Thanks to the amazing resource that is Twitter, I am now eagerly awaiting the arrival of two rare breed fleeces - one Ryeland from Dove Farm in Derbyshire, and one Grey Faced Dartmoor from Sam's Lamb in Devon. Very excited as I've not worked with either of these breeds before. The Ryeland is to be incorporated into my project on the domestic history of Tretower Court (see previous blog posts on the subject of palimpsests and medieval sheep), and the GFD will be the latest in the Felting British Wool project. There will be stacks of wool left over, as each fleece weighs usually at least 2-3 kilos, often much more, so even after the skanky bits and any vegetable matter have been removed, I should still have lots to play with - both for felting and spinning. Yay!
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