Wool textures vary across breeds, with carpet-wool sheep producing fibers almost twice as thick as fine-wool sheep. If you’re looking to spin wool by hand, you may prefer long-wool breeds, such as ...

The Best Breeds: Fall 2010 Big Black ... A guide to some of our favorite sheep, and where you can find their fabric. Published: Oct 5, 2010. Media Platforms Design Team. These are a few of our ...

Jenn Phillips, owner of Bare Woollies Homespun Yarn, breeds sheep and spins their wool to create hats, mittens, fingerless gloves and more.

Merino wool is one of the most soft and warm textiles used for making socks and other garments. Shorn from merino sheep, it works well in both warm and cold climates. One of the best things about m… ...

Its wool had been previously cut, washed and whitened. “This is how they start, dirty and rough like that,” said Dreher, pointing to another sheep with unruly wool that was a duller white.

One of the oldest breeds in the United States, these sheep with a funny name developed from the original sheep brought by Spanish explorers in the 1500s. It’s named for the first non-native settlers ...

Well-cared for and "happy" sheep make the best wool, yarn experts who use rare-breeds have said. Becci and Markus Pamely-Bast founded a wool and hand-dyed yarn business seven years ago on a ...

Various sheep breeds kept are the Corriedale that gives good wool and meat and is used in breeding, the Hampshire down that is best at breeding, wool and meat and the Romney Marsh which all do well.