FINNSHEEP Raw Fleece, Grey, long staple, Peekaboo 2024, 3 pounds 10.3 ounces, free shipping

This is Peekaboo’s 2024 Raw Fleece. Peekaboo is a purebred finnsheep ewe that was coated/ jacketed much of the year. Very low on VM (vegetable matter- hay, straw, grass from the pasture). I skirted this 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. This is a show award winning quality fleece. It is also one of the longer staple fleeces we have for 2024.

It weighs 3 pounds 10.3 ounces. Peekaboo is not coated all year long so you will find some VM in there but, not very much, I promise. I spent a good amount of time on the skirting table picking out any stray hay bits I found making sure that this fleece is as nice a spinning experience as possible.  My skirting notes are that this fleece is clean, with almost no vm, silky and high luster. 

Peekaboo was born at Point of View Farm in 2022 out of our ewe Matilda. Good maternal bloodline there.  She has some rarer genes for her dark agouti blue coloring (color and a pattern actually). Her fleece is one of the longer stapled fleeces I have skirted so far thii syear so if you want length, here it is! The locks have beautiful variations of silver to charcoal grey. It’s stunning.

Raw fleece means it has not been washed yet so it will smell like a sheep and need washing either before or after spinning (if you like to spin in the grease- this fleece would be a candidate for that). Peekaboo’s fleece was carefully and professionally shorn 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. It is not easy work however, a good shearer makes it look easy. Our shearer has shorn all our award winning fleeces at Rhinebeck and Maryland Fleece show and sales for many years. He has been shearing sheep for decades and he helped mentor us when we were new shepherds. In kind, we do the same mentoring for new shepherds as well. We very much appreciate his quality shearing, sheep handling skills and sense of humor. He is good at what he does. His care means nice fleeces and happy sheep.