During all of this chaos and before our week away we had an unwanted visitor in the middle of the night that came in and killed all but one of our ducks, it was so devastating, what ever killed them did it for sport as they were lying dead on the pen floor, all but two, one was stuck in between their house and a board which saved it's life and another one was only partially left in the pen. We have kept our one lone duck indoors until we get her buddies,which we are picking up today. My daughter babysat her while we were gone and said that she followed the kids around the yard.
The garden is growing like crazy, it is amazing how fast things grow when you are away for a week. The grass has grown too, it looks like a jungle out there!
I also have been commissioned to spin enough fingering weight Bluefaced Leicester natural colored wool to hand knit a vest for a lady in Australia, this is very exciting for me and I have been busily at work spinning. I have most of the yarn spun now and have the two contrast colors chosen for the stripes on the neckline.
Here is a picture of the vintage vest I am knitting for her as well as the yarn:
The big ball of yarn is my handspun that will be the main color or shade, the other two are the contrast colors for the stripes, they are Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift in Emerald and White.
Well, we are off to get our new ducks this afternoon and then we will be working on fortifying their pen so we don't loose anyone again.
