We offer lambskin rugs at ~ $180-$230 per rug, depending on size, color, and quality. Note that this is considerably less than you’d find for lambskin rugs of this quality at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival or other venues such as the Great Frederick Fiber Festival.
These rugs are prepared from our lambskins by a tannery in east-central Pennsylvania. They can be considered an eco-friendly product, because if we didn’t collect them and transport them to be tanned, the butcher would throw them in the trash. By having them tanned, we are converting what would be a waste product into a beutiful and useful product that should last for decades if properly cared for.
The lambs will have ~8 months’ growth (several inches) of fleece on them at the time the hides are tanned, making our rugs very cozy as bedside rugs or as chair warmers. Lambskin rugs require several months (absent supply-chain issues) to tan from the time they’re dropped off until the time tanning has been completed, and they become available only once a year, in the spring. Buy one at that time if you wish a holiday or baby present for someone (or a chair warmer for parents of children pursuing winter sports).
Note: although the tannery advertises these as machine-washable, we recommend having the tannery clean them as needed. If you mail them, they’ll return them to you within a couple of weeks. (Details follow).
Information on how to launder sheepskin rugs is available here; please read carefully before laundering your own rugs! If you’re worried about their felting, you can always return them to the tannery, who will launder them for you for a $20 charge (plus shipping). I travel to the tannery once per year (in December), and would be happy to drop off your rug for cleaning at that time.
“White” rugs are actually a light cream color. “Black” rugs may be a dark charcoal gray or brown, close to a pure black, fading to reddish tips, or (especially for adult sheep) they may have faded naturally to a silvery gray.
For scale: the floor tiles are 1′ x 1′.
Lambskin rug (white)
