Yesterday, I took Veronica and Clark to a goat farm outside of Monroe. I met the owner, Aline, at the fiber sale in November, and the kid mohair I got from her was wonderful. Having fallen completely in love with a lot of the shawls in the Victorian Lace Today book, I thought it would be fun to get a 1st clip kid fleece to dye and spin into laceweight yarn.

We had a good time. Aline is a jewel, and we were delighted to see she had peacocks, chickens, dogs, blue headed turkeys, and baby goats! Veronica got to hold this little angel that was a whopping two days old.

and a baby angora as well

We were unfortunately in a terrible rush by the time we got out to the barn, so I didn’t have time to take great pictures, which is a shame.

I came home with a 49 ounce fleece that has gorgeous luster, and is incredibly soft.

I also bought a bag of kid mohair dyed various blues, and she gave me a baggie of tussah silk and angora rabbit to blend and play with.

But right now, I HAVE to do laundry, dangit.