Description
This service is based on per pound of raw fiber. When adding this service to your cart, set the quantity to the weight of the raw fiber you will send to us for processing. Unlike other mills, we have no hidden fees – No lot fee, No added charge for removing lanolin, No charge for additional washes or rinses. The minimum charge is 1 pound of raw fiber, rounding to the nearest whole pound.
We will lightly skirt your fiber to remove second cuts, obvious guard hairs, seconds such as soiled fiber, leg fiber, neck fiber, and felted pieces. We do often encounter foreign objects such as insects/beetles, tags, hoof trimmings, sticks/twigs, and more hidden within the fiber. None of these things are good for our equipment. We then tumble the fiber to remove additional second cuts, vegetable matter (VM), dirt and dust. We wash and rinse the fiber, then let it air dry. Once dried, we process it through our fiber picker which opens the locks. This step can generate static and fly-aways so we apply a fiber conditioner to reduce this. Mohair is notorious for generating static electricity and the fiber conditioner can’t be skipped!
Once passed through the picker, you get a “cloud” of fiber that is ready for crafts! Hand spinners can spin directly from this cloud. Spinning without carding not only saves time and expense, but generates a lovely textured yarn that is fluffy and soft. Wet felters and needle felters can use this as a core wool or core fiber, saving the more expensive roving, combed top or sliver for the outermost layer of a felted piece.
How to Submit Fiber
Please refer to our full fiber processing policy for how to submit fiber to us for processing. When you purchase this service you will be provided with a downloadable packaging slip. Please locate the downloadable PDF file, print it, fill out the information requested and include a copy of the packing slip for every bag of fiber you are sending to us for this service. You may also find the form for Picked Cloud here: picked-cloud-packing-slip
