Re: favorite fleece

[Donald Snyder]

Hmm.  I learned to spin with Karakul because that's what kind of sheep I 
had.  My husband gave me a wheel for Christmas six months after we got our 
first sheep.  In the fifteen years since then I have expanded and have 
Romney, Karakuls and natural colored fine wools.  I used to have Finns which 
is my favorite fleece.  I still have a few crossbred Finn ewes but wish I 
could have more purebreds.  They just don't pay their way as well as the 
others so they were the ones who had to leave when I had to reduce my flock. 
It's a toss up as to my second favorite fleece - Romney or Merino but not 
the commercially prepared Merino.  Targee fits in there somewhere as well. 
Don't like Border Leicester, Cotswold or Lincoln.  Unless I'm working on a 
rug, Karakul has slipped down the list as well.

Robin Snyder, spinner, weaver, shepherd
Border Collie Rescue - California  bcrescue.net
San Diego County, CA 

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