
Fleece And Fiber Sourcebook Sampler with Book
Deborah Robson kindly put together a list of fibers that spinners should spin to get an overview of fibers available to spin at the request of Jillian Moreno of Knittyspin. To celebrate this most fabulous book we, at the Spinning Loft have decided to put together a sampler to make it easier for spinners to get their hands on most of these fibers.
2 ounce of each of the wools included in the sampler will be unwashed/unprocessed. 0.5 ounce of the other animal fibers will be processed and clean. Where there are more than one wool listed the selection will vary depending on what raw fleeces are available at the time.
A total of 12 raw wool samples and 5 additional fibers are included.
Deborah Robson_?????s Must-Spin Lists 2011
Animal fibers that every spinner should know and try:
1. wool, one of the following: Cotswold, Lincoln, Leicester Longwool
2. wool, one of the following: Shropshire, Southdown, Oxford
3. wool, Merino
4. mohair, adult
5. mohair, kid
6. alpaca, huacaya (most is huacaya)
7. angora rabbit
8. cashmere
9. qiviut
Rare and endangered wools
1. Black Welsh
2. Clun Forest
3. Navajo Churro
4. American Tunis
5. American Jacob
6. Southdown (included with #2 above)
7. Romeldale/CVM
8. Cotswold
9. Lincoln or Leicester Longwool* (included with #1 above)
10. Wensleydale or Teeswater*




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