FINNSHEEP LAMB Raw Fleece, Calliope 2021, 3 pounds 8.3 ounces, brown, free shipping

This is Calliope’s 2021 Raw Fleece. Calliope is a purebred finnsheep lamb that was coated/ jacketed most of the year. 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 all wool that has VM in it so you are only getting nice wool with Point of View Farm fleeces. It weighs 3 pounds 8.3 ounces. A very nice weight for a heavily skirted lamb fleece.

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 Calliope 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.

Calliope was born at Point of View Farm in 2020 to one of our ewes named Brown Cow. This is a gorgeous crimpy finnsheep fleece that very much falls within the breed standard for staple length, crimps per inch and micron (it is not lab tested however, I’m a wool classer so I have some experience here). Calliope is a light brown or morritt color with sun bleach tips and a few very small white spots in her fleece. I randomly pulled from one of those areas in the close up of the staple. Those lock samples are taken at shoulder, mid body and hip so you can see consistency across the fleece. Lamb fleeces are generally the softest fleece a sheep will grow their entire lives.

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.