All of the fleeces in the previous pictures have been skirted. A LOT of packed up and waiting their turns at various mills come fall. When I pick up the roving from the mills in the fall, I will give them the raw to be processed into roving, top or yarn for next spring. I need to spread it out in order to pay the processing fees.

The only fiber getting washed, and sent out as soon as it is dry, is all the Shetland I received this year from 2 different shearing gigs. As well as all of the Shetland that I have purchased from a couple of other farms. I love to process and spin Shetland, but realize that I don't have the time for the processing. So, I am sending it all to http://www.stonehedgefibermill.com/ to become either roving or sport weight yarn. I may put it up on this site and the FB wool page when I get it back, if I have time. If not, if will definitely be with us at the next NH Sheep & Wool Festival in Deerfield, NH. I will share that web site when they update it...

Just a teaser. Coming back from Zeilinger Wool Company in time for VT Sheep & Wool Festival will be Columbia top and Romney roving in 3-4 different shades. As well as more Horned Dorset pin drafted roving from Sallie's Fen Fibers.

Zeiliinger's will be getting all of this year's Dorset/Romney lamb (hogget?) fleeces to make into top for next spring's festival. Little sheep under big sheep makes for VM loaded fleeces. And, too much work to clean into roving when the fleece is super crimpy. (Unless they think they can do so. I leave that decision to the experts!) And, Sallie's Fen will be getting colored Dorset fleece to blend with black Mohair to become sock yarn. (I was supposed to do it this spring, but somehow the fleeces were misplaced... She will be getting this year's shearing of both Dorset and Mohair instead.)

Next spring's plan is for Green Mountain Spinnery to get natural colored Romney to become another yarn line for us. They might get some more white Romney to become a bulky weight yarn. Not something I personally like to knit with, but we will see. I will talk with them at the VT show and get their opinion first. But, if I end up with enough overtime at the PO, or sell enough fleeces between now and then, I may send it to them this fall/early winter.

Happy August 1st all. Let's hope that August is better than July!! At least it started out rainy here. That is a wonderful thing considering that we are in a drought. The fields and the gardens are showing it. We may not  get in a 2nd crop of hay this year, and so far I've only picked 1 zucchini out of 4 plants, and have NO cucumbers... :(

TTFN.