I'm popping along to the sale in the morning so I'll let you know if there's anything special about the fleece - or the sheep
There was a Roman nosed ewe with big twin lambs at foot. Face and legs a lovely rich moorit colour, but the fleece is basically a dirty white - might be a clean white when washed, or pale fawn. Ewe was shorn so no fleece to judge, but looked like typical 'fore and aft' type - better over shoulders, coarser over britch. Lambs, fleece fairly short, about 5cm, soft to touch but no defined crimp, also neck wool full of finely crumbled VM, the sort nothing will get out. These sheep were sold by a dealer so not protected against VM so might be better if owned by someone with fleece in mind. I could visualise it being spun into a thick singles like Lopi, or a finer woollen spun plied double knit, for a soft, light jumper. It didn't make me think 'ooh, I've got to spin that'. Had the colour been the foxy red then yes, I would like to spin it. Manx Loughtan is a better moorit colour and nice and soft too.
[member=142498]namethatsheep[/member] Did you buy the foxies?
It was good to see many kent faces there, including Mr and Mrs Lintmill. We didn't intend to buy anything and didn't, not even the Valais cross Jacob and Valais cross Shetlands, which were cute beyond belief.