Panda's 2010 fleece available
UPDATE: SOLD! Panda's 2010fleece will have a new home with Joan. I know she will love it!
Panda's 2010 fleece is available. It was previously reserved but the buyer has gone incommunicado. So I am making it available to someone else. This is a large fleece and really beautiful. (Plenty of wool for a warm sweater for your husband or a beautiful glimmering shawl for you!) A couple of years ago when Sandy De Master (long time Finn breeder and my sheep mentor) helped me at shearing time, Panda's fleece was her very favorite.
Panda is second from the left in this photo with the dark panda-like spots around his eyes.
Panda is genetically a black/white piebald (spotted) wether. However, he has minimal white on his body, so the fleece is basically a solid color. With age, his wool has "faded" to a light grey. It has a fairly long staple length of about 7 inches and a wide, even crimp. It is extremely SOFT and has excellent luster for a colored fleece. There is a little sun-bleaching on the ends of the wool which will blend in when carded.
Like all my hand-spinning fleeces, this is a well-skirted fleece from a jacketed sheep. (The wool in the fleece is only the clean part from under the jacket.) We put the jackets on in the fall before we start feeding hay to keep the chaff out of the wool.
Here is a photo of the little sample I kept of the actual fleece from this year, which does not do it justice. The fleece itself is already boxed up and ready to ship.
Cost of this fleece:
5.65 lb x $12 = $67.80 plus shipping
I prefer money order or Paypal. I will accept a personal check but wait till check has cleared the bank before shipping the wool. If interested, contact me at tracy@fireflyfields.com with your name and street address so I can calculate shipping cost.
I guarantee you will fall in love with this fleece!!!!
Panda's 2010 fleece is available. It was previously reserved but the buyer has gone incommunicado. So I am making it available to someone else. This is a large fleece and really beautiful. (Plenty of wool for a warm sweater for your husband or a beautiful glimmering shawl for you!) A couple of years ago when Sandy De Master (long time Finn breeder and my sheep mentor) helped me at shearing time, Panda's fleece was her very favorite.
Panda is second from the left in this photo with the dark panda-like spots around his eyes.
Panda is genetically a black/white piebald (spotted) wether. However, he has minimal white on his body, so the fleece is basically a solid color. With age, his wool has "faded" to a light grey. It has a fairly long staple length of about 7 inches and a wide, even crimp. It is extremely SOFT and has excellent luster for a colored fleece. There is a little sun-bleaching on the ends of the wool which will blend in when carded.
Like all my hand-spinning fleeces, this is a well-skirted fleece from a jacketed sheep. (The wool in the fleece is only the clean part from under the jacket.) We put the jackets on in the fall before we start feeding hay to keep the chaff out of the wool.
Here is a photo of the little sample I kept of the actual fleece from this year, which does not do it justice. The fleece itself is already boxed up and ready to ship.
Cost of this fleece:
5.65 lb x $12 = $67.80 plus shipping
I prefer money order or Paypal. I will accept a personal check but wait till check has cleared the bank before shipping the wool. If interested, contact me at tracy@fireflyfields.com with your name and street address so I can calculate shipping cost.
I guarantee you will fall in love with this fleece!!!!
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