Saturday, at MDSW I went to the fleece sale and quickly became overwhelmed by all the choices. I spent about 90 minutes circling the tables heaped with bags of fleeces. I sampled locks, listening for pings (good) and crunchiness (bad). I thought I wanted a small Shetland fleece but when I looked at them, I decided dealing with a double coated fleece for my first processing wasn't a good idea.
I decided to find a small Jacob fleece, I tested several and found a 2.75 pound fleece and decided on it. The fleeces were abundant and so were the people, the line to check out snaked around the room and out the barn. I gave up and decided to give it more thought and return when the sale was less crazy.
Sunday, with little hope there would be much left I returned to the fleece sale. I found two small Jacob fleeces. I asked another shopper if she was knowledgeable and could help me. I explained that I had taken Sarah's class on Friday. We tested locks together, the smaller of the fleeces had a break and crunchy sound, even when we tested locks from different parts of the fleece.
The larger fleece tested well with a wonderful ping to the lock. My new friend pointed out that some of the darker locks were shorter than the cream locks. But as I was going to process the colors separately it wasn't a big problem.
I proceeded quickly to check out and $41.25 later it was all mine. I can't swear this is the same 2.75 lb fleece from Saturday but I think it is.
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| Penny wants to help. |
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| My beautiful Jacob. |
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| Two locks after a quick wash in Soak and hot water. |
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| Locks after flicking. |
It amazes me that the simple act of laying my fleece out in the backyard and washing two small locks has me so excited to process this fleece. I was not keen on this at all prior to this evening. Tomorrow, I will load up on some mesh bags and Dawn dish washing liquid. I am looking forward to sitting in the backyard with this sheepy smelling fluff on Saturday.
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