Corriedale sheep are an intriguing breed. They were developed harmoniously in both Australia and New Zealand around 1874, by crossing merino sheep with Lincoln sheep. The breed was created to produce a dual purpose sheep that was good for meat and commercial wool production. Corriedale comes in as the second most popular […]
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Spun North Ronaldsay New Rescued and Recycled Batt going into the store soon! I don’t often talk about wordpress plugins or anything geeky like programming but I wanted to tell you about commentLuv because I Luv what it does. When you comment on a post you have […]
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North Ronaldsay sheep come in an assortment of colors white to brown, grey and black they are sometimes mixed colors however these usually fade to fawn coloring as the sheep ages. The wool is soft and a bit kempy. A fleece usually weighs in at about 2 pds or 1 kg. It is a […]
North Ronaldsay sheep hail from from area of the same name , on Orkney Islands of Scotland. The are the descendants of sheep originally found in the area and the breed has remained virtually unchanged since the bronze age. These sheep are especially unique because they live virtually exclusively on seaweed for many months […]
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As I had mentioned before Outaouais Arcott is one of 3 candadian arcott breeds. There is the canadian arcott and the rideau arcott. all three have similar beginnings. However there are differences between the breeds. The Canadian Arcott is heavier meat sheep with meduim wool. The base 2 breeds for creating this breed […]
The Outaouais Arcott (said oot-a-way) is one of a triad of breeds established at the Agriculture Canada research station near Ottawa. Outaouais were wrought by melding quite a few breeds . Some of the chief breeds are the Suffolk, Finnish Landrace, and Shropshire. These sheep The sheep ensuing from the selective breeding program were available to Canadian producers […]
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Sorry about the late post I’ve been having some technical issues. I’m glad it’s working right again. I was ready to stab something with a short pointy needle (lol). Types of stitch markers Montadale wool P.S. If you would like to be notified whenever […]
The fleece of the montadale is radiant white or natural hued black being the most popular with spinners. A minimum staple of 4 inches, it should be free of hair or kemp. Montadales have very little lanolin in the fleece which produces a higher harvest. Fleeces from ewes typically weight 8-12 pds. The micron count is between […]
Montadale are a line of sheep that were cultivated in the 1930’s by E.H. Mattingly. He was mid-western commercial lamb buyer who wanted to breed a supreme sheep. Mattingly wanted to schlep the characteristics of mutton sheep together with big western range sheep. Thus the montadale was created and is designed to be dual purpose sheep raised for both meat and wool. The […]
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