'Brown Butterfly Shawl' was displayed at the recent exhibition of the Canterbury area of Creative Fibre (New Zealand Spinning Weaving and Woolcrafts Society Inc.) at the Christchurch Museum. Made entirely from natural coloured undyed wool, using the 'Butterfly | Papillon'…
First published in the March 2019 issue of the magazine of the Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders' Association. A problem that often seen in animal carcasses at the freezing works is abscesses, that can be quite large, caused by vaccination…
Crafts people from are now invited to prepare an entry, or entries, for the 2021 open class of the BCSBA's annual handcraft competition. The category for 2021 is a pair of hand covers eg: gloves, mittens, or anything else you…
Karen Phillips, BVSc, MANZCVS: CHB Vets, Waipukurau This article was first published in the magazine of the Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders' Association, in September 2015. It is reproduced here with permission.
Karen Phillips, BVSc, MANZCVS: CHB Vets, Waipukurau This article was first published in the magazine of the Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders' Association, in June 2015. It is reproduced here with permission.
Members of the Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders' Association have access to a library of sheep and wool related books. Primarily a collection of non-fiction books, which includes a number of books from various international congresses of coloured sheep, there…
First published in the magazine of the BCSBA, September 2013. Reproduced with permission of the author. As we approach lambing time there are a few things we need to keep an eye on to keep them healthy and growing well.…
Each year, at the annual conference and AGM, the BCSBA runs competitions for its members. There are five sections: National Fleece; Hand Craft Fleece; Photographs; Sheepskin; and Hand Craft. Within each section there are different categories/classes, chosen by the branch…
Stuart Albrey, Fine Fibre Farms, www.fffnz.com In my first blog posting I foolishly suggested that there was more than one section to the topic of producing quality sheep and wool. The result was an expectation to produce the second section…
Stuart Albrey, Fine Fibre Farms, www.fffnz.com So where is this going? Well, when someone purchases a fleece from you for handcraft purposes you can be guaranteed that they will handle every bit of it. So if anything is not up…