Patchwork Jacob Sheep and Fiber Shop

06/04/2026

Destiny is so lovely she could win multiple 2026 awards. But it's one award per lamb - sorry, Destiny.
Destiny wins the award for the highest COI (coefficient of inbreeding) at 12.8%. JSC recommended 5% and TLC recommends 10%. Most of my flock is under 5%. But COI is just a number and there is more to consider. The more important number (in my opinion) is the percent of blood. Destiny includes 62.5% from her dam/great grand dam Future, which is 12.5% more than if Future only showed up once in the pedigree as her dam. Future is a top notch ewe and I'm happy to be concentrating her genetics, her deer like style, her strong and balanced horns, and her gorgeous fleece.

06/03/2026

Bonnie is another with the wayward dot - and four strong firmly attached horns at just under two months old. And she even likes me. I think she may be a keeper.

05/27/2026

You wouldn't think a six ewe lambing group would stretch out lambing for almost two months... but they managed to do just that.
Welcome to the 2026 lambing finale.
Huxley (lilac ram) and Iola (black ewe)
Patchwork Banyan x Patchwork Monroe

05/27/2026

Huxley has a skunk stripe :)

05/26/2026

Lorna's pretty hoggett fleece.

05/22/2026

Bonnie was one of those lambs that was born with no interest in interacting with me at all - to the point that she was positively feral, even though her dam and twin brother were fine with human contact.
She wins the Most Improved Award, having finally decided that I'm not too bad (lambs just can't resist a wiggling finger). It is an award that I am personally familar with as I won the most improved summer camper as a six year for overcoming my fear of seaweed. But I digress.
At six weeks, Bonnie is showing some excellent horn growth. All four horns are tight with no wiggle. She has good spacing and a flat profile. Finger crossed!

05/21/2026

Today's award is for clumsiest lamb.
Destiny somehow managed to step exactly in the middle of a discarded fence insulator. Or perhaps she meant it as a fashion statement and the award should be for most creative lamb?

05/20/2026

A plus side to a reduced lambing is that there are enough awards that every lamb can have an award. Today's winner for noisiest lamb is Patchwork Esmae - a two horned lilac daughter of Bijou and Cedar.
Bijou is a laid back mother. She takes excellent care of her lambs, but is not a helicopter mom. That annoys Esmae who thinks Bijou should always come running.

05/13/2026