From our May/June 2008 Shearings. All Fleeces were covered year-round with Rocky Sheep Suits and are carefully skirted. They contain very little vegetable matter and, thanks to our great shearer, few, if any second cuts. Fleeces are $12.00 per pound/sold as whole fleeces unless noted otherwise.
Flint -1/2 Romney- 1/2 Natural Colored(Border Leicester and Corriedale) Ram
Supreme Champion Fleece Winner 2007 Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival
Flint's 12 lb full year fleece yielded 7 lbs of beautiful yarn- the wonderful spinner who purchased and spun his fleece shared a skein of the yarn with me! A beautiffully spun two ply yarn. Thank you N.R.
This is the 1/2 year clip from Flint - sheared in May to keep him cool and get him on a spring shearing schedule. A lovely variation of light to medium greys.
3 1/2" staple, 5.6 lbs $ 67.00 plus shipping. SOLD Thank you R.T. in MD
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Fiddle -Romney/Border Leicester/Corriedale Cross ewe
A pretty medium grey with brown highlights.
5" staple length. 7 lbs. @ $12.00 lb. Total $84.00
plus shipping
SOLD Thank you J.P. in KY
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Flavia- Lincoln/Border Leicester/Corriedale Cross ewe
A darker steely grey fleece. 6 1/3 " staple length
5.5 lbs @$12.00 lb. Total $66.00 plus shipping. SOLD Thank you S.B. in WY
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Galaxy -Romney/Natural Colored Cross ewe
Second place longwool ewe fleece SVFF 2007
A fleece of many colors with a silvery shiny luster from a sheep that really is out of this world! She is as sweet as her fleece is beautiful.
3 3/4 lb @$12.00 lb. SOLD Thank you N.R. in VA
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Giget- 1/2 Romney-1/2 Natural Colored Cross ewe
4.6 lbs. @$12.00 lb. $64.00 Sold
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Gremlin -1/2 Romney-1/2 Natural Colored Cross ewe.
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This sweet girl has white spots on her face and belly. Her fleece is on the finer side with a variation of medium to dark grays. 3" staple 3 lbs. @ $12.00 lb. SOLD Thank you S.K.
We pause for a little show and tell-----
We Can't Resist-- showing off Gremlin's lamb!! Meet OREO, the closest thing to a Holstein calf that's been on our farm in several years! Ain't he just too cute. Look for him in the 4-H show ring at the Shenandoah County Fair this August. Thanks and good luck to Jesse.
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Gretel- 1/2 Romney- 1/2 Natural Colored ewe
First Place Longwool Ewe Fleece at SVFF 2007
A beautiful varigated grey fleece, having lightened in color from her first shearing.
3" staple, 2.5 lbs. @$12.00 lb. Total $30.00
SOLD Thank you M.L. in CA
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Godiva -Border Leicester/Natural Colored Cross ewe
A finer, steely grey fleece that's a pleasure to spin.
3"-3 1/2" staple length, 4.75 lbs. $57.00 SOLD Thank You A.W. in NC
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Teddy -Purebred Romney Ram
Second Place Longwool Ram Fleece Winner at SVFF 2007
An awesome silvery gray fleece - it overdyes beautifully.
8 lbs. @ $12.00 lb. SOLD Thank you N.R. in VA
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Zelda- Purebred Natural Colored Romney ewe
Our elder ewe, her fleece is still more beautiful each year. A very light grey.
5.4 lbs @$12.00 lb.
SOLD
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Princess Purebred Romney ewe
A Romney Hogget fleece, Princess is a daughter of Teddy and Zelda and has an amazing first fleece. A darker grey that has lighter fibers through out that add a halo of silver. Hard to describe--it's a beauty - the photo of the entire fleece picks up the silvery glow, but makes the fleece look lighter in color overall than it is in person. Covered most of the year, it has the brown suntipping typical of lamb's fleece.
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6 1/2 " staple length. 4.5 lbs. $8.00 lb. Total $36.00 plus shipping AVAILABLE
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Ghirardelli "Gerri" Purebred Romney ewe
Another incredible first fleece - Sun kissed tips - a darker charcoal grey that changes to silver near the cut ends.
6 1/2"-7" staple length. 7 lbs. @ $12.00 lb. Total $84.00 plus shipping SOLD Thank you G.B.
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Great Crafting wool/fleece
Millie -Natural Colored Longwool ewe
6" staple, 6.8 lbs @6.00lb. Total $39.00plus shipping AVAILABLE
Lily- Natural Colored Longwool ewe
6 1/2 " staple length, 7lbs. @$6.00 lb. Total $ 70.00 plus shipping AVAILABLE
Twin sisters now three years old, their fleece is more on the coarser side compared to our other ewes. These fleeces are great for spinning bulky singles for rugs or outerwear, but the texture and length of the locks makes them ideal for fleece weaving and locker hooking.
These two fleeces may be purchased by the pound if desired.
What an awesome weekend of fibery goodness!!
From visiting with many of my fabulous Fibersmyth friends to making new friends and reconnecting with old ones-it was an incredible weekend.
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