This listing is for a lovely Icelandic Ewe Raw Wool Fleece from our fall shearing of 2022. This fleece is the result of 6 months' growth from April - October 2022. Our sheep graze all summer and fall on a prairie pasture in west-central Minnesota.
This fleece comes from our ewe Ltlu (pronounced Little Ewe :) who is a ‘black solid spotting' according to Icelandic color charts. Her fleece is overall white with small black 2024 spots and a staple length of 6 - 7 inches. When carded and blended, this would yield a very nice light gray yarn. Icelandic wool is dual-coated, and can be handspun into lopi style yarn, or combed to spin the tog and thel separately. This fleece would be ideal for handspinning.
3 pound, 2 oz. of skirted wool with very little vegetable matter (VM) and very few second cuts.
Value-added packaging as the fleece is mailed in a handsewn cotton pillowcase-style bag, perfect for breathable storage.
To unpackage fleece, carefully dump bag contents onto a large table. Slowly unroll fleece, cut side down and locks up. To see how we skirt and roll up our fleece , see our YouTube video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEiUzqmd7Ys
Product code: Icelandic Ewe 2024 Raw Wool Fleece (Fall Shearing)