Ready to Ship

I'm getting my roving runs organized for shipping out to the carding mill.  I think I have almost 200 pounds of wool and mohair bagged and ready.  There is always some fiber loss when carding but I think I will have enough to make a good showing at Maryland Sheep and Wool.  I still have my "Lipstick" run to do when I get the dyes ordered from Dharma.  Wish I had time to sort through each and every bag to get any remaining schmutz out of there, but it ain't gonna happen unless I clone myself.  So much more to do with soap, shaving cups, Bundaflicka totes, etc.  I am a one-woman-band.  I like what I make and consider myself lucky to have all this wonderfully tactile and colorful stuff to play with.  I work hard to make my fiber pay for itself.  I just heard something sad today from the local hay broker.  Several alpaca farms around here have recently gone out of business and the animals showed up at the livestock auction a couple of miles from here.  How sad.  I bet they counted mostly on alpaca sales that didn't happen.  If they dyed the fiber and took it to shows I know they would make some money.  Many alpaca people don't even spin.