Stonehedge Fiber Mill Services

News and Updates

We've worked really hard trying to catch up from being so far behind last year that turnaround on roving and batts is running four weeks or under and spin runs are running ten weeks or under. Get your fiber in now to take advantage of fast returns!

We've added a new page to our website, for Sale Yarns. Our overstocks and clearance items are your fantastic bargains!

If you'd like to see pictures of what to not send for processing, check out our Fiber Evaluation page. We're adding some great photos that explain what won't process well--keep checking back to see more!

I'm pleased to announce that my daughter, Jodi Riddle, model on our felting page, joined the management team of Stonehedge Fiber Mill in the spring of 2007, having worked here from the beginning doing every possible job. If you call with questions, please be assured Jodi can answer them as well as I can. If you manage to stump her, she can pass your call to me. You wouldn't believe how much time Jodi saves me to do jobs only I can do!

Don't forget to check out our new yarn, Shepherd's Wool, on our Yarn Store page. We've also added felted wool pieces you can cut, sew, and embellish! Coming soon will be a page of kits and patterns featuring Shepherd's Wool in knitting and felting.

Effective Immediately:We have had to apply a skirting fee of $15 per hour after the first 30 minutes of skirting a fleece, at our discretion. Please remember, skirting gets out what you don't want in your finished roving and yarn! See our Fiber Evaluation page for more information--and soon, pictures of fleece too contaminated with vegetable matter (VM) to be processed. If your fiber is too full with VM, or moths, sand, and other contaminants, to process, we will simply throw it away. Save yourself money, time, and frustration by thoroughly skirting your fleece before you send it to us.

Check our spinning services page for information on the following changes on those services: Minimum weight per spinning order, fiber length, double coated fiber, and policies regarding fiber that can't be spun.

Please remember that I get hundreds of emails a day, and just don't have the time to answer them all. If you send an email and don't hear back, just call 231 536 2779. It's easier for us to take phone calls than to find the right email among hundreds.

New for your convenience! An order form for carding and spinning services.
Please print and fill out one form for every batch of fiber you send to be processed together.

Custom Dyeing is no longer available, until further notice.

Prices are subject to change without notice. Please call (231) 536-2779 to be sure of current rates, or email deb@stonehedgefibermill.com. Please make sure the subject line says something like "fiber processing question" so it won't look like spam and be deleted by accident.

Note: An old-fashioned phone call is still the easiest and surest way to reach me, particularly if you're in a hurry. I receive so many emails that it's impossible to answer them all in as timely a manner as I would like.

Processing charges are on incoming weight of fiber. No minimum, although under one pound of fiber in a batch will be charged as one pound.

We can process a wide range of fiber lengths, both in carding and spinning, on our machinery. Call 231 536 2779 and talk to me if you have any questions about the suitability of your fiber for processing.

• Send any way that is cheapest for you (UPS, Postal, etc).
• In the box, include your e-mail address, your home address or the address you want your finished fiber sent to, your telephone number and any instructions you might have (roving, batts, blending, etc). For your convenience, print our handy Order Form, as it asks for all the information we need to handle your order the way you want it.
• I ship back UPS unless otherwise requested. You need to include a shipping address other than a PO Box in your instructions.
• Fiber to be sent for spinning should have SPINNING on the outside of the box.
• If you're sending fiber that has already been washed, include the word WASHED on the outside of the box, as I often grab the next washed fiber to keep the carding machine running, if I haven't gotten enough washed the day before.

Send to:

Stonehedge Fiber Mill
2246 Pesek Rd
East Jordan, MI 49727

Terms

All processing requires pre-payment unless other arrangements have been made. If there isn't a credit card number, a check, or prior arrangements, fiber will not be shipped and additional charges will be added 15 days after the invoice date. I regret having to change my billing policy, but my accounts receivable is out of control.

An order form for carding and spinning services.
Please print and fill out one form for every batch of fiber you send to be processed together.

Directions to Stonehedge:
We're in northern lower Michigan. Take exit 282 from I75 and go 25 miles west on M32 to Pesek Road (the Antrim/Charlevoix County line) or take M32 from East Jordan, and go 5 miles southeast to Pesek Road. Look for State Adopt-a-Highway signs that say Stonehedge Petting Farm, from either direction.

Use these directions or call for directions. Do not use Map Quest directions unless you want to do the scenic two-track route.