Custom Processing
Your own yarn from your own flock.
As part of our commitment to small scale sheep and fiber producers, The Green Mountain Spinnery provides a custom processing service. We enjoy working with fiber producers to design yarn particular to their unique fleece and fiber considerations. We can card and spin as little as 50 lbs of raw fleece or 30 lbs of scoured fleece.
Order custom spinning sample card here.
Production Information
Process: We work with our customers to design yarns which enhance the characteristics of the fibers used. The quality of the yarns is directly related to the quality of fiber provided. We are known for producing excellent sport weight, worsted weight, and bulky yarns, either plied or unplied. Our method of hand scouring takes particular care of the fleece and fibers. To minimize our use of petroleum products, all scouring is done with vegetable oil based soap. No chemicals are used for moth- or shrink-proofing, or for removing chaff.
Fleece Requirements
The best quality yarns are made from fleece and fibers which are:
- clean and free of chaff, burrs, tags
- well-shorn with few second cuts, and short belly wool discarded
- staple length from 2.5 to 5.5 inches
- stored dry, preferably in burlap bags, cardboard boxes (NO PLASTIC GRAIN BAGS)
- free of moths & moth damage; NO mothballs
- a blend of fibers not too coarse or slippery for our machines.
Please send us a small sample of your fleece to help us determine if we can process it effectively. We reject fleece that does not meet the above specifications.
Color Consideration
Call for free natural color blend samples showing different percentages of white and colored fleece. Many customers choose to dye their own yarns.
Fiber Blend Considerations
The producer may blend wool with mohair, angora or other precious fibers. Our sample card shows several of these special blends. We can blend up to 40% wool/60% mohair or alpaca, depending on the grade and staple length used. We can produce wool yarns with percentages of other natural precious fibers, and are happy to cost estimate these special lots separately.
Contact Information for Custom Processing
UPS Shipping Address: 7 Brickyard Lane Putney, VT 05346
USPS: PO Box 568 Putney, VT 05346
Email: spinnery@spinnery.com
Phone: 802.387.4528
Fax: 802.387.4841
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CUSTOM PROCESSING PRICE LIST 2011
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| SET UP FEE $60/lot regardless of size, color or fiber content.An additional $30.00/extra style for more than one spin type in a lot.
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INTAKE
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CARDED FLEECE
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ROVING
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SPINNING
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| 50 – 100 lbs raw |
$12.50
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$13.50
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$21.50/finished lb
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| up to 199 lbs raw |
11.70
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12.75
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20.25 ”
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| 200 – 499 lbs ” |
10.80
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11.85
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19.00″
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| 500 LBS & over “ |
10.00
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11.00
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18.00 ”
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| 30 – 54 |
$9.60
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$10.60
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$17.50/finished lb
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| 55 – 149 lbs |
8.60
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9.60
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16.25 ”
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| 150 – 349 lbs |
7.60
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8.70
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15.00 ”
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| 350 & over lbs |
6.25
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8.20
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13.90 “
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| A. ADDITIONAL YARN OPTIONS: extra charges/finished lb of yarn |
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| B. FINISHING OPTIONS: extra charges / finished pounds of yarn |
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no extra charge
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2 oz |
.80/lb |
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1 oz
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1.60/lb
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4 oz skein |
.55/lb |
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2 oz skein
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1.05/lb
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8 or 16 oz cone
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.65/lb
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| C. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: per finished lb carded fleece, roving or yarn |
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| 1. if extra scouring is needed for greasy fibers, e.g. | |||||||||||||||
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1.05/lb |
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1.90/lb | ||||||||||||||
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2.70/lb | ||||||||||||||
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no extra charge | ||||||||||||||
| 2. additional scouring may also be needed for especially dirty wool |
1.25/lb
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| 3. fibers of 5-5 1/2 inches, extra picking |
0.55/lb
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| 4. color variegation |
1.35/lb
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| 5. heavy plied yarns (less than 600 yds/lb)made from coarse fleeces such as Romney, Border Leicester and Churro |
0.55/lb
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| 6. precious fiber blends: up to 60% mohair, llama, alpaca or 25% angora may be blended with wool, depending on your particular fibers. The charge is on the % of precious fiber in the yarn |
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| 7. vegetable rather than petroleum-based processing oil |
0.45/lb
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| 8. Certified Organic Pocessing | 0.75/lb | ||||||||||||||
| SCOURING ONLY: charged per lb of raw fleece, 25 lb minimum, base price |
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0.80/lb | ||||||||||||||
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1.30/lb | ||||||||||||||
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1.90/lb | ||||||||||||||
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no extra charge | ||||||||||||||
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0.80/lb
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| PAYMENT: On completion of the lot the customer is notified of the amount due + shipping. Shipping is at customer’s expense and is insured for the yarn’s value. Full payment is required prior to shipment.
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A Good Return: The average custom process return is 55 lbs of finished yarn / 100 lbs raw fleece. The return percentage is affected by the grease content and cleanliness of the clip.
Selling Your Yarn?
If you plan to sell your yarn through a retail outlet, here are some pricing guidelines. The Spinnery retails its 100% wool worsted weight for $12.00/4 oz 250 yards skein and its 30% yearling mohair/70% wool worsted weight for $12.85/2 oz 140 yard skein.
