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Whispering Pines Farm
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 10 พ.ย. 2011
Welcome to Whispering Pines Farm's TH-cam channel, "Soft Shetland Wool". This channel is about life on our farm where we care for our soft shetland sheep and their wool. I share videos of all that goes on in our farm life in my videos which are in the playlist "The Good of Work". There is a playlist about all the tools offered by Majacraft which I sell in order to help support the farm. I also show you the methods I have adapted over time to turn my sheep's wool many wonderful things including yarn, felted items and hand knit objects to name a few. These videos are located in my playlist called "Tutorials". Thank you very much for liking, subscribing, commenting and sharing my videos!
Breeding Sheep - Constraints we are Dealing with in 2024
Every year we breed sheep for spring lambs. Our goal is to produce fine, crimpy fleeces for handspinners to enjoy, and we achieve this through a very thoughtful, well planned breeding program. In this video I talk about the constraints we are facing this year and how they will impact our breeding plan for 2025 lambs.
Thank you for watching, I hope you enjoy this video
#sheep #sheepfarm #shetlandsheep #breedingsheep
My Links:
Farm website: softshetlandwool.com
Instagram: whisperingpinesshetlandsheep
Facebook: softshetlandwool
Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/people/WhspringPinesFarm
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/SoftShetlandwool
Email: jen6265@gmail.com
Blog: whisperingpinesshetlands.blogspot.com
Thank you for watching, I hope you enjoy this video
#sheep #sheepfarm #shetlandsheep #breedingsheep
My Links:
Farm website: softshetlandwool.com
Instagram: whisperingpinesshetlandsheep
Facebook: softshetlandwool
Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/people/WhspringPinesFarm
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/SoftShetlandwool
Email: jen6265@gmail.com
Blog: whisperingpinesshetlands.blogspot.com
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A Quiet Morning on the Sheep Farm
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Enjoy a quiet, peaceful morning with me on the farm - no words, just the sounds of the sheep, the trees and outside. #sheep #sheepfarm #peaceful #shetlandsheep #chores My Links: Farm website: softshetlandwool.com Instagram: whisperingpinesshetlandsheep Facebook: softshetlandwool Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/people/WhspringPinesFarm Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/SoftShetlandwool...
Caring for Sheep in the Autumn - Morning Chores
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Caring for our sheep in Western New York State in the Autumn is a joy and a pleasure - won't you join me as I tend to their needs as part of my morning routine? Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you like this video! #sheep #sheepfarm #farming #chores My Links: Farm website: softshetlandwool.com Instagram: whisperingpinesshetlandsheep Facebook: softshetlandwool...
Upgrading Sheep Coats using the Handling System
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The ewe lambs are due for an upgrade to larger coats as they grow so fast in the first year. I send the entire flock through the handling system in order to change coats on the lambs, replace coats on adults where needed and trim the feet on an adult ewe sheep. If you saw the Temple Grandin movie, there are elements in the handling system we use from her designs. The Squeeze Machine was what in...
Rhinebeck Fiber Festival 2024 - Recap of our time at the festival
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Back home after another unbelievable New York State Sheep and Wool Festival. What a great time we had, so nice to see everyone and meet new people. The festival was October 19 - 20 at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds We were in Building C Booth 8, same every year. Saturday hours are 9-5 Sunday hours are 9-4 Thank you for stopping by, I hoped you liked this video! #hipstrings www.juliettepecautde...
Rhinebeck Fiber Festival 2024 - Sunday Morning - talking to people in line, booth setup
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It is here! I am so excited to see everyone at the Rhinebeck Fiber Festival! Sunday is the quiet day, we had time to visit with festival goers prior to opening, and still have time to get booth ready and put on my festival fancy boots. The festival was October 19 - 20 at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds We were in Building C Booth 8, same every year. Saturday hours are 9-5 Sunday hours are 9-4 T...
Rhinebeck Fiber Festival 2024 - Booth Tour
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It is here! I am so excited to see everyone at the Rhinebeck Fiber Festival! Booth is ready on Friday night - quick sneak peak at our booth setup. The festival is October 19 - 20 at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds We are in Building C Booth 8 Saturday hours are 9-5 Sunday hours are 9-4 Thank you for stopping by, I hoped you liked this video! #rhinebeckfiberfestival #fiberfestivals #sheepfarm #k...
Road to Rhinebeck Fiber Festival 2024 - Knit a Market Bag
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I am getting ready to vend at the 2024 Rhinebeck Fiber Festival, formally known as Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival. In this video I show you the stitches used to knit the market bag I offer made from yarn spun on my demo wheels at previous fiber festivals by handspinners that come to my booth. The bag is called the Monteagle Bag, and was created by the Mason Dixon Knitters. Here is the ...
