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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Blacksheep on May 01, 2012, 05:07:14 am

Title: Another fleece question, where to get fleece washed and carded for felting?
Post by: Blacksheep on May 01, 2012, 05:07:14 am

I have been asked by someone where she can have fleece washed and carded to have it ready to used for feltmaking, ideally in Somerset or nearby, can anyone help please?
thank you

Title: Re: Another fleece question, where to get fleece washed and carded for felting?
Post by: MrsJ on May 01, 2012, 08:33:39 am

I tried doing my own once.  And only once!  Very labour intensive.  Sorry that's not much help.

Title: Re: Another fleece question, where to get fleece washed and carded for felting?
Post by: woollyval on May 01, 2012, 09:06:10 am

YES!!!!! I sold all my needlefelying machines and wet felting machines to The Natural Fibre Co at Launceston. Give them a phone and say Val Grainger sent you and they can take your fleeces from strainght off the sheep onto long rolls of felt to your specification.

Sorry I no longer have the facilities to do this as when I had Woolly Shepherd this is one of the things we did but since I sold it in 3 parts the Woolly Shepherd business that exists now only does a fraction of what we used to do. :)

Title: Re: Another fleece question, where to get fleece washed and carded for felting?
Post by: Blacksheep on May 01, 2012, 09:38:30 pm

Thanks for the replies, think I will investigate the cost of having some fleeces prepared.   Also would you know where small quantities of naturally coloured carded fleece could be purchased from please?  We used to have a felt mill locally, Moral Fibre, but sadly it seems to have closed down now.

Title: Re: Another fleece question, where to get fleece washed and carded for felting?
Post by: Bramblecot on May 01, 2012, 09:47:21 pm

Hi.  I have pm'd you.

Title: Re: Another fleece question, where to get fleece washed and carded for felting?
Post by: woollyval on May 01, 2012, 09:58:59 pm

I bought the machinery from Moral Fibre and it went with the other mill machinery to NFC when I stopped. Now NFC had one of my big wet felt tables and Norweft had the other one (01352 720382  email [email protected]) You can purchase carded fibres from John Arbon or NFC or plenty of other places!