That title could describe a lot of things around here but this is what it refers to right now:
Gorgeous lambskins just back. The spotted pelts are Jacob (of course) but the larger ones are lambskins that I got from the packing plant last time that I sold lambs there. Those lambs must have weighed 140 pounds or more. You can see all of them listed for sale here.
It hasn’t been all hiking and lambing. I’ve been at the loom too.
This is a king-size blanket I wove for a customer who had their llama/wool yarn spun at Yolo Wool Mill. I also wove 2 throws for this person. 
These are two lap blankets woven of wool from sheep at the Barinaga Ranch, a sheep dairy in Marin County.
This is a close up of all four blankets on that warp. The brown weft is Jacob wool dyed with black walnut. I’m always trying to get better photos. The photo above is shot on AWB (auto white balance). The one below, shot on the cloudy setting, isn’t that much different, although on my computer the AWB photo has more of a bluish cast.
But look at the next one.
The white balance was set to “shade” which is where I took the photo. What is reality? I think it’s closer to the top two.
I just finished a warp for three shawls. This is CVM yarn in the warp with different locally produced weft yarns. 
Same shawls with white balance set to “shade”.
Detail of shawl on the left.
This is on the loom now. An experiment. Hopefully all those holes will fill in when it is finished.
The pieces above will be for sale on my website and at the Fibershed Marketplace after our photoshoot that is in a few weeks.
Sunday was Shearing Day and we sheared 71 sheep (61 ewes and 10 rams and wethers). I said “we”. Not really “we”, but John, my fabulous shearer. The sheep looked great, the fleece looked great and he finished shearing in two and a half hours! Shearing was finished by 11:30.
Here are sheep ready to be shorn.
Clover.
Mary.
John started with the rams…
…and moved on to ewes.
Farm Club members were the other wonderful helpers who made it all work.
Alison spent the morning at the skirting table explaining skirting and helping buyers skirt their fleeces.
Shelby and Gynna were our sheep wranglers, making sure that there was always another sheep for John to shear.
Mary and Carol bagged fleeces while Anna swept and Jackie worked the exit gate.
Linda weighed and recorded fleeces. Other members helped too but I didn’t get photos.
What would shearing day be without chili…
…and Dona’s brownies (and Lisa’s Jacob sheep cookies, Jackie’s corn biscuits, Mary’s wonderful tangy chicken and fancy rice krispie treats and more).
After shearing the sheep look so much thinner. This photo looks as though it was stretched vertically, but it wasn’t.
Lila.
Cascade.
Gynna looks happy with her Farm Club fleece.
And look at this gorgeous one!
After shearing we (Farm Club again and other friends) did demos of all kinds of spinning and fiber prep, but that’s another story, especially because it’s too late to write more.
I made all these buttons this week.
Here are better photos.
I think I have a new audience for my buttons….
…How about using them for sorting practice for little kids? You can sort by shape, color, and size. You can arrange them in order of size. So they’re not just for sweaters anymore! But at $6/button this would be a pricey sorting kit.
Meridian Jacobs' Blog 