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Monday, July 8, 2013

Fleece Sorting Notes - July 13 - July 24, 2012

7-13-12

Jeanie's Dream - Neck, 5-17-12, Pete Connelly - Dando Luz Alpacas - 1.6 lbs. White Female Big change from previous year - WL 4, more rug fiber than previous year - still dense and well organized.

Golosina (Golly) - Neck, 5-17-12, Pete Connelly - Que Sera .9 lbs White pregnant female Surprising - bad second cuts - what was salvageable was WL4. She has really developed strong primaries.

Rubens - Neck, 5-17-12, Pete Connelly - Que Sera 2.0 lbs. White Male Badly chopped up - strong primaries - will not process

7-18-12

Beacon - Blanket, 5-12-10 - Shearer unknown - Dando Luz Alpacas - 2.4 lbs. White female Very fluffy, not much character, 2" - 3" staple - Grade 5 - processed to rug

Benita - Blanket, 5-17-12, Pete Connelly - Dando Luz - 3.7 lbs. White female Mostly WL5, a smidge of WL4 - good character - processed to rug

Theresa Marie - Blanket, 5-4-11, Cody Fifield - Que Sera - 2.0 lbs. White female Super fine, WR1, VERY bright, lovely character, great density really nice fleece - WOW - love the long staple.

Opal - Blanket, 5-4-11, Cody Fifield - Dando Luz - 2.6 lbs. White Female Grade 2 - some WR and some WL - poor architecture, medium brightness, average density, nice soft handle

Beacon - Neck, 5-12-10, shearer unknown - Dando Luz Alpaas - 1.3 lbs. White female too short - most went to rug

Opal - Neck, 5-17-12, Pete Connelly - 1.1 lbs. Dando Luz Alpacas White female Pretty nice neck fiber - average density - not consistent - about 20% WL2, 40% WL3, a smidge of WL4 and the usual amt of rug. surprisingly clean

7-22-12

Dancer - Blanket, 5-17-12, Pete Connelly - .7 lbs. Que Sera White female Very nice, Grade 1 about a 17 maybe - usual rug skirt. average brightness, average density

7-23 -12

MoMo - Blanket, 5-7-12, Pete Connelly - 1.2 lbs. Dando Luz White female second cuts are pretty bad - surprise! Some Grade 2 - about a 21 or 22. Most was Grade 3. primaries are not huge - fairly close to secondary's. not dense, average brightness


7-24-12

Soleil - Blanket, 5-4-11, Cody Fiefield - Que Sera - 2.4 lbs. White female This fleece was skirted for show and for sale - it has been in the shop for several months. Yikes - it is very dirty - what was I thinking! Average brightness, wonderful architecture - Grade 2, mostly WR - has a wonderful handle in spite of the dirt and great density.