Shearing

I FINALLY got a call back from our shearer last night. We are scheduled for Saturday AM, March 28th. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and it won't be too cold or hot, and not rainy the day before so it won't be hard to keep the sheep dry. If we have to, we can pen them up in the barn for a couple days ahead of time, but that gets them dirty, and often more hay in their wool. Its much better if they have been out in the clean grass.
Once the fleeces come off, I need to get busy right away, skirting, sorting, washing, dyeing and shipping them off to be processed into roving for in preparation for the Great Lakes festival on Memorial Day weekend, and the Wool Gathering in September.