Future Yarn For Mittens ;)

You guys asked for lamb photos, will this one do?


This picture is of my one and only bottle lamb this year. She was christened Francie by my grandson, and she is a very special lamb from a very special ewe in our flock. She is very tiny, but she is thriving. She will be the last lamb from our dear old ewe, Eve, and she will have a home here for all of her days,just like her mama. Right now, she is living in the house sleeping in a converted play pen.

I was outside skirting (cleaning) fleece and she was "helping" when I looked down to find her curled up in the skirtings. Will it tug at your heartstrings as much as it did mine to know that this is her mama's wool? I will be keeping some of this fleece for myself and I'm thinking of future yarn for mittens from it would be nice.ETA - I should mention that her mama did not pass away, she is just very old for a sheep and had an awfully hard time having Francie and her twin sister, so she will officially go into "retirement" and not have to have any more babies, just keep growing lovely wool for us ;)