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Post by zed on Sept 23, 2015 9:43:39 GMT
There's a woman selling fleeces, raw wool and some batts on Facebook in the Spinners in the UK group: www.facebook.com/groups/woolspinning/?fref=nfIt's closed so you have to join. She has whole Shetland fleeces, lots of different breeds, Lleyn, Lleyn x Wensleydale, Zwartbles, some cross breeds she isn't sure of, alpaca and more. She's selling it to raise money for horse feed and it's from £1 to £2 per 100g and postage in the UK is £3 upto 2kg if it will fit in the box size limit I've ordered a kilo. She does says some is dirty, has VM, but that it comes up clean, and at those prices, I thought it was worth a few quid  |
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Sept 23, 2015 11:58:55 GMT
Sounds like a real bargain to me!
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 23, 2015 14:10:39 GMT
Goody more fiber to play with!
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 23, 2015 14:20:58 GMT
great prices and some interesting breeds.
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Post by zed on Sept 24, 2015 11:26:30 GMT
I completely forgot to say, someone asked her if she could ship to Canada, and she said of course as long as they don't mind the shipping prices.
To give you an idea upto 1kg, or a parcel weighing 1kg, prices to Canada/US, most places outside Europe is £12.95, that's about US$20 and CA$26.50
to Aus/NZ it's £13.90, that's about AU$30.50 NZ$34
That's our post office prices, I can't guarantee she'd charge that if she has to buy a box, or drive there, but it gives you a rough idea if you thought about asking her.
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Post by zed on Oct 1, 2015 13:36:16 GMT
I got my fleece yesterday and had a good look at it today, it's all really nice, especially the zwartble and Mule
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Post by michelledib on Oct 1, 2015 21:16:16 GMT
Would love to see some pictures of what you received Zed.
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Post by zed on Oct 2, 2015 10:24:56 GMT
Hello Shelleydib I'll see what I can do |
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Oct 2, 2015 13:19:31 GMT
Very cool, Zed! Did you say MULE?
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Post by zed on Oct 2, 2015 14:45:30 GMT
Yeah, Mule sheep, something about a cross between a border leicester ram and something or other ewe? Not a donkey or mulesed sheep I took photos, I just need to upload them to flickr, which is a pain because it randomises uplaods. I'll do it after my dinner. |
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Post by zed on Oct 2, 2015 17:47:28 GMT
I should have known flickr would mess up. Here is the album. I did upload the photos in some kind of order: the raw wool, raw locks, raw and washed if there was any. It was really sunny today, so I took photos in sun and shade to give a good idea of what the fleece is really like. I'd recommend scrolling down to the bottom, click on the last photo, then click the arrow on the left for 'next' www.flickr.com/photos/zedster01/albums/72157658970219038My faves are: Castlemilk Moorit; Shetland, Romney, Mule and zwartble |
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Post by MTRuth on Oct 2, 2015 18:03:11 GMT
Oh Boy! You're going to have fun now |
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Post by Pandagirl on Oct 2, 2015 19:49:05 GMT
Cool Zed.
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