Welcome to Sterling Wool Mill
Fiber Processing
Timeframes are ESTIMATED not promised.
We do our best to keep the turn around time as short as possible. Please understand equipment does break down (also family emergencies and sickness) and this does affect projected date of completion. Our projected date of completion is not guaranteed.
- Washing Only: $8.00.00 lb. incoming wgt.
- Wash and Pick Only: $10.00 lb. incoming weight
For those who only want Wash, or Wash/Pick
Includes prewash inspection, minor skirting and wash 2x.
- Cutting Tips - Fleeces that require tips to be cut: $15.00/lb.
- Carding To Roving or Batts:
$20.00 a lb. incoming weight - anything under 1 lb. will be charged as 1 lb.
(Please make sure fleeces are skirted upon drop off or sending)
Includes: minor skirting, washing 2x, picking, carding
- Yarns - $38.00 a lb. incoming weight
Any fleece with an incoming weight of 3 lbs or less will be charged a setup fee of $100.00 to be processed to yarn.
We will not process or spin from hand dyed roving hanks (typically 8 oz) or fiber leftovers.
(Please make sure fleeces are skirted upon drop off or sending)
Includes: minor skirting, washing 2x, picking, carding, drafting, spinning, skeining/cones, sett
Available yarn weights: sport, dk, aran, worsted, bulky
- Skeining Services - Skeining from cones to skeins. $6.00 lb.
- Blending - Varies on the blend. Estimate given upon discussion of needs. $4.00/lb.
No charge to blend two or more of your fleeces together.
- Skirting or Skirting Lesson - $35.00 a fleece
- Dyeing - $20.00 a lb./clean weight
- Over Dyeing - $10.00 a lb./clean weight
- Homespun Yarns - Completed on a treadle spinning wheel $.15 cents a yard single ply.
Customer is responsible to read the Processing Policy as in the link above.