I’m Wooly Tired
Aug 3rd 2008Rural WriterLife on the Farm
I may feel human again, oh say, in another century or so.
Well, when you consider in the last week, mostly the last 4 days, I got 100 bags of fiber ready for sale, I guess it’s no wonder I’m a bit done in.
Wednesday I worked on wool.
Thursday The Farmer and I both worked on wool.
Friday morning I worked on wool.
Saturday I worked on wool.
I was sooooo thrilled when I threw the final bag of skirted wool onto the pile yesterday! And then took down the skirting table, swept up the bits of fleece scattered all over the floor, mopped the kitchen floor and otherwise got rid of the mess I’d made.
Of course, the den is now full of fiber. One couch is buried, with wool up the sides of the wall, and piled in front of the couch.
There are bags of wool, bags of alpaca fiber, bags of llama fiber, and even a bag of mohair. There are bags of trash wool, bags of scrap wool, and old bags from previous storage.
At least the smell is better with the wool bagged up, but it
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