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| Medium Brown Wool Roving |
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| Mara |
A gorgeous medium brown roving, tog and thel combined. This is pin drafted roving, exceptionally fine and uniform.
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$2.75/oz, 4 oz minimum
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| Silvery Gray Wool Roving |
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| Ada |
Extremely beautiful silvery gray roving, tog and thel combined. Extremely rich thel, very soft. Coloring is a pale gray
heather.
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$2.25/oz, also available pin drafted for $2.75/oz, 4 oz minimum
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| Reddish black, appears chocolatey |
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| One of our reddish black sheep |
This roving comes from several reddish black adult ewes. The appearance is a chocolaty brown. Tog and thel combined.
Would be great for outerwear. Classic Icelandic feel.
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$2.00/oz, 4 oz minimum SOLD OUT!
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| Bright White |
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| One of our nice white sheep |
Very soft, very white roving, tog and thel combined. Would be great for dyeing or as is.
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$2.25/oz, 4 oz minimum
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| Creamy oatmeal color |
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| Creamy moorit badgerface |
A wonderful creamy oatmeal colored roving, tog and thel combined. Thel-rich, very soft.
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$2.25/oz, 4 oz minimum
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| Black roving |
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| One of our black sheep |
Very black, beautiful roving.Tog & thel combined. Some silvery threads well blended throughout.
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$2.00/oz, 4 oz minimum
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Updated 9/30/11...
Raw, un-skirted Icelandic
fleeces will be for sale for a limited time this fall. Gorgeous blacks, creams, white, brown (moorit), and gray. $35 each.
Sheep will be professionally shorn this fall and are exceptionally clean. Lamb Pelts will be available in the late fall. They are beautifully tanned,
soft and for sale at $125 - 150 each. We can deliver locally (within reason!) to Burlington area and much of Addison county.
Gorgeous Colors
and Patterns Icelandic fleeces come in
a wide variety of colors and are prized by hand spinners. The 17 colors and patterns these beautiful animals come in include
black, silvery black, blue to lavender greys, silvery grey, whites, tans, beige, champagne, moorit (the brown variations),
including deep dark mahogany reds, rusty browns, strawberry blondes. The actual color genetics are a bit more complicated,
but but these words give you an idea of what to expect from the Icelandic sheep breed. Superb Fleece: The Icelandic fleece is dual coated, with a fine, soft undercoat called thel and a longer,
coarser outer coat called tog. The tog fiber, with a spinning count of 56-60 and a micron count of 27-30, grows to a length
of 6-8" in six months. It is lustrous, strong, water- and wear-resistant, and sheds off the rain and weather. Thel is
the soft downy undercoat, with a spinning count of 64-70 and a micron count of 19-22, growing to a length of 2-4". The
thel provides the loft for the outer coat and insulation for the sheep. Tog grows from the primary hair follicles and the
thel from the secondary follicles. Tog is a true wool, and is not a kemp or guard hair. The combination of the two fibers
on the sheep gives superb protection from the cold and wet. Icelandic fleeces are open and low in lanolin. The weight loss
when washed is significantly less than many other breeds
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"The versatility of the wool, the ease of spinning and the wide variation of tones and
colors are a true delight to handspinners, and put Icelandic wool into the exotic or premium category. It is also known as
one of the best fleeces for felting, which is fast gaining popularity in the craft community."~ ISBONA - Icelandic Sheep Breeders of North America
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