Natural colored combed top from Ashland Bay Trading Co. |
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The Bluefaced Leicester is classified as a longwool breed with a staple length of 3” – 6”, and a fiber diameter of 56’s – 60’s count, or 24-28 microns; creating high quality luster yarns with handle and drape. |
Price: 4oz $6.74
Price: 1lb $24.00
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The Corriedale is an in-bred half-breed with Merino on the dam's side and the English Lincoln longwool on the sire's side. Corrie is great for beginning spinners, dyers, and great for blending with fibers.
Corriedales produce a thick stapled, bulky fleece, which is popular with spinners and can be used for a range of handspun garments. 31.5 to 24.5 microns in diameter. |
Price: $18.50
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The Bluefaced Leicester is classified as a longwool breed with a staple length of 3” – 6”, a fleece weight of 2 ½ - 4 ½ lbs., and a fiber diameter of 56’s – 60’s count, or 24-28 microns; creating high quality luster yarns with handle and drape. These wool qualities appear to be passed on to the crossbred offspring. |
Price: $7.78
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The Bluefaced Leicester is classified as a longwool breed with a staple length of 3” – 6”, a fleece weight of 2 ½ - 4 ½ lbs., and a fiber diameter of 56’s – 60’s count, or 24-28 microns; creating high quality luster yarns with handle and drape. These wool qualities appear to be passed on to the crossbred offspring. |
Price: $30.00
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The term, Falkland wool, refers to wool grown only on the Falkland Islands and not in any other location. The wool clip from these islands is a very good white and is grown from Merino and Polwarth breeds. The majority of the wool produced emanates from the Polwarth. The clip is relatively small compared to other world clips and was, until recently sold predominantly through the UK.
Fineness ranges from 18/19microns to 32/33microns with the bulk of the wool being in the 27- 30microns category. The length is 80-100mm with the fleece showing good bulkiness and soft handle. In some ways, and for certain applications, it can be considered better than Australian grown wool, especially for knitting yarn, where good bulk is required. |
Price: $6.28
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The term, Falkland wool, refers to wool grown only on the Falkland Islands and not in any other location. The wool clip from these islands is a very good white and is grown from Merino and Polwarth breeds. The majority of the wool produced emanates from the Polwarth. The clip is relatively small compared to other world clips and was, until recently sold predominantly through the UK.
Fineness ranges from 18/19microns to 32/33microns with the bulk of the wool being in the 27- 30microns category. The length is 80-100mm with the fleece showing good bulkiness and soft handle. In some ways, and for certain applications, it can be considered better than Australian grown wool, especially for knitting yarn, where good bulk is required. |
Price: $24.00
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Fleece is a medium grade with an open character and soft springy handle (Bradford count 44-56, demi-luster / 26.40-36.19 microns. Fleece staple length is 3-7 inches, fleece weight 3-6 lbs, with little grease and high yield |
Price: $6.16
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Fleece is a medium grade with an open character and soft springy handle (Bradford count 44-56, demi-luster / 26.40-36.19 microns. Fleece staple length is 3-7 inches, fleece weight 3-6 lbs, with little grease and high yield
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Price: $23.50
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The Polwarth sheep is 75 percent Merino and 25 percent Lincoln. It is large framed, robust, and produces a high-yielding, soft-handling fleece of 22-25 micron fiber diameter. Much of the emphasis within the breed has been directed towards developing and improving the wool aspects. It is a lovely wool for hand spinning. |
Price: $6.91
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The Polwarth sheep is 75 percent Merino and 25 percent Lincoln. It is large framed, robust, and produces a high-yielding, soft-handling fleece of 22-25 micron fiber diameter. Much of the emphasis within the breed has been directed towards developing and improving the wool aspects. It is a lovely wool for hand spinning. |
Price: $26.50
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Wensleydale wool is used for its special effects and handle in hand knitting yarn, knitwear and cloth and sometimes in upholstery fabrics. Because of its similarity, it is regularly used to blend with mohair. It has a micron count of 33-35 and staple length of 8-12 inches. While this wool is not super soft-it is very luxurious and is incredibly fun to spin.
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Price: $6.41
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Wensleydale wool is used for its special effects and handle in hand knitting yarn, knitwear and cloth and sometimes in upholstery fabrics. Because of its similarity, it is regularly used to blend with mohair. It has a micron count of 33-35 and staple length of 8-12 inches. While this wool is not super soft-it is very luxurious and is incredibly fun to spin.
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Price: $24.50
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