FLEECES!!!!!!!!!!

FINALLY! The weather was beautiful today and I didn't have to work all day, so I was able to skirt a few of the fleeces! (Well, I should be doing laundry, but playing with fleece always trumps laundry!) I read another blog where a shepherdess was pricing fleeces according to how badly she wanted to keep the fleece for herself, and I thought to myself, what a good idea, sooooo...........all of my fleeces are $100 a pound. JUST KIDDING!!! I have made some decisions, and here are the first few I am willing to put up for sale.

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All of the fleeces are $12/pound. They have been skirted, but not washed. My sheep are not coated, they are free to frolic "au naturale" in the clean pasture. They are fed grain and hay, both at ground level, but they ARE sheep. They still manage to have vm in their fleece.

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Tabitha is SOLD!
First, there is Tabitha, a full blood Shetland. I processed her fleece myself last year and it produced a creamy, champagne white yarn and is very soft.

Tabitha has a 2 pound fleece and it is $24 plus actual shipping.

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Bernice is SOLD!

Next up is Bernice. She is a Shetland/Border Leicester cross. She is a half sister to my favorite sheep, Naomi (whose fleece I just cannot bear to part with!). Bernice's fleece ranges in color from very dark silver/grey to light cocoa. The Shetland/BL cross produces a super soft, crimpy wool, with curls on many of the tips. The bottom picture shows the different types of locks within her fleece.

Bernice's fleece is 3 pounds, which is $36, plus actual shipping.

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Cyrano is SOLD!
Next, there is Cyrano. He is a registered Sheltand ram with creamy, very soft locks. He does have a few areas of very light grey, which are noticeable from the back.






Cyrano's fleece is 2 pounds, which is $24 plus actual shipping. (I don't know what happened to the middle picture - I cannot get it turned correctly!)


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Pricilla is Sold!

And now there is Pricilla. She is a full blood Shetland. I processed her fleece last year also, and sold all of it, with rave reviews, at fiber shows. Pricilla has a few dark strands throughout her wool, which gives a wonderful depth to the cream color when spun.

At 1 pound, 14 ounces, her fleece is priced at $22.50 plus actual shipping.

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Princess is Sold!

Pricilla has a sister, Princess, and they have pretty much the exact same fleece. One has horns, and the other has shorter horns, which is the ONLY way I can tell them apart in the pasture. Princess' wool is slightly shorter, a little more dense, but the color is the same. Because of this, I did not take additional pictures.

Princess' fleece is larger than Pricilla's, at 2 pounds, 14 ounces and comes to $34.50 plus acutal shipping.

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Liza is SOLD!

And finally, I have a really nice fleece from Liza, a registered Border Leicester. Liza's fleece is quite lovely, and I pondered for a good amount of time if I should keep it, but in the end I decided I could let it go. Her fleece is dark, chocolate brown to light cocoa and again, very soft. It is very lofty, and huge! The table on which it is pictured is 6' long and 3' wide, and

I bunched it up to make it fit for the picture!

This fleece has amazing crimp and curl, and at 3 pounds, comes to $36 plus actual shipping.

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If you purchase a fleece, it will be packed in a box, weighed, and shipped from zip code 72936. Please email me at:

lorisarahbrown@gmail.com

if you are interested in a fleece or have more questions! Thanks for looking, and more fleeces to come soon!

~Lori