We just got back from our trip to the eastern slope to pick up wool. The bed of the pickup truck was filled with rovings! We also had two huge boxes of yarns inside the cab. Most of the wool is from our Black Welsh Mountain sheep, but we also blended some with Western Finewool fleeces from a local range flock. I even sent in a few special fleeces from the archives for processing. I’ll probably end up keeping most of those for myself, but you never know.
Wool is a significant product for us, and we pride ourselves on having handspinning-quality raw fleeces and special rovings. I’ll be updating our sales page with details over the next few days.
For now, we have a lot of lovely rovings, straight Black Welsh, Black Welsh with Corriedale in grey, and also Black Welsh blended with blue, red, and yellow dyed Corriedale. We also have a mix of Black Welsh with mohair.
Most of our rovings are prepared by Red Barn in Loveland. She does a great job with our wool.
I also have a lot of absolutely gorgeous yarn from a brand new mill (to me) – DVA Fiber Processing, also in Loveland. I have some bulky, straight Black Welsh, mid-weight Black Welsh with Western Finewool, and some lighter grey sock yarn that’s a 50-50 blend of Black Welsh and Western Finewool. The yarns came out really nice! I can’t wait to play with some, both as woven yardage and as knit fabrics.
If you’re looking for a special fiber to make a one-of-a-kind piece of clothing, you really should take a look at our stuff! This has been one of our flock’s best years of wool production. Seeing all that great wool is part of what makes doing all the work for the sheep worth it.