chez
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FS. Sixteen Jacobs' fleecesFour of which are shearlings.
£5 each, collection from TA4 area. Or post, I suppose, for cost, but have no idea what that would be.
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vegplot
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A snip!
I'll get my multi-coloured coat.
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dpack
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NorthernMonkeyGirl
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Are you on Ravelry etc? Worth a post?
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stumbling goat
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Please forgive my ignorance, but what is the state or condition of what is offered for sale?
Is it skins that one could place on a floor in front of a fireplace? For what? Looking at? Rolling around upon semi naked or......fully clothed?
If these are skins that can be got down and "in contact with", I would like a few, maybe 4?
Would they need treating in any way before they could be used as ornaments or floor coverings?
Are you far from Bristol?
sg
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dpack
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fleece usually means wool that has been sheared to collect it leaving sheepy with it's skin for further use and the wool ready for processing before making into felt or knitting wool or yarn for weaving into cloth.
the things you describe are usually called sheep skins as you mentioned which is a flayed skin with the wool on taken after sheepy is dead( and before it is cutlets and legs shoulders etc ) then the leather part is cured, wool on for use as rugs ,coats etc.
im sure chez will clarify but whole fleece are usually sold rolled up strait off the sheep ie no leather, unwashed and uncarded.
felt rugs are pretty good though
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sean
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I keep reading the title as FS being sweary rather than an offer. As in FS, there's a ridiculous amount of fleece in this cupboard.
Shouldn't it be 16 Jacobs' fleeces anyway? Unless they've been sequentially shorn from one sheep.
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stumbling goat
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Thank you for clarifying dpack.
Might have raised an eyebrow in a Christmas stocking on opening?
sg
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dpack
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a fleece or two,a bar of soap,two wire dog brushes= felt rug kit that will go in a big santa sock
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chez
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Hi SG, yes, dpack is correct, these are the sheep's wool, sheared off and rolled in to balls, unwashed and uncarded.
They're actually my Mama's - I would anticipate her having sheepskin rugs available later in the year, after the lambs go to slaughter. They come out at about forty or fifty quid I think. However, I know Rob does something similar.
Hope that helps!
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chez
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I keep reading the title as FS being sweary rather than an offer. As in FS, there's a ridiculous amount of fleece in this cupboard.
Shouldn't it be 16 Jacobs' fleeces anyway? Unless they've been sequentially shorn from one sheep. |