in 2 colors of Kid Silk Haze. I hope to have it done for the Spa show the end of February. I cast on 2 nights ago, do about 9″ and discovered a huge mistake, so now I have to start over.

Yeah, it does call for knitting on a circular but I absolutely HATE circs — I hate the cord and I hate the joint. I really prefer the old pastel metal needles with the sharp ends but the mohair slides too much, so I am using good ole’ Susan Bates.

And of course I expect to look just like this model as soon as my shawl is finished.

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You can see the 2 colors of Kid Silk Haze. The outside ruffle with be the lighter blue, the base will be the purple shot thru with sparkle.

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You can just see the one line of garter stitch. Of course, now that I know it’s there, I have to tink (knit backwards) all the stitches till I get back beyond the mistake. Grrrrrr…..

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In our basement, we are nursing Cookie, a 2 year old Angora goat. A mineral deficiency has made her legs very weak. Compounded with amnemia and being pregnant, she is very weak and cannot stand. She is eating & drinking just fine. We have been in constant contact with the vet and have an arsenal of medicines & vitamins to give to her.

Every 2-3 hours we stand her up and massage her legs and bend & flex them, then we lay her down in a different position. \

Some of the meds have to be given via injections, which Brandon knows how to do. I have to learn this in the next few days before Brandon leaves for Utah on Saturday. He’ll be gone a week and I will have my hands full all alone with 60 pregnant sheep & goats, plus keeping the wood furnace going.

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Cookie does indeed have some eyes under all that mohair!

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Some of the $200+ medicines we’ve been giving to Cookie.