Scoured Blue Faced Leicester Fleece Wool Locks

About the Fibre

Staple length 80-150cm. Micron count 24-28.

Fine

Scoured, uncarded Blue Faced Leicester Fleecewool. For felting, or for special spinning projects with texture.

Natural white

Each bag contains 100g of wool.

Combing and carding are essential parts of preparing a fleece for spinning into a uniformly aligned yarn, but these locks have a purpose, too! Excellent for making dolls' hair, curly fur for felted critters, or for adding a natural texture to any felting project. Spinning from these is possible, but not recommended for beginners.

For prepared roving, see our Blue Faced Leicester Wool Top.

Origin: United Kingdom

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 does 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