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Producing
clean fleeces is a year-round project Some
practices that help keep SkyLines fleeces clean
while they're still on the sheep Heavy
skirting of fleeces at shearing time catches any VM
that did make it in On
SkyLines' shearing day, each fleece is heavily
skirted by the shearing crew as soon as it comes
off the sheep. We've been known to skirt off as
much as 25-30% of a fleece, just to make sure that
it's clean enough to meet my standards. Later, I
personally go over each fleece a second time before
boxing it up and shipping it to its new owner. None
of this skirted wool is ever wasted, though. I use
the skirtings as fantastic organic mulch in all the
gardens and at the base of every tree seedling that
I plant on the farm. Why
you don't want excessive VM in a handspinning
fleece It's
simply not worth the effort to spend precious hours
of your life washing, picking, carding and spinning
a fleece, only to end up with yarn that's prickly
due to annoying little bits of straw or thistle
embedded in the fibers. Most spinners have a story
of at least one "nightmare fleece" that they
struggled with in the past, and if you've ever had
a fleece filled with VM, you definitely don't want
to repeat the experience! The
cleanliness of SkyLines fleeces will surprise and
delight you - just have a look at some of our
customer
comments.
View
SkyLines' fleece
list
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