Adrienne Thomas

Happy Valentine’s Day! Find someone who loves you the way these sheep love apples 🐑💘

#SmallFarmLife
#Sheepsky
#spinnersflock
#sheep
#SkySheep

Sheep huddled around hay bags in a warm dry pen with fresh straw

Ethel (right) and Opal (left) facing the camera enjoying their new straw bedding

Sheep are very comfortable in their barn after the storm yesterday. I’m less comfortable with the events of this weekend. Too many feelings to put in a single BlueSky post. Hope everyone is staying safe! #Sheepsky #SmallFarmLife #SkySheep

Even though Dahlia’s all grown up now, her mom Arapaho still tries to follow her everywhere and make sure she’s alright! #SheepSky #SkySheep #SmallFarmLife

Here’s the link to her fleece: adrienneswoolcrafts.etsy.com/listing/4338...

Ethel, a medium/dark grey sheep standing in a pen with hay and fresh straw. This was her first night here so she looks a little wary of everything!

Ethel standing in the larger sheep pen with the rest of the flock. She settled in quickly and gets along great with the other sheep

Ethel just after being sheared, displaying her gorgeous silvery grey coloring

Her wool freshly carded into a small batt — look for these in the shop soon as well!

This summer I added a new ewe to my flock — meet Ethel! She is a gorgeous natural colored CotswoldxCoopworth ewe. I have added her fleece to my Etsy shop, see the comments for a link to the listing. She has settled into the flock wonderfully! #Sheepsky #Skysheep #spinnersflock #SmallFarmLife #sheep

My hand holding up a four leaf clover I found in the grass

I found a four leaf clover in the field for the first time in a long time

A flock of sheep with my horse Artie walking between them. They are all enjoying freshly cut thistles in their new pasture

My flock family 💖💕

#SustainableFarming #GrowYourOwnFood #growsomethinggreen #gardening #urbanfarm #SmallBusiness #SustainableFood #vegetables #homegrown #permaculture #homestead

Set of three bags of fertilizer pellets laid side by side

Clearer picture of wool pellet bag label

I’ve started selling wool fertilizer pellets on my Etsy page! They’re great for both container gardens and traditional gardens. They help to retain soil moisture and break down over time to add nutrients back to the soil

Link: adrienneswoolcrafts.etsy.com/listing/4301...

adrienneswoolcrafts.etsy.com/listing/4297...

2 oz braid of Romeldale/CVM wool, from listing on my Etsy page. It’s a dark grey color.

Close up of roving

New product on my Etsy page! Roving made with this year’s fleece is now up. I’ll be adding more products in the next few weeks as well, so my store will look a little less bare soon. Link to my page in my bio, link to newest post in comments

Box of harvested violet flowers

I harvested some violets this weekend. Intending to make violet syrup with them to enjoy in teas and drinks #foraging #wildcrafted #spring

Wool in varying shades of pink and purple being prepped on a drum carder

The lighting at my workstation doesn’t really do it justice, but I love the colors of this batt I’m working on. It’s mostly Olive’s wool (Romeldale x) with some alpaca and silk blended in. All dyed by me #WIP #spinning #wool #spinnersflock

#handspinning #fiberarts #Pygora #handmade

80% Pygora goat fiber batt on a dark green background

I started working with Pygora goat fiber this year, and so far I love it! It’s so soft and makes wonderful yarn. I think I may see Pygora goats in my future! 💖

This batt is about 80% white Pygora fiber/20% CVM/Romeldale wool. The Pygora fiber is from HoofandPawFarm on Etsy

Olive loves her head scritches #SheepSky

No matter how many feed troughs there are available they will always want to fight over who gets the bits from the grain bucket. Even when there’s barely anything in it #SmallFarmLife #sheep #SheepSky

Baby Lumi laying down on the concrete pad in front of the sheep pen door

One of the twins has really pretty spots on her face. I’ve decided to name her Lumi #lambs #sheep #Sheepsky

Thank you! It was fun to make!

Eva the ewe licking off her newly born lambs. They are in a small lambing pen with fresh straw

First lambs of the season arrived this morning! Twins this time. So happy they appear to be healthy and doing well 💖 #lambs #SheepSky #SkySheep #SmallFarmLife

Light gray wool locks with some sun bleaching on their tips

Light grey wool locks

White wool with brown tips.

Freshly shorn white wool

Started skirting today. I’m really happy with how Dahlia and Olive’s fleeces turned out. I was especially curious about Olive, because I’ve never seen a Suffolk/CVM cross before. Both are soft and lovely ☺️💖
#SmallFarmLife #Sheepsky #spinnersflock #sheep #SkySheep #fiberarts

Ewe lambs Dahlia and Olive freshly sheared.

Shearing day finally arrived! I’m really looking forward to getting their fleeces ready to spin

I feel like this is part of the reason people have been conditioned into accepting the rampant consumerism that is the norm today. With people so accustomed to just buying what they want at anytime, it just leaves people helpless

Hopefully many people are, but I’m worried most won’t want to inconvenience themselves by rejecting every company that’s bad. Getting people on board with rejecting virtually all mainstream businesses will be a hard sell

That good to know, and also quite disappointing. I had been thinking about getting one to speed up my knitting, but I guess I’ll save my money! At least until I can afford a good quality one

Eva the sheep standing in the doorway of the barn with her ears back watching it rain outside

Eva was less than pleased with all the rain today. I can agree with her somewhat, but I’m seeing the rain as a welcome sign that spring is well on its way #Sheepsky #SmallFarmLife #SkySheep #rainydays

A rainbow over a cloudy sky that has landed just behind the pasture

The rain today made some of my outdoor chores a bit of a drag, but the rainbow at the end of the day was worth it! #beautiful #SmallFarmLife #justkeepgoing

Hopefully she will do ok!

My cat Mina sitting on my chest as I lay in bed

What I wake up to every morning. To be loved by a cat is truly a blessing of its own. Her purring soothes me #Catsky #quietmornings

Ah I see what you’re saying now, yeah that’s tough! I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful, short of what’s already been mentioned I don’t think there are any easier solutions. Small farmers get left to their own devices a lot!