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Cuteness ALERT Megan had a new addition to her farm earlier this week - meet baby Ember! He's a bouncing baby cashmere goat and has begun exploring how to use his spindly little legs. Mama Cinder has turned out to be a super first-time mom, and is very protective of her little guy. (Shout out to Grimross Farm for raising such a lovely doe!)

How is the spring knit along going? Anyone cast on the seeded stitch mittens yet? (Pattern link posted in comments). The Corn Hill Farmhouse is all set up to assist - we have examples knit in a variety of yarns. This pattern makes a great stash buster, but we also have lots of new yarns to choose from. If you have never knit fingerless mitts before, they are great for texting, walking, driving and transition days like today ! They could also be easily finished to make comp...lete mittens. If you send us a picture of what you make, using any yarns, before June 15th, you might even win a prize ! PS. All the baskets used in these photos are made by Savoie Baskets and are for sale too. Corn Hill Farmhouse is at 2571 Route 890 Cornhill NB. Open Friday and Saturday afternoons from 1pm to 5pm.

Today is Local Yarn Store day ! Not that we need an excuse to buy yarn but it's a great reason to support your local yarn stores. In keeping with the day , we are starting a "knit along" we have chosen the seed stitch fingerless glove by Matsos V available for free on Ravelry, see link below. https://www.ravelry.com///seed-stitch-fingerless-mittens-3 It is an adaptable pattern that is a good step if wanting to try knitting in the round or to get back in to knitting if it'...s been a while, but also interesting enough for an experienced knitter. It could easily be made as complete mittens, too! We have all tested the pattern out, so are here to help if you have any questions. It is written for aran or worsted weight yarn - we have these yarns available at the Corn Hill Farmhouse and other local yarn shops will too. If you want to participate and send us a picture before June 15, we will be drawing for a prize! Looks like the perfect day for knitting!

We are happy to say Sarah's beautiful products from her flock of Shetlands, has made its way to the Corn Hill Farmhouse! They are even more squishy soft and perfect spring colours then the pictures show!! a great reason to go for a drive in the country and grab some bagels while you are here!

Sarah noticed one of her wethers had a bit of an extra fluffy butt that night at feeding time. Being a pretty chill dude, Charlie let her take a peek and Sarah discovered he has entered his annual spring wool break phase and has been rubbing consequently itchy butt to remove the last years growth of wool. This is a very normal thing for primitive sheep breeds like Shetlands and Icelandic sheep and some traditional shepherds opt to pull the loose fleece off the sheep (called rooing) rather than shear. Sarah was able to easily pick a bunch of wool off his haunches revealing the new peach fuzz of this years new fleece beneath. He enjoyed a good butt scratch in the process. Sarah expects he will lose more as the wool break continues to spread over his body. What cannot be gently pulled off will be sheared in another month or so.