Lambtastic 2

Part 2 of the Living Your Lambtastic Life series focuses on fiber from your sheep and what you can do with it to bring in more $$ to your small-scale farm or homestead. We will cover:

An introduction to fiber breeds, different wool types and uses of those varied types.

•  Nutritional needs for wool sheep
• Many breeds of wool sheep and their special uses
• Shearing and what’s involved
• Now that you have naked sheep…whats next? (Skirting fleece; selling wool – raw vs. washed; pricing and marketing)

2nd half of day in the Kentucky Wool Works studio for demos of skirting, washing, dying, carding, spinning, felting.