#cashmere goat

[goatdays]

Well Nikki decided to drop all her fiber at once this year! It took about 3 days doing one hour sessions to comb this all out but it's nice to be done! I got a nice thirteen gallon trashbag worth of fleece off of her, wich for it's size is only 10.2 ounces of fleece! So next time you look at cashmere and think damn thats expensive just remember that the average cashmere goat only produces around 5oz in a year (also localy produced fiber is always a better buy ;)) So good job Nikki! I'm excited to process this to sell this year, though I'm not sure if i should process it fully into yarn or leave it as cloud for others to spin. Lots of decisions! I have four other goats to comb out and I'm excited to see how their fleeces turn out this year since Nikki's is looking so lovely!

[vintagewildlife]

Cashmere goat By: P. Kothe From: Brehms Tierleben 1922

[zbbaskin]

Rori Ruby Ref!

[pod-nomerom-westb]

Goats... Some horns references to maybe draw later if you believe that

[leporisaurus-rex]

👂

[elijahnivim]

evergreen

[technogoatart]

A cute little sketch of my fursona. I was still muling over what type of a goat he would be... For like years. But I think I finally came to the decision of cashmere goat, based on how fluffy they are. :3

[fjordfolk]

some type of cashmere goat maybe?

[antiqueanimals]

Illustrated Sketches of Natural History: Consisting of Descriptions and Engravings of Animals. Second Series. 1864.

Internet Archive

[mc-survivalist-steven]

Where did you get the sheep from? Did they just happen to wander to you, make a flock, or did you pick them up from somewhere?

"I was introduced to this species during my stay here. I like how warm their wool is, and since I needed several changes of clothes quickly, the villagers just showed me where I can get them."

"They know I give shelter and food so... well, in a way they flock to me as soon as I found them. So... they are very easy to acquire? (Pain in the ass to care for sometimes, though.)"

"It has insulated walls and warmed padding. Listen, I take great care of my sheep and goats alright? They are the backbone of my business after all."

[goatdays]

Some pics of the goaties! They are getting big! North American cashmere goats are not a huge breed, and does only get up to around 100-150 lbs. Goats reach full grown at four years old so my gals goat a ways to go since they are mainly one and a half except for Ophelia who is 2.5 years old.

[obstinatecondolement]

The thing that is probably most difficult for me in work that happens on a regular basis is that all the other staff and 99% of the customers call all yarn "wool" whether it has any wool in it or not.

[pod-nomerom-westb]

[elijahnivim]

an angel under the tree

[katniss-evermeme]

Got my very first full-odds shiny Pokemon today!

[septembergold]