Shave Em to Save Em (SE2SE)

By Clemes and Clemes

Join us via Zoom for this program with Roy Clemes, which is based upon the Livestock Conservancy’s initiative to support the continuation of endangered heritage sheep breeds. Roy will cover:

• What are the qualifications for SE2SE?

• How do Clemes and Clemes source their fiber?

• What are examples of SE2SE fleece?

• What are their properties?

• There are 3 basic fleece families. How do you prepare them for spinning?

• How do you build up a bat from the fleece?

• What are the uses for their wool?

Beyond supplying clean fleece for spinners, Clemes and Clemes makes tools for fiber preparation, as one would know from attending wool and sheep festivals held around the U.S. Roy Clemes will talk about several of the tools that they make for fiber preparation – hand cards, flickers, drum carders, blending boards and a new tool called The Lock Pop. He will provide some demonstrations as well as talk about how they make the tools. In this time of COVID-19 he will talk about California’s Lambtown Festival.

Program Agenda
10:00 – 11:00 AM Open Chat Time
11:00 – 12:30 PM Clemes and Clemes Shave Em To Save Em (SE2SE)
12:30 – 1:00 PM Break
1:00 – 2:00 PM Business Meeting, Show and Tell