& no brightness on the shortest day, instead a garland of sheepfleece & leaves, & a notional line crossed - mistle thrush calling from another

& the high, thin, calls of lambs & keen of buzzards circling in a courtship, sheepfleece in tiny clouds on barbedwire, the lowriver hushes without hush - & volley of rain stotting on fields & you, bouncing on stone & hurling at nothing

Drum carder up and running! Loving how quickly it's carded decent sized batts! 🧶 #YarnSpinning #SheepFleece

I've been washing a fleece today. It was given to me last year and I've only just felt like I have three energy to do it coinciding with the right weather. . . .

#FibrePrep #SheepFleece #WoolPrep #ShropshireSheep #HandSpinning #SpinnersOfShropshire

Rented myself a drum carder from my guild 😍 buzzing to try this out tomorrow! #SheepFleece #CardingWool #SpinnersGuild 🧶

I've spent hours over the last week, taking a fleece I washed last summer and separating it out into locks to make life easier when it comes to carding or combing the fleece.

#HandSpinning #SheepFleece #WoolLocks #MysteryFleece #HandCarding #DrumCarding #WoolCombs

This is the fleece i bought from the guild yesterday 🥰 it came from a shetland sheep named Martha! The colours are gorgeous! It's now taking a bath and the water has already gone a truly disgusting colour 🤣 🧶 #SheepFleece #ShetlandSheep