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Average Fleece
Weight:
4-5 kg in two sheerings per year
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Average fiber
length:
8 - 15 cm
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Micron Diameter:
30-36 micros we try to select manually the thinner fleeces for the use of handspinners
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Colors:
Lambs are born in a dark brown color. In the exposure to the sunlight the color of the fleeces turn to golden color at the ends. Especially in summer the wool is bleached at the end. So it gives you an interesting color mix within one fleece. And it gives you an interesting play within your finished items because that happens all the time with your sweaters. If you keep it all the time within your wardrobe it changes to dark brown. If you wear it often it turns to a nice golden color. So it's a "living" wool.
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Methods of
Preparation:
carding (too short for combing) with handcards, carding machine or flick carders. This last one is most important for this fiber, because it is not to much mixed and the golden parts could be seen in the final results. So "Flick Carding" will maintain the color within the locks.
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Spinning
techniques:
either long or short draw
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Felting
issues:
Absolutely easy to felt with this wool.
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Recommended
uses:
Knitted goods, Lodenfabrics and carpets. Excellent also for felting. |
Straight Brown, shades ranging from Cognac to dark
brown.