Thanks to Deb Pulliam (hi Deb!) I tried using some of the so-called meat breed fleeces here (like dorset and suffolk) to knit socks, and I find them durable and hard to felt. I'd love to try some of this dike sheep fleece - Sara, can you tell us where to find it? Susan in windy Maine, USA http://www.goosepond.com/fiber Sara wrote: Recently I was surfing some German spinning sites and came across the tip that the good old dike sheep (German White-faced Meat Sheep in official designation) make wonderful socks. This is a sort of super-Romney - coarse, mild luster, medium crimp, long staple and indestructible. When we lived there the opinion was that it was just for rugs or outerwear. It never was too good for felting - NOW it has been picked up by sock yarn spinners - they make a fine plied yarn, knit the socks and machine wash/dry the socks. It apparently softens them up without felting and makes them a tad fuzzy like mohair and they wear like iron. A sort of superwash, if you will, that is durable.
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