New Season's Fleeces 2009

BROWNS @ $20/kg coated
W4/08, Chocolate, fair character, very dense, 100-120mm, approx 24micron, 3.5kg $70.00
12/08, Milk Chocolate, excellent character, 120-130mm, 25micron or finer, 4.5kg, $90.00
B11/07, Cinnamon to pale fawn down staple, good character, lustrous, 100-120mm, approx 26micron, 3.5kg, $70.00
B7/06, Pale fawn, excellent character, 120-150mm, approx 25micron, 4.5kg, $90.00
B9/06, Pale fawn/cinnamon, very good character, 130-140mm, approx 27micron, 4.5kg, $90.00
B13/06, Pale silver fawn, excellent character, 120-140mm, approx 27micron, 5kg, $100.00
4/05, Fawn/pale fawn, good character, 110-125mm, approx 25micron, 3.5kg, $70.00
B12/04, Pale fawn, good character, 90-110mm, approx 25micron, 5kg, $100.00
B2/03, Silver fawn, good character, soft, lustrous, 110-130mm, approx 26micron, 6kg, $120.00

BLACKS @ $20/kg coated
16/08, Black, excellent character, 120-130mm, approx 25micron, 4kg $80.00
24/08, Black with some light fibres, excellent character, very soft, 110-130mm, approx 24-25micron, 4kg, $80.00
C30/08, Dark grey/black, excellent character, 110-120mm, approx 25micron, 3.5kg, $70.00
3/07, Black with the odd light fibre, excellent character, very soft, 100-110mm, approx 25micron, 3.5kg, $70.00
C9/07, Dark black/brown, fair character, soft, dense, 100-120mm, approx 25micron, 4kg, $80.00
C15/07, Dark grey/black with some grey fibres, good character, very soft, 100-120mm, qpprox 24micron, 5kg, $100.00
C16/07, Very dark grey/black, good character, very soft, 110-135mm, approx 24-25micron, 4.5kg, $90.00
CW3/06, Dark steel grey, excellent character, 100-120mm, approx 25micron, 5kg, $100.00
W10/06, Light to mid grey, good character, 90-120mm, approx 26micron, 4kg, $80.00
C11/06, Dark steel grey, excellent character, 110-135mm, approx 25micron, 4kg, $80.00
C12/06, Black with some grey areas, good character, 110-120mm, approx 25micron, 5.5kg, $110.00
C17/06, Dark grey, good cahracter, dense, 130mm, approx 25-26micron, 5.5kg, $110.00
C10/05, Black with some dark grey areas & light fibres, good character, fairly dense, 110-120mm, approx 25micron, 5.5kg, $110.00
C3/03, Light steel grey, lustrous, fair character, very soft, greasy, 100-120mm, approx 28micron, 5.5kg, $110.00
W14/00, Light steel grey to pale grey, fair character, greasy, 80-100mm, approx 27micron, 3kg, $60.00

WHITES @ $16/kg coated
C6/06, Creamy white, excellent character, 120-130mm, approx 25micron, 4kg, $64.00

Shearing completed!

Our sheep were shorn Sunday 11th October! I'll be posting a list of the new fleeces as soon as I get them all classed and weighed! Stay tuned......

Hand-dyed Silk Dream 8ply seconds

Hand-dyed Silk Dream 8ply seconds

$5.00/50g

Hand-dyed 4ply Silky Wool

Hand-dyed 4ply Silky Wool - Berry Crush
$7.50/50g

















Hand-dyed 4ply Silky Wool - Hibiscus
$7.50/50g

Hand-dyed 4ply Silky Wool - Blue Lagoon
$7.50/50g

New yarns from Anna Gratton Ltd, NZ.
Crinkle 10ply wool with poly/nylon binder.
Pictured shades left to right: Lime, Denim, Paua, Topaz, Jade.
100gm balls $7.50ea.

Pure Wool, fully machine washable, 4ply and 8ply heather blends:

Clockwise from top right: Terracotta, Forest, Wallflower & Damson 4ply; Rose, Damson Amethyst, Cherry and Paprika 8ply;

Centre: Navy Marl. (Note: colours in photo are not an accurate reproduction. eg. Navy marl is a deep navy.) 

200g skeins $14.00 each

New yarns from Anna Gratton Ltd, NZ

Today a parcel of new yarns from Anna Gratton Ltd of New Zealand have arrived and they are just lovely! 4ply machine washable pure wool in fabulous heather blends and 10ply crinkle which is wool with a black poly/nylon wrap thread. Beautiful colours! I'm expecting a second parcel with 8ply machine washable pure wool - hope it hasn't gone astray!

I'm also adding Earth Palette Dyes to my store - 200g packs for $2.70 each, in 10 colours! These are cold dyes specially-formulated for wool and other animal fibres. They are very easy to mix and use and the colours are brilliant!

Shiloh Wool went to Hamilton Sheepvention on 3rd & 4th August! A couple of days beforehand I did my first dye-up, trying out the Earth Palette dyes I'd had for a while and some I'd purchased at the Sheep & Wool Show in Bendigo a week or two earlier. I had lots of fun mixing dyes and trying different combinations of shades. The yarns I dyed were Silk Dream and Silky Wool 'seconds', and I also dyed three 100g lots of Silky Wool top. The colours were amazing! The Silky Wool top felted a little, I think I may have rinsed it out a bit vigorously - have to get some tips from experienced dyers!
The best thing about the Earth Palette dyes is that they are applied cold and the dyed articles are simply wrapped in plastic and left for 24 hours for the dye to fix. This is great for Silky Wool (Optim) because too high heat can undo the Optim process and the wool will then lose its beautiful silky lustre.