Baa Baa Black Sheep Have You Any Wool?

It’s not every day that you slip on your favorite sweater or pull up a pair of trusty woolen socks and say to yourself, “Gosh, what a great sheep this came from!”  Well, after a recent trip to Ewetopia sheep herding farm some of the kids from NTMC might start paying a little closer attention to where their clothes come from.  As part of a current project about natural materials, we witnessed the annual sheep shearing in Roy, Washington where we gathered wool or “fleece” to be processed by hand and worked with in the classroom.  There’s no doubt that this hands-on project will teach a lesson in the complexity of handmade items.  From cleaning and hand spinning the fleece- to natural materials for dying  and weaving a piece of art, this work is sure to be memorable.  Keep checking back for future posts about our progress!  Here are some memorable moments of our visit:

Running through the fields.

Watching an awesome dog herd some ducks.

Do ducks have teeth?

They sure are soft.

Sheep getting a haircut

The prized wool