Tuesday 9 October 2012

Jacob Fleece

  I got this fleece from a neighbour Richard they run school trips to their farm in the Spring and keep one or two rare breeds of sheep and so have two jacob sheep.   I have just started to wash the first fleece and I took these photos of it drying in the Autumn sunshine.   Now I am busy carding it and will probably spin it into a chunky yarn and then dye it.  When dyed the natural dark brown should remain much the same and the white take up thre color.  Worth a try anyway,    I



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