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WE ARE SHEARING IN MARCH - PRE-ORDER FOR BEST SELECTION We still have a few raw white fleeces for sale for $16/lb. There are not many left, so order soon. Email for fleece sizes and price. They run betwenn 2 and 5 lbs. well skirted.
For information on washing fleeces see About Fleeces under Topics to your left.
Our BFL fleece varies some from sheep to sheep. The ewes range from 21-30 microns and the rams tend a bit higher. Lamb fleece is finer and softer. English blue pattern fleece ranges from black to silver and the color will vary from bag to bag. The dyed locks are a rainbow of varied shades achieved by dropping a variety of dye shades into the dye bath and allowing them to partially blend.
The washed fleece has a small amount of hay in the fleece because we wash up any fleece that does not meet our standards for a raw spinning fleece. This winter we did not use coats on the sheep because the pastures are quite clean of burrs after 3 years of rotational grazing and we have changed our hay feeders to minimize hay falling on the sheep. Only raw fleeces are very free of hay and seeds will be sold as such.
We will evaluate the fleece without coats and may go back to them next winter. I'm already leaning in that direction because I think the sheep are warmer and happier with them on. This very cold weather seems to have them eating far more hay than they did last year.
Click on the pictures to see a magnified view of the fleece,
Please order enough for your project because we cannot guarantee a match if you order again. For orders over 1 lb contact us for reduced shipping costs. If it isn't on the list we are sold out. Email to pre-order for 2011 fleece.
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