"MC Emily" wrote in message
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"Mary Fisher" wrote

I now have the details of the place that's going to do my skins. It's
called Organic Sheepskins and you can visit them at
www.organicsheepskins.co.uk As you thought, they don't descibe the
process
but do say that they use a tannin from Mimosa trees grown in South Africa,

Oh! That's really helpful :-)))))))

specifically for this purpose, and that no part of the tree is wasted.
They've held organic status for over 5 years. I hope this info is useful
to
you. Let me know if you manage to 'rescue' your skins. I also have a
Soay
skin that's gone through the cardboard stage and I'm not sure if I can
rescue it. I'm going to e-mail this place to ask them. Hopefully, they
can
do something with it. It's beautiful colours and it would be a shame to
lose it. I'll let you know.

It would, and I'm sure that they'll be able to cure it - as long as you
salted it to stop bacteria from destroying the bases of the hairs. That's
what I've been told anyway.

Do let me know!

Mary
Jaqy