Post by @Paws2Spindle@sunny.garden

2026-07-20 04:40 UTC

I should be sleeping, but Tonttu managed to find himself a headless bunny in the yard, and he's disappeared into the wildflower patch, guarding it, but not eating it. Zeena finds this exciting and is switching between taunting Tonttu and prowling for her own prize. Headless bunnies, you ask? Yes! Apparently! I reviewed the backyard camera footage and both huskies converged on a spot near the edge of the grass where the bunny already lay. My guess is that it was an owl's prey, but it got scared off before it was able to complete its meal. At this point I just have to hope it wasn't a diseased rabbit, because there's no safe way to get it away from Tonttu. I just hope he gets around to eating it sooner than later!

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@Paws2Spindle@sunny.garden 2026-07-20 05:19

#TourDeFleece Stage 15 Tonight I spun Exmoor Horn, which according to Fleece & Fiber is "a meat breed, so their wool is an interesting, overlooked by-product. Wool data is scarce." The book's hands-on description comes from a single sample that "felt very crisp, nearly crunchy, with some spring to it." I'm not sure if I'd call the fiber I got crunchy, but it is definitely not as soft as the Lonk I spun last night. The fibers were long (6") and relatively straight, more than I'd expect from the photo in F&F. It was quite easy to spin! (F&F notes this too.) I easily got into a smooth rhythm of semi-woolen long-draw (long, slow drafting, but with lots of little releases of twist along the way). I was able to get even results, thicker than my usual fur singles. Kemp was rare enough that I didn't mind pausing to pick it out as I came across it. However, F&F suggests a worsted spin, so I did a bit of inchworming the last ~25%, which also was nice and smooth, and tended towards finer singles even though I tried to keep it thicker. Sadly, I didn't mark the transition between the two, because now I want to ply the woolen and worsted singles independently to see how they compare. I guess I'll just have to see if I can spot it by eye. #TourDeFleece2026 #HandSpinning

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