Ram's Horns Project

I recently purchased Ram's Horns from a farm I found while surfing the internet, http://www.icelandicsheep.com/ . I also purchased two skeins of Lopi Wool in a creamy white natural color. The yarn is absolutely wonderful and fun to knit up. Unfortunately I discovered this yarn much too late in the season to be able to purchase other natural colors. They were all sold out. But I got to purchase a pair of horns!! You might wonder why in the world would I purchase these horns, and all I can tell you is that there is a connection at least in my mind between wool, sheep, rams, and horns. You get the picture? Well I thought to display these horns in my knitting room. After all, wool comes from sheep, right?

Well my poor husband was put to the task of drilling the inside boney matter of the horns. As you can see by the pictures, it was an interesting task. The first snap shot is the horn as it is, then you must immerse it in water and boil it for several hours to soften the inside boney matter.