So…
Yesterday I drove 3 hours to Bethel, MO to the World Sheep and Fiber Festival . It was a little insane but I had a great time. There was sheep herding, sheep shearing, and best of all, WOOL!! I went a little nuts at the silent auction. I ended up with 17lbs of raw fleece. Yes, you heard right. The 3 hour drive home smelled somewhat like a barnyard. However, I feel like I hit the jackpot. It will probably take me till the next festival to sort all of this out.
Part 1
Romney Fleece
Shorn 4/11
3.5#
Here is the fleece before I washed it.
It has such beautiful colors and it was well skirted. Very little debris.
Now after I washed it:
It is really fluffy and soft. Nice sheen.
I set it out in the sun today and it dried in a few hours. I spent the next few hours aligning the locks and doing some combing.
Here’s what I got:
Aligned locks
Combed locks
I can’t wait to see what it spins up like. Without dye, I think it will be a heathery brown.
There is still a lot of work left till it is ready to spin. But I am half way there.
Two of the other fleeces are washed. They need to be dried. Then only two more to go.
All the fleeces came from Janet Frazier. She does an amazing job. The fleeces are very clean, very well skirted. Worth every penny.
Next: Part 2…
