Waiting List Again

We've made our first sale, plus we have a waiting list again!

Last week I was able to deliver the first batch of tort fiber to a local spinner, and she sent me a lovely note along with the payment about how excited she was to spin it and that she knew she wanted more already. How wonderful!!

Once again, we are taking orders for tort (peach/brown), broken tort (tort color with white), and black (more of a dark grey) colored angora fiber. We sell the fiber in one ounce packages for $6 an ounce. We also have "felting fiber" (taken from the belly, face, and legs) that we have available for $4 an ounce. All fleece is hand-plucked from our rabbits. Feel free to comment on this post or to email me at seedorff.family.farms@gmail.com to get your name on the waiting list.

Things are going really great with the rabbits. I'm still maintaining the schedule of brushing twice a week, cleaning cages twice a week, and shredding newspaper once or twice a week. I've really gotten used to the routine, and I think the rabbits have as well. They have really changed in appearance since the first pictures I posted on here! The buck's fleece has filled out beautifully, the broken tort doe's fleece has gotten fuller, and the tort doe's fleece is nearly spent for this harvesting, meaning that her fleece has thinned out and gotten shorter. She'll be building back up before long, and she should be back in full swing in a couple months. I will try to take pictures of them this next week and get them up in the next update.

Does anyone out there have experience dyeing angora fiber? I have no experience dyeing, but I have an interest in trying it some time, so I'm curious how angora will react to dye. If you have any experience, please comment to this posting.