FINNSHEEP LAMB Raw Fleece, Lambie 2021, 3 pounds 4.8 ounces, brown, free shipping

This is Lambie’s 2021 Raw Fleece. Lambie 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 4.8 ounces.

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 Lambie 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 photo of it I took while it was on the skirting table after shearing.

Lambie was born at Point of View Farm in 2020. 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 certified wool classer so I have some experience here). A friend said it looked like gold. I don’t think she is wrong. It does have a look of rose gold to it when the sun shines on it. Lambie is a light brown or morrit color with sun bleached tips. 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.