Hello friends,

Over this past summer I processed a second raw sheep's fleece. I hadn't planned on buying another fleece, with one already waiting to be washed and processed in the garage, but when I saw a new trader called Random Farm selling raw fleeces on the Felt market place, I couldn't resist supporting a new fleece producer.

I bought a raw fleece from a Finn-Romney cross lamb ram called Silver. As a lamb he produced a beautiful silvery grey-and-white fleece, with the colour changes along the staple, with dark tips, and paler shades towards the cut end.

When it arrived it had a lovely soft handle, good lustre, and locks that separated easily. The locks had an average staple length of 7-8cm, and they suggested to spin it long draw for a soft woollen yarn. It was a very clean fleece with minimal vegetable matter.

Having recently scoured and washed my Gotland Fleece, I decided to use the same method of using Unicorn Scour Power, as the resulting clean fleece was in good condition.

It wasn't too long before I'd scoured all the batches of raw fleece on a sunny day. After they'd dried, I flick carded a lock to see the final product. The lock has a dark brown/grey tip, and a silvery grey shade at the cut end. It has a very beautiful fine crimp, and the lock is quite smooth and fluffy.

I'm very happy with the final result, and once I get my current spinning project completed, and spin up a 100 gram sliver of fiber for a friend, I think I'll get started spinning this yarn.

Have a wonderful day

Julie-Ann

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Tags: 2025, Fleece, Fleece Preparation, Fleece Processing, Sheep, Summer