First of all, don’t forget to SKIRT your fleeces! Click on “Request New Order” to open an online form that we require be filled out for each order placed at Sunny Hill. Please answer with as much detail as possible. We will be in touch soon after to schedule your in-person consultation/fiber drop-off. All first-time clients are required to drop their fiber off in-person here at Sunny Hill so that we can meet, assess your fiber together, and tour the mill so you can gain a better understanding of the journey your fiber will take here at the mill. (For future orders, returning clients may utilize mail delivery services in place of in-person delivery if preferred.)

All fiber received at the mill must be thoroughly SKIRTED to ensure no foreign bodies have snuck into the fleece, such as sticks, rocks, manure, etc. This must be done BEFORE the fiber arrives at the mill to avoid being charged the completely avoidable fee for mill skirting services. Package your skirted fiber for transport however makes the most sense to you; I recommend bags, boxes, or totes. See you soon at Sunny Hill!

*if you do not know how to skirt or what skirting is, I recommend watching any of the videos available on the internet that give instruction! I’ve linked YouTube how-to videos below for your convenience. Alternatively, reach out to your local fibershed or fiber group for assistance.

20 lbs is the firm maximum for first-time orders with unestablished clients. Larger orders are available for future orders once a client has been established at Sunny Hill and upon agreement between the mill and that returning client.

We process fiber “by the machine” and price our services accordingly. In other words, if you would like your fiber to be washed only, it will be a significantly lower price than processing that fiber all the way into yarn/felt because of the number of hours spent on the various machines required to produce more finished products. Click on ‘Fiber Processing “Menu”’ to learn more about the various options available at Sunny Hill Fiber Mill.

Being a new mill, we want to process as many different types of fiber as possible! Please contact the mill to discuss your fiber and your options for processing. Looking forward to experimenting together!

Depending on your fiber’s unique qualities and characteristics, these are the options we offer for processing:

- raw fiber washing

- raw fiber to batts or roving

- raw fiber to core-spun rug yarn

- raw fiber to felt sheets

- raw fiber to yarn coming soon!

When we assess your fiber together we will determine what the best option(s) are and configure it into your customized Mill Plan. Click on ‘Fiber Processing “Menu”’ for more information on each step of the process and pricing.

We currently offer fiber blending only when the desired blending fiber is PROVIDED BY THE CLIENT with their fiber order. Sunny Hill looks forward to offering in-home fiber blending in the future and will update this site when this changes!

No! :-) However, Sunny Hill Fiber Mill offers an exclusive option for clients who wish to “jump the line” to reduce their wait time for fiber processing: the Patron’s Reward! Adding the Patron’s Reward to your initial invoice ensures that your fiber processing order will be THE NEXT order the mill starts on (after finishing up whatever is already on the machines). Learn more about the Patron’s Reward by reading our Fiber Processing “Menu.”

We require all clients to agree to certain terms of servicewith each processing order they bring to us. Read those terms of service by clicking the button below.

Sunny Hill Fiber Mill is easily accessible by car just off of Highway 160 near Bayfield, Colorado. Exact address and more detailed directions will be provided to clients after scheduling their in-person consultation and fiber drop-off at the mill.

Sunny Hill Fiber Mill is built on land that was unjustly taken from the Native Peoples that lived here for generations and who shaped the fiber landscape of the southwest. Read how we honor this truth in our Land Acknowledgment.

Thank you :-)