Kitchen Shears?

Sunday.... a day of rest.....

OR...

a day to recap the last few blurry days...

They have been busy..

We sheared sheep....

and when i say "sheared" I mean that rather loosely....

I bought some "Vintage" sheep shears on eBay about a month ago (9.99)thinking "that will work and so much less expensive than electric shears...

Yeah...

so when they arrived i thought "ohhh they just need a sharpening"

so i sharpened them, after searching the malls of Regina to no avail (no knife sharpener in town would sharpen shears) i settled on a dremmel kit from walmart(7.99)

and then...

they didn't work..

surprise surprise...

so we used "Kitchen shears"

Not scissors..... they shall now be known in our home as KITCHEN SHEARS

They cut open freezies, onion bags, can be used as a can opener..(if you are really angry) and NOW they can even shear sheep!!

I LOVE KITCHEN SHEARS!!!

 Handy dandy Kitchen Shears at work...

We clocked in at a mere 90 minutes per Sheep...

No time at all and we will be at 3 minutes like those folks on YouTube......

Just you wait!

 And like everything in our home... it was a family affair.. everyone critiqued our methods and gave us pointers....

but despite our tedious methods and lack of preparedness.... we got her done...

Now all three of our sheep look like silly monkeys and I have three garbage bags full of nasty wool to clean and process...

ANOTHER THING I HAVE NEVER DONE....

LORD PLEASE.....

make it a smooth transition from urine and feces filled fleece to yummy delectable yarn on my needles this winter....

PLEASE..

please....

PRETTY PLEASE!!!!