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Fleece workshop |
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| 13th March 2011 | Bova Alpacas - Penrose NSW |
| Delivering Fibre to Specification. Smart classing, smart sorting to satisfy the client Objective: For participants to understand and familiarise themselves with their animals fleece, so they can confidently identify fleece types, the extent of quality fibre within a fleece and sort their fibre into specific lines for the market. Participants will feel more comfortable with their own fleeces and additionally should be able to identify the direction their fibre development is heading heading. 8.45am Registration 9.00am Opening. Stable of elite fibres. Dr Jim Watts 9.20am Fibre specifications, fibre types and market requirements. Includes fleece selection, fleece manual and wool ruler. Julienne Gelber 10.20am Morning tea 10.35am Workshops 1. Practical exercise on fleece classing and sorting. 2. Assessing fleece on the animal. 1.00pm Lunch 1.40pm Delivering a line of fleece to a specification. Individual or paired exercise in preparing a fleece (participants to provide their own fleeces). 2.40pm Open forum 3.30pm Website and marketing 4.00pm Close Static displays of fleeces and fabrics Participants are asked to bring fleeces for the practical exercise as well as have them assessed The cost will include morning tea, lunch, wool rulers and the shearing protocol manual Subscribers Earlybird $93.50 (single); $165 (double). Before 16th February. After 16th February $110 (single); $187 (double) Non subscribers $132 (single); $231 (double) This will be a very important event for subscribers to hear Julienne Gelber outline the protocols for the delivery of quality alpaca fibre to high end textile processors. It will be very practical as well and an opportunity to have fleeces assessed as to their suitability for this market. |
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| David Mitchell | 02 67721940 | EMAIL | |
SRS Fleece Workshop |
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| 30th April 2011 | Fiona Martin - Whitby Park Alpacas |
| The workshop will have a similar format to the workshop on the 13th of March. Participants are asked to bring fleeces for assessment as well as for parctical exercises. | |
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| Sally Watts | EMAIL | |
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LATEST NEWS UPDATES
Merry Christmas and a happy 2012
Date Article Listed: 24/12/11
As the year draws to a close we would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and successful 2012. Although there are plenty of challenges ahead the baling weekend indicated that really positive gains are been made in the fleece area.
Thank you to everyone who attended workshops, assisted with displays, helped with baling and who contributed to the success of the year. May this time be a time for family and friends and a time to relax. Have a safe and happy break.
Fleece Baling Weekend
Date Article Listed: 24/11/11
Over the last weekend 19th & 20th of November a number of us met at Frank and Julienne Gelber's property at Orange to class and bale fleeces for the Primaries wool auction in December. Although it took a long time for those present it was an excellent learning experience and one all subscribers should try and be part of in the future. Some of the fleeces were very well prepared while others required further skirting. Thanks to those subscribers who contributed to the collection. In total over 700kgs of fleeces was classed and a number of bales of 110kgs were pressed and branded ready for sale. Some are still waiting to have enough fleece to make the necessary weight.
Many thanks to the Gelbers for their hospitality, to Jim Watts who classed every fleece and to Stuart Marshall, Richard Brennan, Julienne Gelber and David Mitchell for sorting , skirting, pressing and branding the bales. Go to the photo gallery for some pics of the days. By the time we finished all were exhausted but more informed by the experience. We wait to hear how the fleeces test and how they sell on the open wool market.
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