the connecticut blanket

If you have any interest in the blanket or other products you might like to your wool used for please join us on February 1, 2025 at the Blue Ribbon Forum & 4-H Sheep Day. There will be a Wool Quality Workshop and a break-out session/Q&A about the blankets and how we can proceed in the future. The current group of dedicated organizers are getting old and no longer capable of climbing up in the towers to stuff the wool bags so we need some younger helpers.

Plan NOW as 2025 wool collection will be Sunday, June 1st

• The area we have to work in is very small so please be prepared plus we have to be done & out of there by 2pm so don't show up at 12:30 with a boat load of wool. Done & out means wool bags sewn up, labeled, stacked on the upper level of the barn, equipment put away and floor swept, list of bags by color, pounds, how many bags total and a picture taken of all of them.
• We will need you to let us know how many fleeces you have and approximately how many pounds so we can allot the proper amount of time for you. White or Natural Color will be helpful as well.
• YOUR WOOL ABSOLUTELY MUST BE SKIRTED AHEAD OF TIME. We spent way to much time again in 2024 inspecting fleeces and your fleeces should be skirted well enough to dump from the bag, we give it a yes or a no and off the the scale to be packed it goes. We rejected alot of wool again this year because producers didn’t do a good job skirting.
• Make sure it is at least 2.5" long with a maximum 6". Wool from dual coated breeds must be separated so as only to have the softer undercoat, NO guard hairs, no kempy wool. We do not accept wool classified as Carpet wool. Check it for wool break.
• We are still working diligently to find options for larger sizes.
• In order to process custom orders mill requires a minimum of 1800 lbs so please we barely squeaked by this year.
• Email smurray@ctsheep.com with your poundage, and any other questions.
• The 2024 pattern will be a lighter version of the 2023 Natural with the white stripes. The sizes available will be Queen, Full and Long Throw. The Lap Throw is now done out of house and cannot be guaranteed to be finished to ship with the rest of the order so to make things simple we will not be ordering them.