Lessons from Geese

This was submitted by my daughter's friend. Its a lovely thought. Goes quite well with the Flying Geese Socks I made in 2007.

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Ram's Horns Project Cont'd

Here are the final photos of my Ram's Horns. You can see that the boney matter is similar in shape and size to its outer counterpart. Once the inside has been removed the second photo shows how clean and hollow it is. The third photo shows the actual boney substance that was inside the horn itself and the final photo is the finished product. I don't plan on varnishing it or mounting it to any planks of wood. I want to keep it as is.

"These horns are from the same ram. Rams fight and bang up their horns taking chunks of them. The fibers found may be the fiber from the ram he was fighting with.

Horns are supported by bone that grows about 1/2 way into the horn. This bone supports the horn and makes it rigid and attaches it firmly to the skull. The bone part is alive and has a blood supply to it. The horn part is not alive (kind of like fingernails). S.B of http://www.icelandicsheep.com/ "

God has made such beautiful creatures and its amazing to see the wonders of His hands. These animals produce fiber for clothing, meat for consumption and beauty for the eyes. We must learn to treasure these animals.

Ram's Horns Project Cont'd

Now, my dear husband who has the patience of a saint drilled into this boney matter and was pleasantly surprised to realize he didn't have to work too hard to remove it's insides. It all came out in one piece as you can see in the photos! I must tell you that our home 'stank' something real bad!!! I don't think I will ever do this again.

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.

My Zitron LifeStyle Socks

Well, I finally finished another pair of socks. These will be for me. All the other socks I have made have been given away and what a lovely pleasure to give such beauties away. But, these I definitely cannot part with. Why you might ask? Well the yarn was purchased by my daughters over the Christmas holiday for me, and so I made these socks for me and while thinking of my girls. They were knitted up using Zitron's LifeStyle Blue colorway on US#2 needles. I love the fabric this yarn created!!