NH Sheep & Wool

Friday morning when we were setting up, Zeilinger Wool Company

showed up outside our building with 3 different breeds of sheep in

roving form. We got back 4 big bags of Romney which means when

I am healed, I can start dyeing again. We got 2 bags of Dorset X

Romney and one bag of Tunis. Thanks to Shave 'Em to Save 'Em

the Tunis is 1/2 gone. And, I had to send 4 more Horned Dorset

fleeces home with Sallie's Fen Fiber Mill as we are almost sold out.

 Jim (from zwool) no sooner got our roving unloaded and

Sallie showed up with all our new roving blends. I was a 

little disappointed with I saw the Romney lamb with Kid

Mohair as it looked like it was filled with scurf. I quickly

grabbed a handful and spun it up. I do not know what it is, 

but it is NOT scurf. At least 90% of it came out during 

spinning and the rest can be shaken, or picked, out. I

am ecstatic as this fiber is extremely soft!!

 We only had a couple of fleeces this year. ;)

Unfortunately, this was not a big fleece year.

But, it was an over the top yarn and roving year.

Thanks to Shave 'Em to Save 'Em and the newest

roving from the two mills!

 I was a little surprised not to sell ANY of the 

Border Leicester X Romney roving. It looks 

funky in roving form, but it spins great.

I just picked out the 'neps'.

This is from a mill I've (personally) never used,

and most likely never will.

 If anyone is interested in the pictured knitted goods,

email me at eweifarm@msn.com and I can put you 

in touch with the knitter. (These are not mine.)

 I brought my study along to show people that

 just because a fleece may look like garbage 

does not mean that it is. 

 Another 'garbage' fleece that cleaned up nicely!

This year at festival was our best in years!!

THANK YOU to all of our customers!

We sent our 2 Oxford fleeces and a Navajo Churro

lamb fleece to zwool to become roving. They are both

part of the Shave 'Em to Save 'Em, and will be available

at the VT Sheep & Wool Festival October 5 & 6, 2019, 

as well as at the Wool Arts Tour the following weekend.

I also sent a Texel fleece to them to be made into roving.

And, we will have lots of quilt batts at those 2 shows.

I sent 4 Horned Dorset fleeces to Sallie's Fen to become 

more roving, and that will be available in October as well.

I sent 6 Icelandic lamb fleeces home with Underhill Fibers

to become roving. Those will also be available in October.

Jenny Smith is a fairly new mill owner. I am happy to try her out!