It’s April and some of us are preparing to shear our sheep while others have already conquered that task.  What will you do with your bags of wool?  Keep it for yourself?  Sell it as raw fleece?  Or process it and sell the finished product? In the January 2010 newsletter, we talked about keeping your […]

I hope you and your animals are all faring well in the summer heat!  What better way to spend these dog days of summer than in the air conditioning of your home with some wool?  After reading my last article did you try your hand at washing and carding wool?  If you decided it was […]

Are you marketing your wool to handspinners or would you like to try?  A clean fleece will certainly catch a customer’s eye; but minimizing the amount of vegetable matter (VM) in the wool requires some work throughout the year, not just at shearing time.  During the spring and summer you’ve probably been ridding your fields […]