Name: Woolly
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I'm a crafty Aquarian traveller. Taught to knit when I was 3, I'm still going strong with my needles. Sharing life with Tom & Aran in our self-build house-bus, we live in a rambling world full of yarn, books, tools and "stuff".

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

The Sheep Challenge

Ok, so we all know Sheep rock. So it's about time we showed it, eh? And I'm not just referring to the fluffy version that hangs from my rear view mirror. I mean properly.

The whole point of this challenge is to photograph as many types of sheep as possible. Ever noticed how many pictures of these fella's you see everywhere? All those illustrations and advertisements? Well, I'm gonna make it my mission to find them all and keep a photographic record.

I could dash off to the countryside (ooh arhh) and take loads and loads of photos sheep in the fields. But that'd be boring, almost like cheating. I mean the sorta sheep that aren't quite where they should be. Like on bottles of Ale.


And more bottles of Ale.

How about cheese?

And even on the PC.


So all normal, real life woolly sheep can go about their daily business of eating grass and providing the fluffy stuff. The focus is on the other fellas - daft, imaginary or artificial sheep. I don't care if folk were staring at me strangely in the supermarket as I photographed bottles of beer. The point is to be as carefree as possible and let the world know that I lurve sheep and I don't care (man)

Rules Guidelines:-

  • No normal, grass munchin' real life sheep shots.
  • To throw caution to the wind and be tutted at whilst taking photographs.
  • The more obscure, the better. Even if they're on a packet of tampons, they're snapped.
  • Photos clearly showing the Sheep and their (if appropriate) product.
  • Update as and when the moment occurs. No pressure, no deadline.
  • Bare in mind animal welfare at all times (love that sheep!)

Wanna join me? Feel free, my woolly friend. Just save the button to your own server and link back to this post. A comment with a link to your photos would be cool - share your sheep!

And I really, really don't mind if nobody pays a blind bit of notice to my insanity. Honest.

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Blogger tangelled angel said...

Think I'll be taking you up on your challenge! My bf already thinks I'm insane with the stuff I take photographs of! Ive put a post on my blog about it....

10:35 AM  
Anonymous Marianne said...

What a fluffy and cool challenge, people think of me as weird anyway.Photographing in strange places, I´m in !!!!!

11:56 AM  
Blogger Rosie said...

Love it! Just got to work out how on earth to get a button onto my blog (we're talking Mrs Technophobe here, have finally got myself a digital camera today, but have accidentally set it up in Finnish: don't ask, just laugh, will reward myself with an extra large G&T tonight...!)

1:14 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

isthis challenge open to relatives???

1:17 PM  
Blogger Woolly Wormhead said...

Well Dad, Tom states all relatives and employees are excluded. Whatever that means....

But hey, email 'em to me as jpeg's, I'll post them here and we won't tell him, ok?

1:23 PM  
Anonymous Annarella said...

Oooh, that sounds like fun! I'm defintely in :)

2:33 PM  
Blogger susoolu said...

Black Sheep Beer - holder of many fond memories for me!

You really do quite like sheep, don't you.

2:47 PM  
Blogger Spinningfishwife said...

Okay, "alternative" sheep have been blogged chez Fishwife.

9:46 PM  
Blogger Wye Sue said...

Went shopping and you must have been in there yesterday as you've got all the sheep in the shop...
Can I cheat and go to the farmer's supply shop, reminds me tomorrow I'll post what I bought there last week...

Woo hoo Rosie's got a camera, cant wait for the photos, do you think they will all be Finnished things !

10:09 PM  
Blogger acrylik said...

Love it! Will get right to it as soon as I get back home :)

9:29 AM  
Blogger Bagpuss said...

Definetely joining, and as we speak i have a Tesco bag by my side with sheep on and my boyf has sheep on his pc game.

8:51 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

well dad

your wrong!!!!!!!!

7:57 AM  
Blogger Woolly Wormhead said...

Rightio - have started a list of participants in the left sidebar. As soon you leave yer name here saying you're in, I'll add you! Folk have already started - some brilliant sheep out there ;)

3:59 PM  
Blogger Robin said...

I'm IN! I just hope I don't get arrested for suspicious activitiy!

12:47 AM  
Blogger Krista said...

I'll do what I can to capture some odd sheep placements!

2:35 AM  
Anonymous Annarella said...

Just to let you know that I've linked you from my side bar, and had to resize your button to fit my blog layout, so it's 88x31 - anybody needs a 88x31 button, feel free to save to your server and use it (plz do not hotlink).

I'm sorry to report there have been no sheep sightings lately, but then again I haven't been out much and today it's peeing down, damn! :(

xxx

12:02 PM  
Anonymous Silvia said...

I made a start!! I think i semi cheated but not!! Just got home from a Holiday on a SheepFarm so i am deffo in there love sheepy stuff. Great challenge/idea

10:42 PM  
Blogger Rosie said...

Sheepy pix just added over at my Caught Knitting blog.

2:30 PM  
Anonymous needmebed said...

At last a kindred spirit! My partner thinks in a complete looney when it comes to sheep... I had a really great sheep mug bought by a friend and it got broken (I'm not so sure it was an accident) and I cried. I was sooo gutted it was the bestest ever mug in the world and very special to me... I am taking up your challenge you'll be glad to hear ... cant wait to get snapping...

8:08 PM  
Anonymous Elisa said...

dear Ruth, I am taking part in your inner sheep release and have already posted lots of pictures.

My blog where you can find them is http://www.amichan.de/elisablog/

Soon they will be published in English too, then here: http://www.amichan.de/en/elisablog/

Thanks for adding me.

4:16 PM  
Blogger Swanknitter said...

Do you want photos from the Australian Sheep & Wool Show? Lots and lots plus angora goats & apacas. go look at my blog end of last July

4:22 AM  
Blogger Kristi said...

Have you seen this site?
http://sheepworld.blogspot.com/

There's a screensaver he mentions in 2004 which seems to have disappeared -- if you're interested in seeing it let me know.

12:56 PM  

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