A Wool Book

One of the assignments in the Master Spinner's program is the creation of a wool book covering 10 different breeds, from raw to spun in various ways. I am excited 'cause I have my wool picked out, some from my stash, some from local shepherds in California, and a few a bit more far reaching. The list for my book is:

Border Leicester
Leicester Longwool
Lincoln
Dorset
Cormo
Romney
Cotswold
Icelandic
Shetland
Babydoll Southdown

I may add a few more if the opportunity presents itself. I'm making progress!

Last night I also made progress on spinning up some of the fine and fabulous merino roving I got back from Morro Fleece Works. I purchased a couple of moorit merino fleeces from Janet Hepler, all merino, some from the Retzlaff Winery spin day and the other from Monterey, and they've come home. Did you know one fleece can easily net you 4-5 13 oz. bags of roving? I have a LOT of spinning to do, especially if I'm going to make room for all those fleece samples coming in! Did I mention I just had to buy another full raw fleece so I can properly identify the parts (shoulder, neck, belly, sides, and so on) so I can spin a bit from each? It's tough, tough to have to have more wool in the house. What a rough life. ;-)