Shearing season is upon us and - believe it or not - we're now buying fleece for the 2024 edition of Blue Ridge Blankets. Our 2023 blankets' fleece has been spun into yarn and mostly dyed, and will be going out to weavers this summer. Blankets should be for sale by fall. Come join our skirting team to lend your help in skirting fleece so we can send it off to the mill. Skirting is a sheepy term for the process of removing, by hand, the short bits and pieces of fiber plus straw and burrs gathered from the field. All of this must be done before it goes to the mill, so it's a key step in the process of blanket-making. We'll be skirting most Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Local Cloth during the month of May and we would love some help. Free training provided for all, as well as our everlasting gratitude! And those donating at least 10 hours of time will receive free Local Cloth Skirting Team aprons, courtesy of Local Cloth members Ronda Popp and Susette Shiver.Skirting team members get to go on the May 24th field trip to Two Roots Mill! Sign up here!
Shearing season is upon us and - believe it or not - we're now buying fleece for the 2024 edition of Blue Ridge Blankets. Our 2023 blankets' fleece has been spun into yarn and mostly dyed, and will be going out to weavers this summer. Blankets should be for sale by fall.
Come join our skirting team to lend your help in skirting fleece so we can send it off to the mill. Skirting is a sheepy term for the process of removing, by hand, the short bits and pieces of fiber plus straw and burrs gathered from the field. All of this must be done before it goes to the mill, so it's a key step in the process of blanket-making. We'll be skirting most Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Local Cloth during the month of May and we would love some help. Free training provided for all, as well as our everlasting gratitude! And those donating at least 10 hours of time will receive free Local Cloth Skirting Team aprons, courtesy of Local Cloth members Ronda Popp and Susette Shiver.
Sign up here!
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