Tue, 02 Sep 2003

Rain Today

Well, nearly 8 inches of rain in the last 36 hours - can you say soaked? We don't seem to get summer showers anymore, it's either a drought or a deluge.

But we're shipping fleece like crazy. We posted to some spinning and weaving groups on Yahoo! and things just took off. We'll be shipping 8 tomorrow, and waiting on payment for three or four more. We've sold half our supply - we're down to 24 available, and that includes the ones that are spoken for but not yet paid for.

It seems as though a Suffolk fleece has some qualities that spinners really like - it's easy to work with, springy and (several people have told me this) makes great socks! I Googled for Suffolk fleeces for sale today and came up with nothing but us! Nobody else bothers selling the wool for "meadow maggots"! We may have found our niche market.

We also got into the rabbit business over the weekend - we now own two English Angora rabbits. These are fleece bunnies, and as such have made their home on the mud porch, away from all that yucky debris in the barn and garage. The fleece sells for between $4 and $8 per ounce - and each rabbit can produce up to a pound of fleece every six months. We had several inquiries for Angora fleece, so we'll give it a try. Kris also thinks we can sell bunnies to the 4Her's this next spring, as nobody in Boone County breeds Angoras.

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