20
Charlotte Road, Charlotte, Maine 04666
(207)454-8148 or email us @
farrarps@gwi.net
"Celebrating Rural
Living and Folkart Tradition in Downeast Maine"
This made beautiful colored mohair roving!
Shipping
Before shipping your fleece, please call or email ahead. At this time, we
will discuss your needs and the different options available. Remember to
prepare your fleece before shipping. Thoroughly skirt your fleece and remove
as much vegetation, dung tangs, burdocks, and the less desirable parts of
the fleece.
Skirting
Thoroughly skirt and remove any undesirable fleece. This will assure you
that you will be returned a better finished product.
Washing
Gentle washing and conditioning provides the best conditions to prepare
fleece for picking without overworking the fiber. If you are washing your
own fibers, please make sure the fiber that you send is not greasy. This
will result in a rewash and an additional expense.
Picking
This process includes fiber teasing and color blending before carding. Picks
open the ends and loosens the fibers. For a different look, fibers may be
blended at this stage.
Carding
Carding
is the final process in aligning the fibers for roving or batts.
Blending of fiber may be done at this stage for a less homogenized look.
We will gladly process small orders --less than two pounds however there
is a flat fee of $15.00 for these fleeces to wash, pick and card to roving
and batts.