and so it starts.... raw fleece inventory

 I had hoped to get much more fleece washed but its been a lousy summer and when the weather has been good we were generally at the other end of the country!.

I will still wash over the winter if we get some sunny windy days but otherwise the fleece list will stay pretty much the same for the time being.

So ( mainly for my records) the outhouse currently contains a black box of oddments and the following.

Saxony merino   1/2 fleece, more about this in the next post.

bfl/texel    part fleece, a little less than 1/2

jacob 'scrumpy' full fleece

jacob 'okey'  part fleece

ryeland (white) 1-2 fleece

Border leicester cross 1-2 fleece

Shetland  assortment small amounts

Bowmont  about 400 gm

grey romney 3/4 fleece

small bag alpaca

I've seen longer lists over the years !

Indoor fleece washed fleece stash currently unlisted but amount to several pillowcases full waiting to be carded or combed.

The general plan is to process and spin these before bringing more into the workroom.

Day 21 &22 crash and burn

 That's me done, simply going to put the wheel away for a few days and do something else.

Last two skeins of Shetland and Jacob

Total 2.022 Kilo

Assorted weights from fingering to chunky, will measure etc once washed, may lose a bit of weight in washing.

Need to wash whilst the weather is hot

Full list of breeds for anyone interested.

TDF Spinning 2021 

28.6  Jacob 109

 29.6 Texel 102

 29.6 Welsh black mount x lleyn 74

 30.6 Shetlandxromney 66

 1.7.  Jacob 116 ( yes two skeins, same weight ! )

 1.7  Jacob 116

 3.7 Brown Shetland 112

 5.7  Jacob 128 

5.7 Hebridean 112 

7.7 unknown 131 

7.7 cheviot 125

 8.7 bfl/swaledale 107 

12.7 Ryeland 100 

12.7 Cheviot 110 

13.7 IOS cheviot 107

 14.7 Romney 76 

14.7 unknown 57

 15.7 Texel 112 

17.7 Brown Shetland 114

 17.7  Jacob 48

the Jacob skeins are from two different Jacob fleeces.

TDF Day 13

 107gm BFL/Swaledale.

I'm taking a break from blogging for a couple of days as other things need my attention so my next update will probably be Sunday or Monday with an update on any spinning that I'm able to do.