Skirting Workshop

Every spring, sheep are ready to be sheared. Once the fleece is off of the sheep, we start skirting. This is the first thing that happens in the blanket making process.

Skirting is a process of sorting the raw fleece, where we remove any wool that is too short, too long, too matted, too brittle or too dirty for the spinning mill. We try to skirt the wool directly on sheering days whenever possible. This hands-on approach allows us to select the best wool, ensuring quality right from the start. When we can't make it to a shearing, we perform the skirting in our studio.

We can have upwards of 1,500 lbs of wool skirted at one time, ready to be sent off for spinning. Once the skirting is complete, we weigh the wool and pay the farmers a fair price for what would otherwise be a disposable by-product.

This class will teach you the basic of skirting wool. It will one hour from 6pm until 7pm and is located at our studio off of Fort Road. 12018 Fort Road NW, Edmonton.

When you arrive, please park on the street in front of the building or in the residential areas, not along the fence next to the back entrance.