What comprises a properly skirted fleece?
First of all for milling purposes there is no need to keep a fleece or the locks intact when you skirt it. To properly skirt your fleece for milling you pick out as much VM (Vegetable Matter) as possible, particularly large bits such as twigs, stick, grass heads, thorns, and burdocks. Remember, the less VM in your fleece, the less VM in your finished product. Remove any other foreign elements such a fecal matter, pebbles, beetles, barbed wire, and so on. Items like these that make their way through and damage our machines will incur a repair charge.
