Collecting fiber and sorting it on shearing day is the culmination
of 12 months of production, and it determines how it can be processed.
We do a preliminary sort as we collect fleece from the shearing station into one of 5 categories:
- Prime blanket fleece
- Neck
- Upper leg
- Lower regions (belly, apron, lower leg)
- Waste
Everything is
sorted based on these categories. As a rule, blanket fleece is processed into yarn, some neck and upper leg fleece may be
yarn quality as well, other neck and upper leg will be set aside for felting, lower areas are sorted by color and prepared
for processing into rugs. Very little ends up in the waste bin!
These are some of the rugs made from our fiber. You can see pictures of individual rugs and some of our
custom yarn in our online store by clicking the link.
