Turning fleece into usable wool?

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Turning fleece into usable wool?

Post: # 166698Post Tigerhair »

A friend of a friend has a fleece that she wants turning into wool - is there somewhere you can send them?
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Re: Turning fleece into usable wool?

Post: # 166717Post red »

just one fleece is difficult - places like the natural fibre companyusually have a lower limit.
so either she has to join in with other people, and not know whose wool she gets back really - or her ebst bet would be to approach someone who spins for a hobby and pay them to process it.

contact your local spinners and weavers guild for someone
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Re: Turning fleece into usable wool?

Post: # 166722Post snapdragon »

red wrote:..
contact your local spinners and weavers guild for someone
nod nod - thats your best bet if you don't already know a spinner in the area
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Re: Turning fleece into usable wool?

Post: # 167039Post Tigerhair »

Thank you, I have passed that information onto my friend.
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