Improving the Quality of Your Fleece Vegetable matter, or vm, is a problem all spinners know too well. Keeping fleeces clean and healthy is a year round battle. During the spring and summer, we fight burrs and thistles, and just when we’ve won that battle, we have to fight hay and straw throughout the long winter months. Protecting fleeces from vm is not always an easy task, but there are a few actions that can be taken to reduce its presence, therefore, improving the overall

The sheep are all sheared. We took a step up in the world and had three people shearing this year. It takes quite a crew to keep up with 3 shearers. I am very blessed with friends and family that helped make the day go so smoothly. We track each fleece with a number that comes from ear tags that are on each sheep. Another spinner and I were in charge of the 2 skirting tables. The fleece’s are very clean this year. We have had a cold winter with snow for the last 2 mont