[Jacob-list] felting on the live sheep

[Linda]

I've never coated any of my sheep.
Linda
On 8/19/2012 8:21 PM, marguerite van beek wrote:

> Lasell and Linda

>

> It is from coating the animal it happened to me this yr.  Plus the 

> added warm weather did not help at all.

>

> Peg

>

> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net 

> <mailto:patchworkfibers at windstream.net>> wrote:

>

>     I have seen this on some hoggett fleeces. The fleeces were silky,

>     fine, and open. In all cases, the next shearing was not cotted.

>     Linda

>     On 8/16/2012 7:42 AM, Lasell J. Bartlett wrote:

>>     What contributes to a sheep's fleece getting felted while still

>>     growing on the live animal?

>>

>>     I'm just buying back two yearling ewes we bred, and both have

>>     felted fleeces. It's hard for me to tell what their fleece would

>>     be like if it weren't felted. Maybe I'm using the wrong word to

>>     describe what I see and feel.

>>

>>     I'm interested in people's thoughts about this.

>>

>>     Lasell J Bartlett

>>     lasell at lasell.org <mailto:lasell at lasell.org>

>>

>>

>>

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