Border Leicester

I visited a friend from the spinning guild who operates a Border Leicester farm North of Port Hope last weekend. The sheep have recently been sheered which explains the picture :c) Purchased a bag of fleece and I've been busy combing a spinning ever since. It's a lovely fiber to work with - light and soft when combed.

The Border Leicester is described as one of the old British long wool breeds which was imported from England to Canada in the mid-nineteenth century and, with the Oxford, became the dominant breed of the early Canadian Sheep Industry. It is a medium-sized sheep with a thick fleece, proud stature and Roman nose. The fleece quality is long, strong and lustrous. Staple length is 15-20 cm... not baaaaaaad :c)