Romni Wools Ltd
Bluefaced Leicester Wool Top
Bluefaced Leicester Wool Top
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About the Fibre
Staple length 80-150cm. Micron count 24-28.
Fine
Bluefaced Leicester wool is usualy described as lustrous and silky, with a well-defined crimp, which allows it to be spun into finer yarn and gives it higher insulating properties. The Bluefaced Leicester has become a very popular British breed over the last century, and is highly sought after by knitters as well as spinners.
Each bag contains 100g of fibre.
About the Breed
Blue Face Leicester is a longwool breed of sheep developed by Robert Bakewell, in Dishley, Leicestershire in the eighteenth century through careful breeding.
They are tall, with cool grey faces, long rabbit-like ears, and a characteristic "Roman" nose.
They are a predominantly white breed, but do carry a recessive black gene that can produce black or grey fleeces in some instances.
Blue Faced Leicester sheep at Llanfair Show by Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
