[Jacob-list] what to do with wool after shearing

[Zach Oaster]

How much money do you want to invest?

You can advertise the raw fleeces on craigslist and invest nothing more
than your time. Most people either charge by the pound or by the fleece. If
you're wanting them to disappear fast, then charge $20/fleece. If you're
wanting to make money charge $10/pound (give or take depending on region,
quality, etc). This is the average I have seen for skirted fleeces. You
could always go sell these at a local farmers market as well...

If you want to invest more money, you can send your fleeces to a processor,
like Zeilingers Wool Co. in Frankenmuth, MI... and they will wash, card,
and turn your wool into roving. Roving can be sold to hand spinners and
other fiber enthusiasts... typically for around (again, average and
depending on quality and region), $30-ish/pound. Obviously, however, there
is a cost involved in getting the wool processed (cost depends on quality,
number of batches, etc).

Or wool can be used to bed gardens (keeps weeds away, etc), or any other
number of "google it" uses. Hope that helps!

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On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Christi Churchill <buddhababi at gmail.com>wrote:


> Need advice/instructions.  I got my Jacobs last June and so this is all

> new to me!

>

> I had them sheared and now have their woolies.  What do I do with the

> woolies?

>

> Thanks in advance,

> Christi Churchill

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