Prepping Floor Model Majacraft Pioneer Spinning Wheel to sell at Rhinebeck Fiber Festival
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I am getting ready to vend at the 2024 Rhinebeck Fiber Festival, formally known as Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival. In this video I am working on the Majacraft Pioneer Spinning Wheel floor model to sell in my booth at Rhinebeck. Majacraft discontinued the Pioneer when they introduced the Luna, so I don't need this floor model demo wheel any longer. I am selling it in my booth at Rhinebe...
Taking photos to make new Sheepy Notecards to offer in my booth at the Rhinebeck Fiber Festival
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Taking photos to make new Sheepy Notecards to offer in my booth at the Rhinebeck Fiber Festival
Making sample packs of sheep fleeces - Preparing to vend at the Rhinebeck Fiber Festival
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Making sample packs of sheep fleeces - Preparing to vend at the Rhinebeck Fiber Festival
Road to Rhinebeck Fiber Festival 2024 - Preparing to Vend at the Festival - Plying Yarn
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Road to Rhinebeck Fiber Festival 2024 - Preparing to Vend at the Festival - Plying Yarn
Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival 2024 in Greenwich New York
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Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival 2024 in Greenwich New York
Sheep Delivery and a Sleepover in Pittsburg Pennsylvania
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Sheep Delivery and a Sleepover in Pittsburg Pennsylvania
A memorial project - carding rolags, spinning and knitting the Morning Surf Scarf
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A memorial project - carding rolags, spinning and knitting the Morning Surf Scarf
Catch up with our lambs - they are 3 months old now! - 184
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Catch up with our lambs - they are 3 months old now! - 184
The Fleece Auction has Concluded - now time for paperwork, packing and shipping!
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The Fleece Auction has Concluded - now time for paperwork, packing and shipping!
Sheep Farming in Early Summer - lambs, pastures, daily chores
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Sheep Farming in Early Summer - lambs, pastures, daily chores
Skirting Bianca's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
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Skirting Bianca's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
Skirting Chelsea's Grey Roo'd lamb Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
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Skirting Chelsea's Grey Roo'd lamb Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
Skirting Janet's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
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Skirting Janet's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
Skirting Rosine's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
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Skirting Rosine's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
Skirting Barbarnina's Fawn Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
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Skirting Barbarnina's Fawn Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
Skirting Mrs Hughes's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
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Skirting Mrs Hughes's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
Skirting Isolde's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
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Skirting Isolde's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
Skirting Belinda's Moorit Spotted Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
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Skirting Belinda's Moorit Spotted Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
Skirting Tosca's White Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
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Skirting Tosca's White Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
Skirting Lakshmi's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
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Skirting Lakshmi's Grey Roo'd Fleece for my 2024 Fleece Auction
I think the goat's water is too low for them to reach
Congratulations on your new Grandson Jen!! I'm so sorry for your loss of your Sister-in-Love ❤️ I understand your feelings of regrouping and prioritizing. I lost my Mom in August. I truly understand! Thanks for the Barn Love ❤ I truly enjoyed seeing your Sheep! Happy New Year My Friend! Take care of yourself! 🎉❤🎉
So sorry for the loss of your sister-in-law, Jen. Enoy your grandson and know that he carries the family forward!
Sorry Jen, for your loss. It is so hard to lose someone at any time. Your sheep look wonderful. Can’t wait to see all the lambs. Be well❤
This has been interesting thank you so much for sharing this informative video. Many Thanks
Sorry for the loss of your sister in law Jen, so hard! You take care of yourself. My breeding groups were together late, too, in fact just getting ready to pull rams out. What color are your two new rams?
And gosh if you need a helper I volunteer myself 😊
I wish I didn’t miss these so often! Damn office job 😉 the girls looks beautiful as always
Thanks for yhe barn live. I'm so excited to recieve my spinning wheel-Rose sent to NM. Was referred by Kim of Fairily Fiber Fun. Thanks Jennifer
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Happy Christmas Jen and family ❤ My breeding groups are small (and together late this year, too, but that's life 😊) Let's keep our fingers crossed for lovely lambs come late May 😂
Aww, happy wiggly tail in the first minute. All so peaceful ❤
How odd, i didn’t see a notification this morning, just this one. I enjoyed the peace with the sheep and you. It’s nice to have moments like this when things are so busy. Sending you and yours love, Jen. ❤❤❤
And who are those you've separated off? Ah breeding groups
Who is the brown one with the white face and the black around the eyes?
What was that shove about in the beginning?
They are so beautiful.
Sorry I missed the live; I was looking for you at noon eastern, and figured you were off being a grandma.
Thanks so much! Great info and lovely people.
I know it's a long way to travel for you, but if you ever come down to Maryland Sheep & Wool, I'll bring a whole bunch of people to your booth! I might try to get to Rhinebeck in 2025. Thanks for all the background info on mills and hope you find one that can make lovely top for you.
Thanks Margo - I would love to go to Maryland, but it is right in our lambing season, so just is never practical for us.
