Fleeces for Sale
There is no interesting fiber progress to report today, but I do have more fleeces to offer for sale. As usual, if you are interested in these fleeces, please visit our catalog, or click directly to the fleece sale page.
Cailin continues to grow like a weed. We have got to get out the camera and take more pictures. She weighed in at 42 pounds today -- double her birth weight.
Ipo Nani 2006 Half Blanket
Fleece F057, 14 ounces for $32. Good crimp. Fairly clean. Nice taupe fawn with good softness and slight color variation that will create color depth and richness when spun -- not enough color variation for a heathered effect. Will work well in combination with brown and red-brown fiber in a barberpole yarn or patterned garment. This fleece does contain pockets of coarse fiber that must be skirted out, but it shouldn't be a major skirting challenge. Soft enough for next to the skin garments and should pass the skin test with most people -- note the 97+% comfort factor. Should sell in the $35-40 range after skirting. I'm currently retaining the other half of this blanket for my own use.
Fiber Statistics:
Average Fiber Diameter: 22.1 microns
Coefficient of Variation: 16.8 (Std Dev 3.7)
Comfort Factor (percent of fibers under 30 microns): 97.3%
Staple Length: 70.0 mm
Curvature: 49.0 Dg/mm
Ipo Nani 2006 Seconds
Fleece F058, 7.8 ounces unskirted for $12.00. As per the above fleece with slightly less staple length and not quite so soft -- and the all the usual greater variability of staple length and softness found in neck fiber. I won't have any problem spinning this fleece, but some spinners will find the short staple difficult to work with. This fiber will probably be priced in the $15 dollar range after skirting -- or possibly sold as yarn.
Cailin continues to grow like a weed. We have got to get out the camera and take more pictures. She weighed in at 42 pounds today -- double her birth weight.
Ipo Nani 2006 Half Blanket
Fleece F057, 14 ounces for $32. Good crimp. Fairly clean. Nice taupe fawn with good softness and slight color variation that will create color depth and richness when spun -- not enough color variation for a heathered effect. Will work well in combination with brown and red-brown fiber in a barberpole yarn or patterned garment. This fleece does contain pockets of coarse fiber that must be skirted out, but it shouldn't be a major skirting challenge. Soft enough for next to the skin garments and should pass the skin test with most people -- note the 97+% comfort factor. Should sell in the $35-40 range after skirting. I'm currently retaining the other half of this blanket for my own use.
Fiber Statistics:
Average Fiber Diameter: 22.1 microns
Coefficient of Variation: 16.8 (Std Dev 3.7)
Comfort Factor (percent of fibers under 30 microns): 97.3%
Staple Length: 70.0 mm
Curvature: 49.0 Dg/mm
Ipo Nani 2006 Seconds
Fleece F058, 7.8 ounces unskirted for $12.00. As per the above fleece with slightly less staple length and not quite so soft -- and the all the usual greater variability of staple length and softness found in neck fiber. I won't have any problem spinning this fleece, but some spinners will find the short staple difficult to work with. This fiber will probably be priced in the $15 dollar range after skirting -- or possibly sold as yarn.
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