Fleece from Hubbert Farms Sheep

My Lacey's fleece is first up and believe me ....it is soooo beautiful. Fine, silky and supersoft. Here is some lovely handcombed top that I am effortlessly spinning into laceweight for a large shawl :-) Pure heaven! Here it is drying. These two racks are half of her fleece. See how long the staples are (5inches unstretched). The tips are very clean because Lacey has been wearing a coat since last Fall. Close up of unwashed.

Lacey's skirted prime fleece weighs about 3 lbs.

Below are the two Gotland rams' fleeces that I have been busy skirting. Sterling on the left and Sebastion on the right. The skirted weights of prime fleece are 5.5lbs for the dark and 3 lbs for the light. These are not big sheep...they are slightly smaller than the Finns. This picture shows the rolled up fleeces with cut side out.

Sterling's fleece after skirting. His fleece is a very pale grey..looks almost white in areas. Very lustrous and silky. He is the sire of Lacey's lamb, Lilly :-)

Sebastion's darker Gotland fleece (below) really blew me away! It has everything. Density, uniformity and incredible luster. Just beautiful. All this fleece came from one little Gotland yearling! These fleeces will be sent to a Mill for roving and yarn.

ETA: I just ordered a Pat Green Supercard for Hubbert Farms and I am going to process Sebastion's fleece myself! We will have lovely Gotland batts for sale in a couple months.

May 12 is Alpaca shearing at Hubbert Farms. When I am finished skirting and sorting, there will be Alpaca fleece available for sale either on here or my Ravelry page.