FINNSHEEP Raw LAMB Fleece, Buddy 2022, 2 pounds 2.5 ounces, variegated brown/ fawn, free shipping

This is Buddy’s 2022 Raw Fleece. Buddy is a purebred finnsheep LAMB that was uncoated. Yes, you read that right, uncoated. I was ruthless and so even though he is uncoated, the fleece is very low on VM (vegetable matter- hay, straw, grass from the pasture). I skirted it myself. I’m a hand spinner as well as a shepherd. I dislike VM as much as the next spinner…in fact, maybe more so. I get a little ruthless about skirting and removing VM so you are only getting nice wool with Point of View Farm fleeces. In this fleece the entire spine area, belly neck and britch wool have been removed. What you receive will be the side body of this lamb. It weighs 2 pounds 2.5 ounces. When the shearer came and did this bunch of shearing THIS was the one that caught his eye. Look at that length!!

Raw fleece means it has not been washed yet so it will smell like a sheep and need washing either before or after spinning. The fleece was carefully and professionally shorn off Pacific New Zealand style (in a single piece) by a shearer who takes pride in his work, is careful, gentle and knows what he is doing. This shearer has shorn award winning fleeces at Rhinebeck and Maryland Fleece show and sales for many years for our farm and others. He has been shearing sheep for decades and is a good friend too. Check out the photos of it I took while it was on the skirting table. Both sides and all angles are pictured.

Buddy was born at Point of View Farm in 2021 to our brown ewe, Molly. This is Buddy’s first fleece. His technical color genetics are a brown based agouti blue which is a rare combo in finnsheep. Over a decade ago, Point of View Far, welcomed the first brown badgerface lamb into the world (that was registered in the US). Since then we have been refining the fleece genetics and selecting for softer and nicer wool each year. In lay terms, Buddy has both a color and a pattern genetically. The pattern (agouti blue) ‘makes’ portions of his brown fleece lighter, mostly the saddle area. Since this is the wool area you purchasing here, what is in the bag is the lighter colored fawn wool (and why is is labeled as so). If you look at the photo of the fleece with the edges rolled in, you will see they are some darker areas. Lamb fleeces, in general, are the softest and finest fleece a sheep will produce in their lifetime. They require care when processing and can yield such amazing soft yarn.

Finnsheep fleece takes dye like a dream and would also blend beautifully with other wools where you want to add luster and drape. It is also known to felt quite nicely.

If you prefer washed wool for your project, please check out the Point of View Farm roving.