2018 fleeces PICTURE HEAVY

If you follow the 2 links below, you will see some of our sheep as they are getting sheared.

http://eweifarm.blogspot.com/2018/02/shearing-has-begun-on-farm-and-off-and.html

http://eweifarm.blogspot.com/2018/02/shearing-at-home.html

So far this year, I have 30+ fleeces to offer. Because of my shoulder, it will take me a while to get them all reskirted, photographed, bagged and tagged. I got 7 done in 3 hours yesterday. If I can get a friend, or two, to come help when the weather breaks again, I will get them on here quicker. 😁


Natalie. Dorset/Romney with just a touch of Jacob. 3 1/2-4 1/2" staple. 5 1/4# $30 plus shipping.

As you can see, Natalie has LOTS of colors.

If I had the time (and shoulder) to process this  fleece,

I would comb the majority of it to preserve the different

colors. I would then card the rest that is the same shade of 

gray/brown. But, not this year and not this fleece. :)

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SOLD

Crispy. Dorset/Romney

5-6" staple with LOTS of crimp

5# $35 plus shipping

Her center back is shorter for some reason 

and heavily VM'd. I did not pull it out for 

fear of contaminating the rest of the fleece. 

If you lay it out on a sheet, and gentle pull off 

 the outer fleece you will be able to contain it to

that area. The rest of her fleece is gorgeous.

The tips are muddy, but should wash out easily enough.

 This is the center of her back.

 This is a piece from the center of her 

back, and below a lock from that piece.

A cold water soak to get out any mud,

and a set of combs should get the majority 

of it out. As you can see, it is almost 3" long.

Half the length of the rest. I am wondering if she

found someplace to scratch this past year that did 

not involve the rest of the fleeces, but just the back.

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SOLD
Patience-Dorset
3# $15 plus shipping
Most of her spine fleece has been removed
due to the high crimp holding LOTS of VM.
Muddy tips. Some VM left.
3-4"

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Romney/Dorset ewe #1
3"+ staple
 3 3/4# $20 plus shipping
Some VM and shavings.

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Romney/Dorset ewe #2
2 1/2-3" staple
2 # $10 plus shipping
Some VM and shavings.

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10 month old Dorset/Romney ewe lamb
7# $70 plus shipping
3 11/2-5" staple
Some VM and shavings
Some muddy tips
This is Natalie's half sister.
Same father, different mother.

Normally I don't sell lamb fleeces, but this year is an

exception. I had shoulder surgery 12/11/17 and I am not

yet ready to be processing fleeces, nor spinning.

Like Natalie, this fleece is a great candidate for combing

and carding both. With the extremely long locks, you could

also just take a handful of locks and flick the ends open with

a hard comb and spin from the lock. That is my #1 favorite

way to spin long locks. #2 is spinning from the combs.

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SOLD

Dorset/Romney ewe #3

5# $25 plus shipping

Some VM, shavings and muddy tips

3 1/2-5"+ staple

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SOLD

Dorset/Romney #4

6 1/2# $35 plus shipping

4 1/2-5" staple

Some VM, shavings and muddy tips

The 4 white and 1 lamb Dorset/Romney sheep belong to 

one of our shearing customers. All of her ewes are out of

either our black Romney ram, our chocolate black 

Dorset/Romney ram or our white Horned Dorset ram.

She does not care to have a ram of her own, and our

boys are all sweet, so they visit her flock in the fall.

Below are her sheep, prior to shearing and during.