The Ouessant sheep of France

Today we are thrilled to have a Wovember Words post from Diane Falck AKA The Spinning Shepherd. Long term Wovemberists will remember Diane from Wovembers past, for which she has provided many fantastic articles and photos of her Ouessant sheep. In this article, representing France in our European tour of sheep and wool, she tells… Continue Reading The Ouessant sheep of France

Diane Falck’s last thoughts on WOVEMBER…

This last post comes from Diane Falck, who has been with us throughout WOVEMBER… whose Ouessant sheeps’ wool we have seen Growing; Harvested; Flick-combed (Processed); Hand-spun and hand-knitted (Worked-with); …and Worn. Diane’s beautiful posts about working with her Ouessant wool convey a deep sense of connectedness – the very title ‘Spinning Shepherd’ suggests a real… Continue Reading Diane Falck’s last thoughts on WOVEMBER…

Diane Falck on Working with Wool…

Continuing on our ‘Working with Wool’ theme, and building on the previous instalments on WOVEMBER from the wonderful Spinning Shepherd AKA Diane Falck, today we have a lovely post on working with four different colours of Ouessant Wool… June 3, 2012 – Sheep to Sweater Sunday n° 106 : “The Four Colors of Ouessant Wool”… Continue Reading Diane Falck on Working with Wool…

Introducing Diane, AKA The Spinning Shepherd

I hope you are all enjoying our Wovember guests posts, and that it is proving interesting for you to share our exploration of the many stages which lie between wool growing on the back of a sheep and ending up as wearable clothes. I feel strongly that the more transparent this process is, the harder… Continue Reading Introducing Diane, AKA The Spinning Shepherd