Thanks Jane, guess that's two votes for shearing - guess what i'll be doing today ! in the long run it will be better, since the last hay i got is all seedy and getting stuck in their wool, i spend more time out there picking it all out, and if i shear, it wont stick ! and it will be gone [the hay] before they grow out more for it to stick in.
Jane wrote: >I always shear lambs in the fall. Their tender lamb's wool doesn't > winter all that well and the lamb fleece is wonderful. So what are all you fibrnetters doing? i washed fleeces yesterday [getting alot ready for winter spinning !] Have any of you used wool batts for quilts? i did my first quilt with a wool batt, and i washed the batt first, then quilted it, and washed it again [to see if it would be ok to machine wash] i have a front load washer - it worked great [i thought it would shrink more] must have been from a meat breed that dont shrink. i'm going to experiment with some small batts on my carder and do the quilt as you go quilts, and see how much the different breeds shrink, and also if any of them will migrate through the fabric . i have also been dyeing , and spinning and weaving some on the small tri and square looms [trying to use up odds and ends of handspun] and have been rug hooking with locks and with roving and unspun wool. so many projects.......... but shearing calls. guess there will be some felting in my near future too [to use up my short staple lamb fleeces] thanks for your replys, and look forward to hearing how others "felt" on the subject........ Barb
