When
Your Fleece Arrives
When your fleece arrives,
it is weighed, evaluated for processing suitability, bagged, and
labeled. Our labeling process allows us to guarantee that you
will get your own fiber returned to you.
Fleece with extreme
contamination or signs of bug infestation will not be accepted
for processing. We will send it back at the owner's expense.
Additional charges
will be assessed for fleeces that are not skirted or have excessive
grease.
Our minimum charge
is $10.00.
All pricing refers
to the weight of your fleece prior to any processing services.
Washing
Clean and grease-free
fleece is essential to processing. The cleaner the fleece the
higher the quality of the finished product and less wear and tear
on our equipment.
You can wash your fleece,
thereby reducing your processing fees or we will be happy to wash
it for you.
We us biodegradable,
non-allergenic detergent and extremely hot water.
If you intend to wash
your fleece, please be advised that we reserve the right to re-wash
your fleece or return it to you if necessary. If you intend to
wash your fleece, please refer to the "Washing
Instructions".
Drying
Once washed, your fleece
is placed on drying racks in a heated room to dry.
Machine
Picking
Picking separates the
fibers in preparation for the carding process. Picking will allow
some vegetable debris to drop from the fibers. However, picking
is not a substitute for clean fibers to start with. At this stage,
we also begin the blending process when blending colors or fiber
types.
Machine
Carding
Carding loosens and
aligns fibers using a number of carding drums to produce batts
or rovings. Rovings are available either loose or in center pull
bumps. You can choose either a small bump (approximately 8 oz.)
or a large bump (approximately 1 lb.)
Packaging
- Bumps contain a
paper core which when pulled, begins the roving. The bumps are
placed in plastic bags.
- Loose roving is
placed in plastic bags.
- Batts are rolled
in tissue paper and placed in plastic bags.
