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Dyed Yarn & Fiber
Tunis Double Twist
Price range: $20.00 through $24.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageBrought into America during colonial times (George Washington had a Tunis ram), Tunis is well adapted to the humid mid-Atlantic region. They are a very beautiful sheep; the lambs are born all cinnamon colored (called red in the sheep world) and as they grow up, their fleece turns white while they maintain red faces and legs. The wool is Medium: medium soft, medium length and is very versatile wool.
Farm source: hand selected fleeces from Beaucaire Farm in Purcellville, Virginia. -
Dyed Yarn & Fiber
Dorset Hike
Price range: $38.00 through $44.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageDorset sheep are originally from the Downs area of England. The first Dorsets in the US came to Oregon, shipped by the Hudson’s Bay Company in the 1860’s. East Coast imports came in the late 1800’s. Polled (hornless) Dorsets were a mutation that happened at North Carolina State College in the 1950’s and now outnumber Horned Dorsets here and in other countries. One of the most common sheep breeds in the US, raised primarily for meat.
The fleece is very white with no black fibers like black faced meat breeds (Suffolks and Hampshires). The sheep will grow fleece from 2.5 to 4 inches long in a year and it has the robust crimp (extremely springy) of Down-type wools.
Farm source: hand selected fleeces from Millcreek Farms, Loudoun County, Virginia -
Dyed Yarn & Fiber
Tunis Worsted
Price range: $38.00 through $44.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageBrought into America during colonial times (George Washington had a Tunis ram), Tunis are well adapted to the humid Mid-Atlantic region. They are a very beautiful sheep; the lambs are born all cinnamon colored (red in the sheep world) and as they grow up, their fleece turns white while they maintain red faces and legs. The wool is Medium: medium soft, medium length and is a very versatile wool.
Farm source: hand selected fleeces from Beaucaire Farm in Purcellville, Virginia and Three Sheep in Barboursville, Virginia. -
Dyed Yarn & Fiber
Clun Forest light
Price range: $28.00 through $36.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA breed from the Welsh border area of Britain, Clun Forest is a rare, heritage breed in the US. Raised for meat and valued for their ability to grow well on pasture alone, they also grow a high quality, Down-type wool that has robust crimp and elasticity. Clun fleece is fairly fine, with a short staple. Light and lofty, it is machine washable without shrinkage.
farm sources: hand selected fleeces from Meadow Brook, Warrenton, VA; Blue Heron, Round Hill, VA and Shepherd’s Knoll in MD -
Dyed Yarn & Fiber
Border Leicester Yarn – Sport Weight
Price range: $35.00 through $44.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageBorder Leicester is a Longwool breed developed in the 18th century in the borderlands between England and Scotland (hence the name). Related by breeding to the Leicester Longwool and Blue-Faced Leicester, it is in the middle of those breeds for softness and has beautiful lustre and drape. A very personable sheep, they are clean faced with Roman noses.
Farm source: hand selected fleeces from Overlook Manor, Warrenton, Virginia
