Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Intervention Needed

OK, I think there may be such a state as "too much of a good thing." I need 10 - count 'em, 10, like number of fingers, 10 - different types of sheep breeds' wool for my wool book. I'm up to, ummmm, more than that. The problem is it's just so darn interesting! People are coming out of the woodwork (or, well, out of Ravelry) enticing me with breeds I've read about but never seen! At this point, I've got the following in house or on order (small batches):

  1. Tunis
  2. Romney
  3. Cheviot
  4. Rambouillet
  5. Churro
  6. Border Leicester
  7. Leicester Longwool
  8. Montadale
  9. Cormo
  10. Cotswold
  11. Coopworth
  12. Icelandic
  13. Shetland
  14. Targhee
  15. Corriedale
  16. Finn
  17. CVM
  18. Dorset
  19. Gotland
  20. Polwarth
  21. Castlemilk Moorit
  22. Soay
  23. Portland
  24. Ouessant
  25. Masham
  26. Boreray
  27. Wensleydale
  28. North Ronaldsay (maybe - I'm hoping!)

I hope there aren't many more interesting breeds out there that folks have access to, and if there are, for heavens sakes don't tell me! Well, not for a few months yet. I need to get through that list of fascinating, awesome wools.

So, if you are a spinner, what's been your favorite breed to spin? I think mine so far has to be the Leicester Longwool, followed closely by the Cotswold. I guess I'm a longwool kinda girl. :-)

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

You missed having Columbia on your list. It's similar to Montadale.

Jeri
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