Blue Faced Leicester Wool Dyed Blend 'Christmas Baubles' BFL Wool Combed Top Roving Spinning Fiber North York Moors

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4oz Dyed 100% Blue Faced Leicester Wool

Blue Faced Leicester is a longwool breed originating in England. It is the sheep breed that I currently have, though this wool is not from my sheep. Blue Faced Leicester sheep have a distinct Roman nose with dark skin underneath the white wool of their noses, which leads to the 'blue faced' moniker. Their wool fleeces hand in curly, lustrous ringlets instead of being crimpy like many other breeds of sheep are. The lustrous wool dyes deeply and vividly, and is a joy to spin.

BFL wool felts well and dyes amazingly.

This is a beautiful blend of wool. The colors are pretty thoroughly blended already, but it might be possible to keep the colors just a tiny bit more defined if you spin this by pulling off a staple length and then spin it from the fold, than if you spin it from the end. Spinning it from the end will probably mute the colors just a little more, but these colors are already blended so much that I'm not sure there is going to be a really big difference between the two ways of spinning this blend.


All my fiber is ready to ship right away, and sent first class USPS.



Happy spinning and felting!
4oz Dyed 100% Blue Faced Leicester Wool

Blue Faced Leicester is a longwool breed originating in England. It is the sheep breed that I currently have, though this wool is not from my sheep. Blue Faced Leicester sheep have a distinct Roman nose with dark skin underneath the white wool of their noses, which leads to the 'blue faced' moniker. Their wool fleeces hand in curly, lustrous ringlets instead of being crimpy like many other breeds of sheep are. The lustrous wool dyes deeply and vividly, and is a joy to spin.

BFL wool felts well and dyes amazingly.

This is a beautiful blend of wool. The colors are pretty thoroughly blended already, but it might be possible to keep the colors just a tiny bit more defined if you spin this by pulling off a staple length and then spin it from the fold, than if you spin it from the end. Spinning it from the end will probably mute the colors just a little more, but these colors are already blended so much that I'm not sure there is going to be a really big difference between the two ways of spinning this blend.


All my fiber is ready to ship right away, and sent first class USPS.



Happy spinning and felting!