28 September 2026 --- SunDog

Please click here to return to the main Batch Page.

I would be VERY happy to have the first of the Batch 13 Fabrics by the end of 2026.   Batch 13 will be a mix of Jacquard, Denim, Whipcord and Heritage.

The greasy wool has been purchased and the test results are complete.

Batch 13, purchased in April/May of 2025, is a mix of:

• Geis Ewe:   19,391 pounds / 8794 kg.  Geis Yearling:  2247 / 1019.   This is our first purchase from Geis Ranch in Gillette, Wyoming.  A total of 21638 / 9813, the majority of this Batch.  Gwen Geis told me she'll be sending some info so we can get a page about the Geis Ranch added to this website.  Gwen is 2026 President of Wyoming Wool Growers Association
• King Ranch of New Mexico (Ewes only):  7706 / 3495
• Jones Ranch in New Mexico.  Ewes:  3701 / 1678.   Yearlings:  882 / 400
• PM Ranch (Padula) in Minnesota.   Ewes:  603 / 273
• McMurry Genopalette Ranch in Missouri.  Ewes:  4592 pounds / 2083.   With luck, a few hundred pounds more.

Batch 13 greasy totals 39,107 / 1774  as weighed by Chargeurs.  This Batch meets (close enough!) the 40,000 pound (18,180 kg) full-trailer minimum-size requirement for custom processing.  Chargeurs will take the fiber from greasy to clean, combed TOP ... the high-grade starting point for all our Yarns and Fabrics.

We are combining the clips from several Ranches specifically to meet the minimum-size requirement for our own custom, combed top.

TIMELINE:

• September of 2026 ... Because of various minimums and proportional quantities needed for processing, we had around 1500 pounds (600 kg) of top left over at Chargeurs.  This is coming in very handy because we have decided to use about half  this top for KNITTING.  This will be a first-time test for us, and we are very keen to see the results.  We've been assured this fiber will make excellent knits!   So, Meridian Specialty Yarn Group will spin some worsted yarn to knitting specs (a lower rate of twist than weaving specs), and we'll see what we can do with it.  I don't think we'll have this yarn until the very end of 2026, at the earliest
• August 2026 ... we've decided what we want to do with the top.  The top will be separated into portions and prepared for dyeing, woolen spinning and worsted spinning.  All the top will be on its way to the next steps by mid-August
• As of mid-May 2026, the final numbers came in at 22,002 pounds of clean top, for a yield of 56% top.   Sweet!
• As of 6 May 2026, I got prelim data from Chargeurs.  Looks like we wound up with 22,000 pounds (10,000 kg) of TOP, which would be a great yield!
• Processing at Chargeurs should be complete by 24 April 2026
• Delivered to Chargeurs for scouring approx Jan 20, 2026 and weighed in mid-February
• Purchased April/May of 2025