FINNSHEEP LAMB Raw Fleece, Venus 2021, 2 pounds 11.2 ounces, brown, free shipping

This is Venus’ 2021 Raw Fleece. Venus 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 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….and not vm. I spent lots of time checking over this piece and removing all VM I saw. It weighs 2 pounds 11.2 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. This is a full years growth of lamb wool.

Venus was born at Point of View Farm in 2020. This is a gorgeous crimpy finnsheep fleece that very much falls within the finer side of 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). Venus is a darker brown or morrit color with sun bleached tips. Lamb fleeces are generally the softest fleece a sheep will grow their entire lives. Venus had her first lambs in February of 2021 amd she had TRIPLETS. That is not very common for a first time lambing ewe but there you go. All of them look just like her as well, which is pretty neat. Venus has a sister who is am amazing wool producer just like she is. They are both daughters of Mocha. They both have a finer crimp than Mocha though….these lambs got that improvement from their sire, Trailblazer.

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.