The Shepherd's Mill
Bridging the gap from fiber producer to fiber artist.
893 Third Street
Phillipsburg, Kansas 67661
785-543-3128

Email Us

Home
Fiber Processing
& Services Offered
 Pattern Support
Color Chart
Quality Assurance
Yarn Washing Instructions
Fiber Processing Form
About Us
 
Pricing:
Fiber Processing
Custom Fabric
Other Services
 
Contact Us
Favorite Links
Upcoming Classes

 

 


Fiber Processing

Pricing Level Determined By Individual Batch Size Not Total Poundage
 

Service Level 1: 1-4.95# Level 2: 5-19.95# Level 3: 20# Plus
Wool
Mohair
Alpaca
Llama
Wool
Mohair
Alpaca
Llama
Wool
Mohair
Alpaca
Llama
Carding  (includes washing and picking)
Batts, Roving or Cloud $8.95/lb $10.76/lb $7.72/lb $9.92/lb $6.95/lb $8.95/lb
Spinning  (includes washing, picking, carding and skeining to standard yardage skeins)
Single Ply
(all sizes)
$22.05/lb $25.41/lb $19.85/lb $22.05/lb $17.86/lb $19.85/lb
2 Ply Sport Worsted or Bulky $25.41/lb $27.83/lb $22.05/lb $24.26/lb $19.85/lb $21.83/lb
2 Ply Fingering $32.81/lb $34.13/lb $27.56/lb $29.77/lb $24.81/lb $26.80/lb
2 Ply Lace $34.13/lb $36.75/lb $29.77/lb $31.97/lb $26.80/lb $28.78/lb
3 Ply Sport Worsted or Bulky $32.81/lb $34.13/lb $27.56/lb $29.77/lb $24.81/lb $26.80/lb
3 Ply Fingering $34.13/lb $36.75/lb $29.77/lb $31.97/lb $26.80/lb $28.78/lb
Felting  (includes washing, picking and carding)
2# Thickness $12.71/lb $16.54/lb $11.03/lb $14.33/lb $9.92/lb $12.90/lb
1# Thickness $15.23/lb $19.01/lb $13.23/lb $16.54/lb $10.21/lb $14.89/lb
12oz Unsupported $16.54/lb $20.27/lb $14.33/lb $17.64/lb $12.90/lb $15.88/lb
8-10oz Supported $19.01/lb $22.05/lb $16.54/lb $19.85/lb $14.89/lb $17.86/lb
Dehairing Adds to Spinning/ Carding or Felting Price $8.40/lb $8.40/lb $7.35/lb $7.35/lb $6.30/lb $6.30/lb

Note: Please Add $4.00 per Pound for Suri Alpaca or Llama

Standard Yardage

Bulky Weight:  50 Yards
Worsted Weight:  100 Yards
Sport Weight:  200 Yards
Fingering & Lace Weights:  400 Yards

Due to increased production costs, we are forced to increase our pricing.  Effective immedeatly.

All prices subject to change.

We request prepayment and accept MasterCard, Visa, and Personal Checks.  All Orders will be paid in full before leaving the mill. 

Any order left in the mill unpaid will become property of The Shepherd's Mill after 60 days.

Pricing Effective 5/23/08

Additional Fees for Special Services
all prices are based on incoming weight

Dyeing Yarn N/A
Due to the facts that color is so subjective, that dyeing is not always perfectly predictable, and that different fibers take dye differently; we have decided we are no longer able to offer dyeing as one of our services.
Skirting $7.35/lb
Extra Wash for Extra Greasy Wool $2.63/lb
Cutting Fibers Over 6" for Spinabillity $5.25/lb
Washing Yarn after Processing $2.10/lb
Skeining by the Ounce $3.15/lb
Blending Silk (unless silk is purchased from The Shepherd's Mill) $2.10/lb

Blending Fibers
(no additional blending fee for fibers purchased through The Shepherd's Mill)
We offer a variety of blending fibers to make your product unique.  Please contact us for suggestions and options available to meet your blending needs.

Nylon Icicle $.95/oz
Dyed Nylon Icicle (call for color availability) $1.50/oz
Blending Nylon (for sock yarns) $.75/oz
Tussah Silk $2.00/oz
Bombyx Silk $2.50/oz
Soy Silk $2.00/oz
Recycled Silk Sari (novelty yarn) $2.75/oz
Pre-Washed Rambouillet Wool $2.25/oz
Tensel $1.00/oz
Black Diamond Bamboo $2.00/oz
Clean Washed Mohair $1.00/oz

Packaging Yarn

Labeling Skeins for Resale $3.00/lb
Label Set Up Fee (one time only) $50.00

The Shepherd's Mill Fiber Processing
 

Copyright 2004 - The Shepherd's Mill, Inc, All Rights Reserved
Website Design by PCS, Kensington, Kansas