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  • 5th National BFL Show August 16th in Allegan, MI

    The BLU- sponsored dinner will be on SATURDAY evening, August 16th. We are arranging for a room, but will order off the menu for simplicity’s sake. The BLU dinner will be held at the London Grill in Kalamazoo (london-grill.com) The London Grill is not far from the host hotel, Fairfield Inn Kalamazoo West (special rate…

  • Black Sheep Gathering Report

    From Robina Koenig The Black Sheep Gathering was held in Eugene, OR, last weekend. As usual, we all had a great time in the mild weather. My daughter Callie went with me this year and Jared Lloyd stopped by but didn’t show. I missed Nancy Gilkeson but her granddaughter Brooke was representing the family. This…

  • Micron Testing Project Results

    Submitted by Robina Koenig @ Tumble Creek Farm, Bend, Oregon Happy New Year and I hope everyone had a wonderful 2013 as we look forward to 2014. As promised, the Micron Testing Project, approved and paid for by the board, was completed within 2013 with the goal of finding the average micron count for the…

  • BLU Member Nancy Starkey reports from MS&W festival

      Photos by permission by Marcus Skeel Mark Soper and I (and our wonderful sheepdogs) perform the Working Sheepdog Demonstrations at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival each year, and we use yearling Bluefaced Leicester ewes from my flock in the demos.  These young BFLs are probably the classiest “demo sheep” around, and they certainly catch the attention of the festival crowds. …

  • MidOhio Fiber Fair

    BFL fiber was well represented at the recent MidOhio Fiber Fair, held in Newark, OH.  Breeders Anne Bisdorf and Lisa Rodenfels had adjoining booths at the show.  Anne had raw fleeces and natural rovings; while Lisa’s booth featured natural white and dyed BFL yarn and dyed locks in a rainbow of colors. Here is Anne’s…

  • Three Bags Full …..

    By Carol Densmore, Cross Wind Farm. Carol  judges wool shows and is an advanced student in the Master Spinner Program as well as a BFL breeder. ……of Long Leicester Wool English – Border – Bluefaced Leicester Instead of researching genealogy and family stories, I tend to apply the same focus on sheep. Especially the breeds I…

  • Fun at the BSG

     Robina Koenig with her natural colored BFL ram lamb, Marley, during the shepherd’s lead contest at the Black Sheep Gathering.  Robina is wearing a sweater she knitted.  She states that Trish, the MC of the show, “really makes the show entertaining for everyone.”

  • National Show Skein and Fiber Art photos

    A view of the vendor booth in the Great Lakes Fiber Show. The booth was available for all BLU members to sell their wares.         Some of the skeins entered in the competition at the national show.       In the foreground is the champion skein, a plyed laceweight 100% BFL…

  • Champion Fleece at national show

    Champion fleece, entered by Nancy Starkey of Maryland.

  • Scenes from the National Show – Fiber Events

    Kelly Ward explaining  how to fit a BFL for show. Carol Densmore demonstrating how to process a BFL fleece for spinning.   In the background are some of the photo contest entries.   Kelly Ward, Letty Klein, and Anne Bisdorf discussing fiber art and skein competition placings. Letty Klein, judging the BFL fleece competition