After the sheep are shorn, and before the wool goes to Nobletown FiberWorks to be made into yarn and roving, the fleeces have to be cleaned of bits of plants, seeds, hay, twigs, anything big enough for me to see and pull out. This is called “skirting.”
I got a good start on skirting my wool this morning. I got all the wool done from the spring shearing and have only five bags to do from the fall shearing.
My bags of skirted wool, with the name of each sheep on it.
Every beautiful knit starts here at the skirting table.
Yes, Loraine, this is the start of it…