Wensleydale Top

About the fibre

Staple length 200-300mm. Micron count 30-40

Medium coarse

Wensleydale has one of the longest fibres in the natural sheep's wool range. With a long staple but soft texture it is a pleasure to spin and felt with.

Each bag contains 100g of wool.

Origin: United Kingdom

About the breed

Wensleydale is a British breed of sheep named for the Wensleydale region of North Yorkshire, England.

They were originally bred in the nineteenth century by cross-breeding a Dishley Leicester ram with a local sheep that is now extinct.

It is a rare sheep breed and known for its high quality wool.

Amanda Slater from Coventry, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons