Fall 2009 Greasy Fleece -- sheared October 4, 2009
Fall Clip MohairFresh Fleece for your spinning pleasure -- very little vm as these animals have been on pasture all summer. These are perfect for combing with long 4 to 6 inch locks and lots of lustre. The white and grey fleece will take dyes beautifully.
Sorting is still going on. Check back in a few days for a complete list of our Fall mohair clip with prices. 40 fleeces available.
Mohair -- fleece wt approx. 5 lb for adult and 2 lb. for kid fleeces.
Kid Fleeces at $25 per # for full fleece
1st clip kid -- white -
1. white kid -- 1.2 kg. -- 5 inch staple length, $66
2. white kid -- 1.1 kg. -- 6 inch staple length, $60
3. white kid -- .8 kg. -- 6 inch staple length, $44
4. white kid, "Beta" -- 450 grams -- 4 inch staple length, very soft, $25
5. white kid, doeling 2 -- 1.3 kg. -- 6 inch staple length, $70
6. white kid, whether 5 -- 1.7 kg. -- 6 inch staple length, $90
7. white kid, whether 1 -- 1.4 kg. -- 5 inch staple length, $75
8. white kid, whether 3 -- 1 kg. -- 6 inch staple length, very soft, $55
9. white kid, KK's doeling -- .65 kg. -- 5 inch staple length, sold
1st clip kid -- coloured
1. Black doe kid - .8 kgs - grey to chocolate in colouring. 6 inch staple length -- sold
2. Black kid - "Joy" -- 1.1 kg. -- black to charcoal in colouring, 6 inch staple -- sold
3. Silver Kid - "Periwinkle" -- .9 kg. -- grey to taupe in colouring, 6 inch staple -- sold
4. Fawn Kid -- "Eve" -- .5 kg. -- grey to taupe in colouring, 6 inch staple -- sold
5. Black Kid -- 1.1 kg. -- mid grey to milk chocolate in colouring, 6 inch staple -- $60
6. Fawn Kid -- .8 kg. -- cream to taupe in colouring, 5 inch staple, very soft -- $44
7. Black kid -- .9 kg. -- black to chocolate with charcoal areas, 5 inch staple -- $50
8. Black kid -- .6 kg. -- black to chocolate, 5 inch staple, very soft -- sold
9. Black kid -- 1.2 kg. -- black to chocolate, 6 inch staple, moderate VM. -- sold
3rd clip young adult -- white -- 10 available, 4 # each
3rd clip young adult -- fawn -- 1 available sold
3rd clip young adult -- black-- 2 available (1 sold, 1 remaining)
Young Adult Fleece has more weight and good ringlet structure with lots of lustre. These are stronger than kid fleeces but still not coarse. Great for doll hair, Santa beards and felting embellishments. $15 per # in full fleece weights.
Young adult -- black -- 4 to 5 inch staple length -- 2 available (4 # each)
Young adult -- Grey -- 4 to 5 inch staple length -- 2 available (4 # each)
Adult mohair is a strong fleece with lots of lustre and curl. It takes dyes beautifully and holds its shape for novelty yarns or tapestry yarns. Its great for sock reinforcement and makes beautiful blankets and rugs. $15 per # in full fleece weights.
Adult mohair -- white -- 4 to 5 inch staple -- 10 available
Fall lamb fleeces sheared October 26, 2009.
White lamb fleeces:
#1 - 1.4 kg. - 3 inch staple - Fine Romney Type -- $30
#2 - 1.2 kg. -- 3 inch staple - Fine Romney Type - $26
#3 - 1 kg. -- 4 inch staple -- Cotswold type -- sold
Black Lamb Fleeces:
#1 -- 1.8 kg. -- 3 inch staple -- Rambouillet Type -sold
#2 -- 1.3 kg. -- 3 inch staple -- Rambouillet Type -- $28
#3 -- 1.1 kg. -- 3 inch staple -- Rambouillet Type -- $24
#4 -- 1.2 kg. -- 3.5 inch staple -- Fine Romney Type -- $26 -- sold
#5 -- 1 kg. -- 3.5 inch staple -- Cotswold type -- sold
#6 -- 1.1 kg. -- 3 inch staple -- Fine Romney type -- $24
At Joybilee Farm, we specialize in coloured fleeces from wool breed sheep. We breed for a long, lustre fleece that is also soft and easy to spin. By using a long wool Cotswold/Romney ram one season and a soft, fine, rambouillet ram the next we keep the soft hand of the fleece while adding lustre and ease for handspinning.
This is a handspinning flock and we shear the sheep ourselves to ensure a stress free shearing time for our animals, and a prime fleece for our customers. Our fall fleeces are clean, with only a minimum of vm as our flock is on pasture from lambing until October frosts. These are by far the nicest handspinning fleeces of the year and the 2008 fleeces are the nicest we've ever seen at Joybilee Farm.
There are three different styles of fleece based on the crimp pattern of the locks. All are xbred lambs’ fleeces and soft, suitable for next to the skin wear. The Rambouillet type fleeces have a tight crimp with lots of bounce. The Romney type are all fine Romney with a close crimp but about ½ the crimp of the Rambouillet, with luster. The Cotswold type have a more wavy crimp with a longer overall staple length, and luster.
Coloured lamb's fleeces have sunbleached
tips and darker colouring along the length of the staple. A few
are beginning to silver near the cut end. Great fleeces for
spinning in the grease or from the lock.
