Kleinen Wiese German Shepherds

Posted By Sandy Wilson on March 7, 2010

We recently had our sheep sheared and we are awaiting the sheep to give birth to most of our lambs, although we have had a few early ones.  Above is a picture of the raw wool, not yet washed.  You can see the wool has beautiful curls and has such luster even though unwashed at this point.  I love these sheep and their wool is a wonderful to spin.

Here is some of the wool washed and being dried.  It is absolutely beautiful and so white.  It’s going to be a joy when I spin it.  I love the long staple wool for spinning and this wool is so soft when processed by hand.

Above is some of the roving that was made from this batch of wool.  It has such luster and shine and it so soft to touch.  I used my 5-pitch combs to align the fibers and then my Diz  to pull through some roving.  Now it is ready to spin.  I can’t wait.  I need to wash alot more wool though before I spin, because once I start, I can’t stop.  It is very addicting once you get going.

The roving is so white and clean.  Even if my wool has a little bit of vegetation in it after picking it and combing it, the tiny remaining pieces usually come out beautifully by using my combs and I get a lovely roving that is so clean and lofty looking.  I am thinking of possibly adding some German Shepherd hair to the combs next time and add it to my roving to give a really soft touch to the wool.  It is really neat that you can add almost any type of hair and do blends into your original sheep wool and get a really beautiful look.   Might even have to make a felted ball of wool for my dogs to play with as a toy.  I am sure they will enjoy that, especially if it smells like the sheep!

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