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The fibre fineness ranges from 30-44microns with the lambs-wool at the finer end. Gotland Double Knit Loved and cared for on the Surrey, Hampshire borders from our pedigree flock of Gotland sheep.
Their disposition is docile and friendly. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
The resulting yarn has a wonderful lustre, takes dye beautifully and knits up to produce a remarkably light fabric. Yarn origin.
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Member of the British Gotland Sheep Society and International feltmakers Association We are situated in the beautiful Eden valley of East Cumbria between the villages of Kirkoswald and Renwick within easy reach of M6. The breed is now found in the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Australia and New Zealand. It can be varying shades of grey, from pale silver to a rich blue-gray to a dark charcoal or almost black. Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival Tunbridge, VT Oct 3-4, 2020.
Gotland Gotland sheep produce very fine and particularly warm wool in shades from silver to charcoal – the only sheep that produce a truly grey fleece.
My fleece came from a super soft baby lamb, so mine is probably in the low-mid 20s, so keep in mind the age of your sheep when you decide to spin Gotland.
The process used is “On-Farm Judging” of all lambs at 4-5 months of age. Home / Collections / Knitting. They are friendly, inquisitive and attractive sheep that deserve a great future. Gotland is typically listed in the upper 20s-lower 30s on the micron scale, but this seems to be a wool similar to Icelandic: if you keep the twist lower (think soft-spun), you can minimize the prickle factor of your yarn. Quick shop.
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Characteristics - A North European short-tailed sheep breed, the Gotland are … “Gotland wool is an unusual wool, resembling a fine mohair or an English lustre longwool more than the other Northern European Short-tailed breeds.
The length is approx. Its also more often comfortable in next-to-skin garments than would ordinarily be expected from the characteristic fibre diameters. Source of fiber: United Kingdom Fibre comes from our own flock of Gotlands Scoured: United Kingdom Milled: United Kingdom Dyed: United Kingdom Yarn is hand-dyed by Emma on the Farm 100% British Gotland sheep. It gives you information about the British Gotland Sheep Society that exists to support and encourage Gotland sheep breeding in Britain.
This website is dedicated to achieving this future. This enabled breeders to produce a multi-purpose long wool sheep which produced both good quality meats, furskins and soft fleeces, the Gotland.
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The New Zealand wool is available in balls and on cone as well as the ready cut packs, the British wool is only available in cut packs containing 160 pieces. As mentioned earlier the modern Gotland and its beautiful fleece have been produced through careful breeding and selection. This is still going on today in the Breed Societies of Sweden, the other Nordic countries and Holland. By subscribing to our newsletter you agree to receive emails with latest news from World of Wool.
Our yarn is made out of 100% pure and natural fibres - wool, alpaca, linen and mohair.
Handwash in cold water. The resulting yarn has a wonderful lustre, takes dye beautifully and knits up to produce a remarkably light fabric.
All the sheep are shorn at Christmas by Susie, to obtain the fleece at its premium, then housed until the warmer weather.
Soft to the touch, the smooth silky curls feel clean, having little lanolin. They have a clearly defined even curl (purl) and staple that is soft to the touch. Skirted Raw Wool Fleeces from many sheep breads ... Gotland: $33.00 / lb Light Grey, Medium Grey, Dark Grey OR Charcoal: LW The fleece is fine, long, lustrous and dense and can be all shades of grey from silver to charcoal grey and dark enough to be almost black.
The wool is then washed in Yorkshire and spun in … The fleece grows in long, fine, and lustrous distinctive curls. Gotland wool is fine, long, lustrous and dense. Founder of the company, Sue Blacker, owns a flock of Gotland sheep and every batch of our Gotland yarn includes a small amount from Sue’s Cornish flock.
The breed is mainly kept for meat production and pelt production uses.