FINNSHEEP LAMB Raw Fleece, Cosmo 2022, 3 pounds, Variegated Grey, free shipping

This is Cosmo’s 2022 Raw Fleece. Cosmo is a purebred finnsheep lamb that was coated/ jacketed much of the year. Very 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. To that end this fleece had the entire spine area removed.  At that is the ‘top’ of the sheep if there is going to be VM, it will be there.   That area was highest vm so I pulled it out and my notes indicate there is now almost no vm remaining (that’s good for you and for my self declared ruthless skirter title).  The fleece still weighs 3 pounds. 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 Charlotte 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.

Cosmo was THE leading sire of our 2022 lambs here. WE are delighted he has such a beautiful first fleece. While Cosmo is a ram, this fleece does not smell rammy to me. That is because he is young and all those hormones have not happened yet….just enough hormones to know what is job is but not too many to be stinky. This is a gorgeous finnsheep fleece that 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). Cosmo is a black badgerface which gives his fleece a variegated grey color. The many lock samples are taken at shoulder and move toward to hip as samples move away from the ruler. Through mid body and to the hip so you can see consistency across the fleece. Lamb fleeces, in general, are the softest finest fleece a sheep will grow their entire lives. Really nice soft well skirted lamb fleece. I think you will not not disappointed if you decide on this one.

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 so be careful washing.