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Shearing Zwartbles Lambs
With this unusually hot weather we are having I noticed a few days ago the lambs were going backwards and not thriving. They were seeking deep shade very early in the mornings and panting in the hot...
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I Tell a Little Secret
I think I had better let you in on a little secret as to how I came up with the design for this blanket and why the four white stripes. Pippy Posing With all our Zwartbles Ireland Products The...
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Images of November 2013
I love the month of November with all the colors in the trees and the crisp mornings. Here are just a few photographs I have taken over the last few weeks. The morning’s first light just after the crow...
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I’m Giving a Talk at National Craft Gallery
On November 21st I am giving a Talk at the National Craft Gallery about being a Blanket Designing Shepherd. Irish National Craft Gallery Zwartbles Irish Woollen Throw & Blanket My Talk at the...
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Ram Confinement
After the rams have been out on their own with the ewes for 7 weeks they really can’t stand the sight of each other and can only think to do each other damage. The Welchman on Left With one of His...
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A New Year & A New Blogging Determination
St. Canice Cathedral & It’s Round Tower This is the beginning of a New Year so I am determined to write more blog posts. St Canice’s Cathedral December 31st 2013 at 11.15pm I have had wonderful...
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Sunrise on January 14 2014
Mackerel skies in a red dawn, purple mountains over blue valleys, frosted fields sparkling rubies at dawns reflection. Dawn this morning was spectacular A only hint of dawns glory caught Winter trees...
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Why Alpaca? To Help Protect Sheep from Dog Attack!
Dogs straying into sheep fields can do untold harm and stress to sheep. We have had a series of incidents over the years of dogs killing sheep in the area which I farm. Only last year within a 2 mile...
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Don’t Forget the Rams
This is the time of year that as a shepherd your feeding pregnant ewes, thinking about getting ready for the long sleepless nights and rush of lambing. “Don’t Forget About the Rams” the Cat Shepherd’s...
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A Wonderful Quote to Farm By: Aldo Leopold
Zwartbles Lambs come out our orchard gate “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and...
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Zwartbles Sheep on the Farm
Rams Browsing Tree Leaves Alfie and Buster under the apple tree Ewe Lamb in the Orchard with Daisies Sunset in the Orchard
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What is a Raglan Sleeve?
Alexander Kronsteiner Hand Spun & Knitted Zwartbles Sweater A Raglan Sleeve Here is a short film of fiber artist Anita Marnell demonstrating what a raglan sleeve is on a sweater knitted in home...
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The Verge writes about My Vines
I have been making these 6 second looping vines for a while now which mostly appear on my twitter account @zwartblesie . The online magazine The Verge took a fancy to them and wrote a lovely piece....
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Desiderata “desired things” by Max Ehrmann
“With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.” Max Ehrmann Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as...
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Ram Confinement
After the rams have been out on their own with the ewes for 7 weeks they really can’t stand the sight of each other and can only think to do each other damage. The Welchman on Left With one of His...
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A New Year & A New Blogging Determination
St. Canice Cathedral & It’s Round Tower This is the beginning of a New Year so I am determined to write more blog posts. St Canice’s Cathedral December 31st 2013 at 11.15pm I have had wonderful...
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Sunrise on January 14 2014
Mackerel skies in a red dawn, purple mountains over blue valleys, frosted fields sparkling rubies at dawns reflection. Dawn this morning was spectacular A only hint of dawns glory caught Winter trees...
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Why Alpaca? To Help Protect Sheep from Dog Attack!
Dogs straying into sheep fields can do untold harm and stress to sheep. We have had a series of incidents over the years of dogs killing sheep in the area which I farm. Only last year within a 2 mile...
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Don’t Forget the Rams
This is the time of year that as a shepherd your feeding pregnant ewes, thinking about getting ready for the long sleepless nights and rush of lambing. “Don’t Forget About the Rams” the Cat Shepherd’s...
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A Wonderful Quote to Farm By: Aldo Leopold
Zwartbles Lambs come out our orchard gate “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and...
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