Upcoming Events

Fleece Skirting for Show and Yarn

June 8th and 15th, both Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day.
Bring a sack lunch and one special fleece you need skirted and join us for a fleece skirting bonanza. We will provide snacks and beverages and lots of food for thought! We're planning on two weekends, so if you can't make it to one, you can come to the other.
Truth be known, we're working on getting years of fleeces prepped for processing and people have asked us about how to skirt fleeces. So if you want to get hands-on skirting practice...on someone else's fleeces, please join us!
We'll be discussing everything from what to feed to produce the best fleeces possible as well as how to harvest (shear) efficiently (hint: don't let the shearer decide blanket size...tell them to cut a big blanket), storage methods and ideas for products for all the different grades of alpaca fleece.
Three words to remember when skirting: uniformity, ruthless, grades.
Looking forward to it!