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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
    • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Herdwick Fleece
« on: July 10, 2011, 02:02:04 pm »
Was on hols last week and visited the Cotswold Farm Park (Adam Henson's Farm) and bought a Herdwick fleece in an old feed bag for £5 (going to make felt out of it).  Its very nice and clean and was my holiday purchase so was worth it to me - they had all sorts of fleeces to buy, anything from £5 to £10.
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2011, 02:56:30 pm »
What are you going to do with it?   My friend has some of those and they are lovely.
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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
    • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2011, 04:14:09 pm »
Going to make felt as a project with the kids over the summer (kids are 8 and 10 and like mixing and messing, and so do I).  I've got my own Soay fleece collected from their field as they have been self shearing but I don't really have enough, so will add the Herdwick - actually it would make a convincing hairpiece for all those scalp challenged male smallholders out there - that you doganjo? ;D ;D
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Clackmannanshire
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Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2011, 04:19:05 pm »
Quote from: goosepimple on July 10, 2011, 04:14:09 pm
actually it would make a convincing hairpiece for all those scalp challenged male smallholders out there - that you doganjo? ;D ;D
Actually I have a full head of white hair, and I think it's more often men that go bald isn't it? ;) ;D
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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
    • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2011, 04:24:10 pm »
oops, sorry dog ;D, didn't notice your signature below - now that's interesting, maybe we should have a guessing game about who is what on the website.
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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
    • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2011, 04:24:53 pm »
PS - white's the new black remember  ;)
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Clackmannanshire
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Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2011, 04:27:43 pm »
Quote from: goosepimple on July 10, 2011, 04:24:53 pm
PS - white's the new black remember  ;)
I have asked both my previous haridresser and my present one to change my hair colour  ;D without success, and both refused point blank to have anything more to do with me if I did it myself.  ::) They say my white hair is so clear that it is unusual. I've been white since I was 30 - two weeks after the birth of my son!
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2011, 04:38:54 pm »
Oh Annie don't change your hair colour.  I am particularly non-fond of that terrible red that ladies of middle years suddenly acquire  ;D

Looking forward to seeing your Soay + Herdwick felting Goosepimple  8)

ps - why is this in 'poultry'?
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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
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Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2011, 05:01:39 pm »
oh is it?  apologies, a bit tired today as just back from my hols and my computer skills are not up to relocating it I'm afraid - oh well, a loose thread...
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
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Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2011, 10:07:23 pm »
No probs - it keeps Dan busy moving things around and tidying up behind us  ;D ;D
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Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2011, 10:49:27 pm »
i was wondering why it was in poultry as well  :wave:
now Adam must be chasing the coin he was on country file saying that fleeces were 7p per kilo with an average weight of one and a half kilos perfleece i am sure they were herdwicks as well
 :farmer:
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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
    • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2011, 05:16:55 pm »
don't know the weight of this but it looks like a full fleece from 1 sheep - there were quite a few for £10!
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2011, 09:52:15 pm »
£10 is a perfectly normal price for a good clean fleece.
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
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Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2011, 01:01:31 am »
Quote from: Fleecewife on July 10, 2011, 04:38:54 pm
ps - why is this in 'poultry'?

I clicked on this expecting to find a new use for rough fleeces in poultry bedding or insulating their housing! 
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Rosemary

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Re: Herdwick Fleece
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2011, 08:58:57 am »
Quote from: robert waddell on July 10, 2011, 10:49:27 pm
i was wondering why it was in poultry as well  :wave:
now Adam must be chasing the coin he was on country file saying that fleeces were 7p per kilo with an average weight of one and a half kilos perfleece i am sure they were herdwicks as well
 :farmer:

At £3500 plus expenses plus VAT for a show attendance, I suspect his fleece income has reduced in importance. Plus we also have the AH branded range of animal health products to help things along  ;D
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