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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: little brown sheep on November 15, 2015, 10:14:09 pm

Title: Polwarth sheep
Post by: little brown sheep on November 15, 2015, 10:14:09 pm

Does anyone on here keep polwarths?

Title: Re: Polwarth sheep
Post by: Marches Farmer on November 16, 2015, 08:25:21 am

I don't but I've heard they're not ideal for our climate as they have a lot of Merino blood.

Title: Re: Polwarth sheep
Post by: Bionic on November 16, 2015, 09:10:02 am

I don't either but bought some Falkland Island prepared Polwarth fibre for spinning. I haven't spun any yet but the other membors of my group have said is spins lovely.

Title: Re: Polwarth sheep
Post by: SallyintNorth on November 16, 2015, 09:33:43 am

You can try contacting WidowTwanky on Ravelry.  She keeps Polwarths.

There's a WidowTwanky listed on TAS but I don't know if it's the same person, and in any case they haven't been on TAS for a couple of years.

Title: Re: Polwarth sheep
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 16, 2015, 12:47:50 pm

http://www.thenaturalfibre.co.uk/meet-the-animals (http://www.thenaturalfibre.co.uk/meet-the-animals) Read this..... The only people I found who breed them are either in new zealand or Australia

Title: Re: Polwarth sheep
Post by: SallyintNorth on November 16, 2015, 01:42:55 pm

I recently bought some of Blacker Yarns Polwarth (http://www.blackeryarns.co.uk/pure-polwarth-4-ply-yarn.html).  They confirmed that they source the fibre in the UK.