# Sheep breeds

- Akkaraman (from Erzurum, Turkey, yearling)
  - a. From Jo Hesse: Felts super tight   

- Baby South Down
  - a. Leslie Alexander, Cody

- Bellclaire
  - a. Ireland, Irish Breed Study

- Bergshaff:
  - a. Catherine Stebinger/Natalya B.

- Border Leicester
  - a. Store in Watkins Glen from local farmer (Fiber Arts in the Glen)
  - b. Canada, MWL Wool Mountain

- Bleu de Maine
  - a. Ireland, Irish Breed Study

- Blue Faced Leicester (BFL)
  - a. Rhinebeck Wool and Sheep Festival, local wool 
  - b. MWL Wool Mountain, Canada 

- California Red
  - a. From breeder in Schenectady, NY (Takes quite long to felt, loose structure)

- Charollais 
  - a.Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers (France)

- Cheviot
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers (UK)

- Churro
  - a. Sharon Spaker (Takes forever to felt) 
  - b. Battenkill, US

- C1
  - a. Nan Travers 

- C1P
  - a. North England Felting Supply

- Cladoir
  - a. Ireland, Irish Breed study 

- Clun Forest
  - a. Battenkill, US

- Corriedale
  - a. Woolery
  - b. Leiko

- Core wool
  - a. Woolery

- Cormo:
  - a. NY state fiber festival (Blackberry Hill Farm), Felts very fast, smooth surface.

- Cotswold
  - a. From Northeast Fiber Arts Center, Very dense felt.
  - b. Battenkill, US

- Coopworth
  - a. Winter’s Past Farm (US) (winterspastfarm.com) Takes a while, but felts mid-range, feels similar to BFL

- Chubut
  - a. Northeast Fiber Arts Center
  
- Clun Forest
  - a. Wing and a Prayer Farm (very difficult to felt, takes forever, felts very loosely)

- CVM (California Variegated Mutant)
  - a. Wayne Myers (BeauChemin Preservation Farm)
  - b. Battenkill, US

- Devon
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Dorset 
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Eider 
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Falkland  
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Finn
  - a. Karoliina Arvilommi
  - b. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers
  - c. Local farm: Sue Getchell 

- Gotland 
  - a. Kim Goodling, VT Grandview Farm (Fast felter, black is finer than gray)
  - b. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Gulf Coast Native
  - a. Battenkill, US

- Hampshire Downs
  - a. Ireland, Irish Breed Study

- Hebridian
  - a. Lamb, UK (from Eva Camacho, Crowkeld Rare Breed Farm, UK)
  - b. Ireland, Irish Breed Study

- Heidschnucke
  - a. Canada, MWL Wool Mountain

- Herdwyck
  - a.Helder Herdwyck Farm, upstate NY (Felts hard and fast)    
  - b. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Icelandic top
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers 
  - b. Freisi Farms

- Ile de France
  - a. Woolery: Felts really hard and smooth. Great for structural work.  

- Jacob
  - a. CeCe's (Slingerlands), Takes a long long time to full and does not felt tight   
  - b. Ireland, Irish Breed Study

- Karakul 
  - a. From Wollknoll (Jo Hesse), 34 micron 39 micron   

- Kerry Hill
  - a. Ireland, Irish Breed Study

- Lincoln Longwool
  - a. Nan Travers
  - b. Rhinebeck Wool and Sheep Festival, local wool: similar to Teeswater, has a shine 

- Manx Loaghton  
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers, takes a long time and does not felt tight   

- Maori
  - a. Feltrite/DHC: Takes forever to felt   

- Masham
  - a. Laughing Lamb Fibers  

- Merino (Kap, 14, 19, 21, 27 micron)
  - Kap wool
    - a. Northeast Fiber Art's Center
  - 14 micron merino
    - a. Feltrite/DHC
  - 18.5-19 micron merino
    - a. Feltrite/DHC
    - b. Teresa O'Brien (Girgic)
    - c. Northeast Fiber Art's Center
  - 21 micron merino
    - a. New England Felting Supply
  - 27 micron merino
    - a. R.H. Lindsay    

- Nash Island Wool
  - a. Nan, Melanie Dubois    

- North Ronaldsay (mixed with hair)
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Norwegian 
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Perendale
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Polwarth 
  - a. Laughing Lamb Fibers
  - b. Nan Travers

- Radnor 
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Rambouillet
  - a. Carol Ingram 
  - b. R.H. Lindsay  

- Romney
  - a. Crazy Legs Farm, upstate NY, Felts very fast		 

- Rough Fell
  - a. MWL Wool Mountain, Canada

- Rya
  - a. From Joy

- Ryeland
  - a. Ireland, Irish Breed Study

- Scotch Blackface
  - a. Ireland, Irish Breed Study

- Shetland 
  - a. Charlotte Surgenor (claybrookfarmquilts@gmail.com), MA: felts very slowly and not very tight
  - b. Rhinebeck Wool and Sheep Festival, local wool (Friends in Fiber): felts ok
  - c. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers
  
- Shropshire 
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers (UK)

- Southdown
  - a. Laughing Lamb Fibers

- Suffolk
  - a. Laughing Lamb Fibers

- Swaledale
  - a. Laughing Lamb Fibers

- Spanish Comeback
  - a. R.H. Lindsay (through Joy)

- Targhee
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Teeswater
  - a. Big E Fiber Festival, MA (from curls): does not felt very tight, has a shine

- Texel
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

- Tunis
  - a. Joy (white) - felts ok

- Welsh Mountain 
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers
  - b. Nan Travers

- Wensleydale
  - a. New England Felting Supply

- Zwartbles
  - a. Fiber pack, HearthsideFibers

## Mixed breeds

- Coopworth+Romney Mix
  - a. Sue Getchell

- Coopworth+Romney+Merino Mox
  - a. Sue Getchell

- Teeswater+Valais (50% mix)
  - a. Wing and a Prayer Farm, Jolene's wool: tighter than Teeswater, has a nice shine