A friend picked up some leftover fleeces from the North American wool show last fall and I claimed a Romney fleece. I think that breed is exceptionally pretty (and cute) and by looks felt like the wool would be a Sara fleece (aka Not Merino), but wanted to find out for sure. I washed my fleece a few weeks ago and yesterday pulled out a big handful to process and spin.
There was no wind and the sun was shining so even with the snow on the ground, it was too pretty to sit inside. I carried my wheel outside and thought this picture was kind of funny with my muddy barn boots contrasting with the pretty wheel. I ended up using them to hold my waiting to be spun bundles :-).
Pretty (and cute :-).
As the afternoon cooled, I moved back inside for the last bundle.
I wound my bobbin off into a center pull ball and wrapped it around a plying ball. This is my favorite way to ply samples. Putting the two ends together around the plying ball keeps the two strands tidy and well behaved.
Ready for a soak.
And after.
I've called some of my Cotswold/Texel crosses "fake Romneys" and now I can say for sure that I was pretty correct. Not too soft, but not too coarse. A nice bit of halo and a good bounce. Definitely a yarn I'll enjoy using ;-).
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