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Preparing a fleece for carding

by Steve Clarkson The aim of fleece preparation is to achieve a high quality carded product, which is suitable for further processing (usually spinning or felting). The better the preparation, the better the carded product will be; the proverbial ‘Rubbish…

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Overdyeing Natural Coloured Fleece

Text: Catherine Jane. Photos: Kate Mahoney. This article was originally published in the March 2019 issue of Creative Fibre magazine. Note: the colour definition in the photos is much more clear in the printed article. The theme for the September…

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Site Maintenance, Tuesday 9 August

Some maintenance work on this BCSBA website is scheduled to take place during office hours (New Zealand time) on Tuesday 9th August 2022. There may be short periods of interruption of access to the site during this time. We apologise…

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World Congress of Coloured Sheep 2024

Plans for the 2024 World Congress of Coloured Sheep, to be held in New Zealand in November 2024, are well underway, despite the challenges of planning with any detail due to the continuing COVID pandemic. Currently the plan is that…

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