@@SoftShetlandWool Ah, yes. That makes sense. I forgot that you are probably lambing a bit later than the shepherds here. Well, I hope to make it back up to Rhinebeck this coming year!
Watching after the fact. Hope all goes well for the baby & Mom.
Thanks!
So sweet. I love Shetlands.
Thanks! They are a very special breed of sheep
Hi Jen, the girls look great
Thanks Pat!
Love those sweet faces! Happy sheep.
Me too! They make me smile
Oh I missed the live again. Fun to watch the replay.
Thanks Margo
Do you remember the video that went viral around 2020 there was a herd of sheep & other animals in different places but all going in circles? It was very strange , wondering if you ever experienced the sheep doing this?? ❤
Hi there - thanks for the comment - I don't recall that but plan on checking it out, sounds interesting!
Hey Jennifer my name is Mckensey (Jareds Wife) I appreciate the informative videos on your Shetland flock. I have a question for you, my daughter and I bought several Shetland lambs in October here in SE Kentucky. Our one lamb Sweat Pea is starting to roo. We started to gather her wool got a small section on her shoulders done but then stopped thinking that it might not be a good thing for her to be "naked" these next few winter months that are ahead of us. My question is if we should continue to harvest her wool or just let the rest go and see if it just stays on her until spring time? I appreciate any advice you may have.
Hi Mckensey - thank you for your comment - I am glad our videos are helpful for you. I can't really say what is going on with Sweet Pea - it could be a variety of things causing her to shed her wool now including a recent stress she went through, unusual climate conditions or maybe she is just shedding her lamb coat. If the wool is coming off really easily, then its probably going to fall off and become waste. Were you planning on using her wool? I think if it were me I would leave her be this year and let it just fall off naturally. If you tried to put a coat on to preserve the wool I worry it would felt or get ruined anyways. It will be interesting to see if the other ewe hits the rise at the correct time of year. I hope this helps!
Thank you for getting back to me quickly. My daughter and I were going to use the wool to start teaching ourselves how to spin the fiber into yarn. I think we will take your advice and just let it fall off naturally if it wants to. We only even noticed she was shedding when we were picking the debris and small sticks that were caught in her wool out and noticed clumps were coming out nicely with it. If Thank you again for the advice!
Just checked my Facebook notifications and I am following you and it appears that I have notifications on, but I did not get a notification of the live feed.
Hi - I am doing the lives on TH-cam now. A couple people said they got the notifications just before the feed started on their TH-cam account. I am hoping to do regularly on Fridays at noon like I did on Facebook. I hope you can make one of the next ones!
Sorry I missed this!!!
I want to commend you for being conscientious and not breeding or selling breeding stock that might have an issue 👏 Not everyone is that considerate. All of my early years breeding Corriedales, we made it a practice to cull all ewes that had ANY lambing issue and finally got to a flock that was so easy to manage! Congratulations on the upcoming grand baby, best wishes to all!
Thanks Cary - trying to plan for results with breeding animals reminds me of a saying I read on the tag of a Tetley tea bag - "life is what happens when you are making other plans".
How is Mabel?
Great! She is such a dear thing - still very attentive to her flashy ewe lamb from last spring - they hang together all the time!
Will you breed Alice Paul this year?
Not sure, I have to go through all the data and see where everyone falls out
Yay a new video! Love to watch/listen...while I knit or spin ....❤❤❤
That sounds lovely!
Eating machines. Fresh hay and green grass is their happy place.
So true!
Crunch, crunch, crunch 😊 Love listening to the livestock munching away ❤
Haha me too!
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Thanks!
Love the camera being right near breakfast! Great shots!
Thank you!
Very peaceful morning❤
My favorite time of day
Lovely video, thanks so much for sharing. It's so relaxing to see sheep grazing live in real time without any rushing up or edits. It's very calming. It's at natures own pace.
That is so great! I am glad you liked the live feed!
I soooo missed 'Sheep on Fridays' Friday! So glad you're back... but I totally missed it today. I'll have to figure out how to set notifications - LOL!
Hi Chris - I'll try to set up in advance - new to using TH-cam so lots to learn!
Hi Jen, Loved to see when the sheep came up to you. They are the friendlies for sure. When are you planning on lambing this year? Can’t wait to see all the babies❤️
Hi Pat! Lambing will be mid may most likely - can't believe we are at breeding season already!
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Hi!
Im sorry I missed this live. I didn’t get any notification .
Hi Margo - I kind of just did it spur of the moment, I will schedule them going forward - looking forward to chatting with you next live!
Do you like those white huts you have out with your ram lambs? Does it keep them comfortable over winter?
The white calf huts have worked great for us - we use them for breeding groups, quarantine pens and for longer term quarters for rams. They can fit a surprisingly large number of shetland sheep and have good ventilation. The shetlands love the cold! Winter months are their favorite, they struggle more with the heat in the summer
It's so awesome to watch sheep videos. Thanks for sharing
That is so cool! Glad you are enjoying the sheep