I tried downloading a neat picture that Wayne took of Canadian geese flying over the farm, but the computer is not cooperating. Instead of postponing an update, I decided to add a post without a pic.
I can't believe we're in the middle of November already! My boss is going on vacation next week and won't be back in the office until after Thanksgiving so I know the rest of the month will fly by since I'll be putting in more work hours.
Yesterday, being Veteren's Day, was declared a holiday from the routine schoolwork. We processed our first Twilight goat milk soap (milk from Marc's doe). I just finished cutting it into smaller bars and now we let it cure for 3-4 weeks. Hopefully, it'll be a successful batch.
Twilight is not taking to milking very well. She does fine as long as there's grain in the feeder, but as soon as she sucks down that grain she starts dancing around, which makes milking 'interesting' to say the least! Poor Wayne...he joined the Air Force to get away from milking and here he is back to milking again--only this time it's a goat and not cows. Marc tries, but when she starts dancing around Wayne takes over.
I've been busy spinning and knitting. I spun 5 oz. of brown alpaca for a co-worker. I cleaned out my craft room and found lots more carded fleece so I have no excuse for not spinning more frequently.
After attending Rhinebeck I decided to try my hand at knitting mittens that are lined with wool fleece...or in my mittens, alpaca fleece. They came out quite nice. I'll try to get a picture for the next blog. I'm also tackling a BIG project--a sweater for Wayne. I haven't made a sweater for anyone since Matthew was about 18 months old so I'm a bit rusty. I've picked a fairly easy pattern though (at least that's how it's described!) so I'm hopeful that it will come out wearable. I'm hopeful that it'll be finished by December 2009!
