Sheep breeds

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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

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