I just finished reading Adventures in Yarn Farming by @Barbara Parry. You may recognize her name; she has another book out about dyeing fiber. I was pleased to find the book as the author is also a neighbor, well, sort of. Ms. Parry has a farm in western Massachusetts in one of my favorite parts of the state around Shelburne. Not only a book written by a neighbor but written about my favorite topic, fiber.
As a wanna-be shepherd, I so enjoyed the book. She set it up as a tour of the farm and her work through a year. I was reminded about the huge ice storm we had here in '08 through pictures and a great description of the way the storm changed the landscape. The author is as descriptive about other topics and enough so that I was left in awe of the 24 hour/ 365 day in and out calender that she has to keep.
She keeps two of my favorite sheep breeds, Border Leicester and Cormo along with other critters; a llama or two and some goats. The are tons of super photos in the book and as an added bonus, there are several really cute knitting patterns and some good instructions for dyeing fiber.
I'd highly recommend this book for anyone seriously thinking about getting their own flock and certainly for the fiber enthusiast. Here is a link to Ms. Parry's website:
http://www.foxfirefiber.com/index.html.
I'd love to visit her farm one day..........................
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