Fuzzy Wuzzy

The sheep were finally released from their sweaters by the shearer on Thursday, June 18 between and in bouts of rain. I've pulled off the worse of the farm relics and bagged them up. We still have last year's 3 fleeces (Andes Mint, Eve, and Kayla) that were lightly washed.

The 2009 Shetland fleeces in order are Andes Mint, Eve, Kayla, Martina and Valentino. Click for closeups.

I also organized the raw cashmere combed out this year, weighed, bagged, and labeled it so that it doesn't get confused with the Samoyed down from last year! The small sandwich size ziploc of oat colored cashmere is 1/8 oz sample. The larger gallon sized ziploc of white is 1 oz. We ended up with 3 and 3/8 oz off of Jack and 5 and 5/8 oz off of Milly and Molly with a bit from Jack.