Herringbone

How we work with fiber

From Shearing to Weaving

  1. Shearing-Removing the fleece from the sheep
  2. Skirting-Separating low quality and unclean parts of the fleece. All that “waste” wool on the floor goes into our wool pellets.
  3. Drive the fleeces to the mill.
  4. Green Mountain Spinnery Putney, VT
  5. Carding wool
  6. Spinning
  7. Plying
  8. Boxes of yarn
  9. Picking up the yarn and delivering to Bedfellows Blankets Shelburne Falls, MA
  10. Warping
  11. Threading
  12. Setting the pattern chain
  13. Weaving
  14. Fabric on loom
  15. Bolts of cloth ready to be sewn into garments and accessories
  16. Woven blankets