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North American Fibers
Spirit Trail spinning fibers come predominantly from rare, endangered or unusual sheep breeds. Currently, all fibers are processed into roving unless noted otherwise.
Please see Rare Breed Classifications for informaton on a Breed's Class as noted below.
Rovings marked with ** represent sheep from islands,
for the Keep the Fleece Natural Fibers Contest, Island Life Category.
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$5.00 per ounce Long stapled and lustrous fiber dyed in subtle shades of pink and pear green and gold (not a good photo; the luster of this fiber makes photo-graphing it very difficult). ALBC Class: Critical |
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California Variegated Mutant $4.00 per ounce Lovely fiber processed into combed top, in a beautiful, natural chocolate brown shade. ALBC Class: Critical |
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California Variegated Mutant blended with Angora COMBED TOP $5.75 per ounce Lovely fiber processed into combed top, in a beautiful, natural soft gray shade, blended with gray angora for a super soft and luxurious hand. ALBC Class: Critical |
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California Variegated Mutant COMBED TOP $4.00 per ounce Lovely fiber processed into combed top, in a beautiful, natural soft gray shade. ALBC Class: Critical |
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50% Gotland / 25% Border Leicester / 25% Corriedale X $5.50 per ounce A lovely fleece from a cross-bred sheep, from a farmer who breeds her sheep for handspinning. Long and lustrous, and very soft. Dyed gold and green-gold. ALBC Class: N/A |
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$6.00 per ounce A lovely fleece, very soft, long stapled and lustrous. Dyed rose and pink for a softly subtle color variation when spun. ALBC Class: N/ARBST Class: N/A |
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Hog Island ** $5.50 per ounce ALBC Class: Critical |
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Hog Island ** $5.50 per ounce ALBC Class: Critical |
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Bluefaced Leicester / Border Leicester X $5.50 per ounce Fiber from a crossbred sheep, this is lofty and lustrous. Dyed pale pink and apricot and blended with natural brown. ALBC Class: N/A |
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California Variegated Mutant (CVM)
$6.00 per ounce Description: Soft and springy, award-winning CVM/ Romeldale fiber in natural milk chocolate brown color. ALBC Class: Critical |
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$6.00 per ounce ALBC Class: Critical |
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Jacob, Natural Medium / Light Gray / Brown $3.00 per ounce ALBC Class: Threatened
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Jacob, Natural Dark Brown with Gray Highlights
$3.00 per ounce ALBC Class: Threatened |
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Jacob, Natural Medium / Dark Brown with Gray Highlights
$3.00 per ounce ALBC Class: Threatened |
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Jacob, Natural Tweedy Medium Brown/Gray
$3.00 per ounce ALBC Class: Threatened |
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Jacob, Natural Pale Gray
$3.00 per ounce ALBC Class: Threatened |
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Jacob, Natural Heather Gray $3.00 per ounce ALBC Class: Threatened |
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Jacob, Natural Medium Brown Heather $3.00 per ounce Description: Relatively soft and springy, light and airy, and easy to spin. Jacob is great for scrunchy fall sweaters and the multiple colors available would provide lovely possibilities for handspun colorwork. ALBC Class: Threatened |
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Jacob, Natural Dark Brown Heather $3.00 per ounce ALBC Class: Threatened |
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$5.50 per ounce ALBC Class: Critical |
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Cotswold / California Variegated Mutant X $6.00 per ounce ALBC Class: |
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$6.00 per ounce ALBC Class: Critical |
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$5.50 per ounce Description: A beautiful Rambouillet fleece dyed dark blue and reddish brown. Incredibly soft. ALBC Class: N/A |
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100% Tunis ALBC Status: Watch |
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Columbia/Romney/Dorset X $6.00 per ounce
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Columbia/Romney/Dorset X blended with Angora $6.00 per ounce
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Tan Shetland / Black Shetland / Mohair Blend ** $5.50 per ounce
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100% Wensleydale X Locks
$6.00 per ounce Description: An exceptional fleece. Long stapled Wensleydale in locks of dark graphite, gray and brown. Washed into beautiful, curly locks. It was too pretty to card into roving. Great for flicking and spinning directly from the lock, as well as textured spinning, boucle, loops, "art yarn," doll hair and needle felting. |
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Border Leicester / Romney / Finn X $5.50 per ounce Description: Long stapled fleece in beautiful gray color. |
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Cotswold/CVM X Price: $6.00 per ounce
Description: A wonderful fleece, with the soft characteristics of CVM and the sheen of cotswold. Dyed in shades of soft brown, green and gold. ALBC: N/A |
Currently in Process: Bluefaced Leicester (n/a) |
