FLEECES 2012-2013
Bond and Bond X unless otherwise stated.
Coated unless otherwise stated.
Weights in black are approximate - accurate weights in blue.
All $20/kg coated and $18/kg uncoated.

Browns:
3/10 - Milk chocolate, approx 25micron, 110-120mm staple length, good character, very soft, 1.9kg $38.00
9/05 (ram) - Fawn/pale fawn, approx 25-26micron, 80-100mm staple length, poor character, very greasy, very dense, not coated so some VM likely to be present, 3.25kg

Blacks
1/11 (young ram) - Black with some light fibres and burnished tip, approx 25micron, 120-130mm staple length, fair/good character, not coated so some VM present, 4.57kg $82.25
C16/10 - Black with grey fibres, approx. 25micron, 100-110mm, good character, very soft, 1.47kg $29.40
C16/08 - Dark grey, approx. 27micron, 110 -120mm, good character, very even, 4.38kg $87.60
C10/05 - Dark grey, approx 24micron, 110-120mm staple length, good/fair character, very even, 4.2kg $84.00
C18/04 (ram) - Mid-grey, approx 25micron, 80-95mm staple length, fair/poor character, very greasy, not coated so some VM present, 3.5kg

Whites
180 (ram)-1 - Bright white, approx 23micron, 100-110mm staple length, good character, even, greasy tip, not coated so some VM present, 3.36kg, $60.45
180 (ram)-2 - As above, 1.18kg, $21.20

Lambswool
I also have white, brown and a little black lambswool for sale for $5/kg. It is all Bond, short-stapled and very soft.

SHEARING DONE!

The sheep have been shorn and I'm working through classing and weighing each fleece. I've done all 5 white fleeces, including re-skirting, photographing and bagging. The blacks (14) have all been classed and weighed and I'm about to start on the 21 browns. Stay tuned!

SHEARING DAY - NOV 4th

All being well, our sheep will be shorn this coming Sunday, 4th November! It will tke me at least a week to class, weigh and photograph the fleeces but I'll try to get the piccies up here as soon as I can!

NEW! WOOL/CAMEL OPTIM TOP!

I've just purchased a bump of lovely, soft, luxurious wool/camel Optim top! It's a lovely pale camel colour and the price is $13.50 for 100g. I'll post a piccy soon!

I also have more Merino top in stock, but not organic Merino unfortunately which seems to be scarce at the moment.

SILKY WOOL BECOMING A RARE FIBRE!

I found out today that Silky Wool (aka 'Optim' or 'Arcana') top is no longer being produced in Australia and is probably not being produced anywhere else in the world either! Due to rising wool prices (which are great for wool-growers!), and a drop in demand for optim, this elite fibre is no longer viable in the marketplace and is rapidly becoming a rare fibre!

I have plenty of Silky Wool yarns in stock but top may soon be unobtainable! sob!

Up-date 30th Oct: I have been informed that there is at least one mill in the world still producing Optim wool so all is not lost!!

NEW SILK DREAM TOP

NEW SILK DREAM TOP!
Available in packs of 500g - $55.00, 250g - $27.50 or 100g - $11.00

NEW OPTIM/SILK TOP!

Just in - gorgeous soft and lustrous Silk Dream top! Silky Wool (optim) combed with tussah silk (approx. 12.5%). It's only just arrived and I haven't had time to take photos yet but I'll have it for sale at the Handknitters' Guild Wool and Craft Fair at Brunswick this Saturday, 28th April, along with lots of other goodies! Come and see and feel.....mmmm!

New Bond top!

Light grey Bond top now in stock, about 8kgs left, $60/kg