Lovely delivery today of shearling fleece from Raskelf rare breeds farm in Yorkshire www.raskelfrarebreeds.co.uk (another triumph for Twitter' ability to bring people together!), I've not worked with Boreray fleece before so this is all very exciting. Borerays are ancient and primitive sheep, feral on the island of Boreray since the evacuation of the population of St Kilda in 1930 - the sheep on Boreray were the 'reserve flock' and were left behind. For more information about Borerays, and also the related Soays, see www.soaysheep.org which has the full story of these breed's history.
This foray into Borerays is part of my exploration of rare breed wool - so far this month I've spun and felted Ryeland, spun Poll Dorset 'in the grease', and carded some Balwen preparatory to felting it. I love my work! (But I can't imagine what my Postie thinks about all the squishy, sheepy-smelling parcels he's been delivering here lately...).
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