[Ag-eq] Sheep

[dogwood farm]

Oh what a wonderful sounding trip.  I would love to go to Galway on
the western coast.

Susan
dogwoodfarm62 at gmail.com

On 8/13/18, Nella Foster via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Tracy:
>
> What a great trip.
>
> I would love to see where and how the fabric is made.
>
> Nella
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> via Ag-eq
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 11:14 AM
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> Cc: Tracy Carcione
> Subject: [Ag-eq] Sheep
>
> We just returned from a trip to Ireland, which was fantastic.
>
> I heard many flocks of sheep over there.  One was on an estate about a
> quarter mile from town.  Or we'd stop at a service station for a pee break,
> and there would be sheep baaing away not far off.
>
> I learned that, because Ireland is a rainy place, the wool is coarse, so,
> to
> make something out of it that isn't scratchy, it is mixed with softer wools
> from Australia and New Zealand.  We took a tour of a small wool mill.  We
> felt the different kinds of fiber, then saw how they were woven into
> fabric.
> It was interesting.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
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