A Bluefaced Leicester fleece grown and entered by BLU board member Karen Szewc took Best in Show during the recent Josephine county fair in Grants Pass, OR.
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2017 Reserve Champion fleece at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
The 2017 champion BFL fleece and Reserve Champion Overall fleece in the HUGE Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival fleece competition. Grown and exhibited by BLU member Margie Smith of PA.
New article in Spin Off magazine
BLU member and board member Carol Densmore has an article in latest edition of Spin Off.
Here is a link to the entire magazine.
Spin-Off Magazine-Fall-2016
Haven’t you heard???
The BFL National Show is Saturday, May 7th at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.
Information about the sheep show, fleece & skein competitions, banquet, hotel accommodations, and other planned events on the “About BLU” – national show information drop-down menu above.
Sleepy Sheepy
Grindstone Ridge Farm shares a photo of Rosie, a 7 year old BFL ewe, and Naboo, a yearling BFL relaxing. Rosie has taken advantage of “the nice soft pillow”.
2016 National BFL show proposals wanted
You will also find the proposal form under ABOUT BLU on the main navigational menu on our website. Click on NATIONAL SHOW INFO to find the PDF.
BFL fleeces shown at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
Submitted by Margie Smith, BLU member
1st place BFL fleece in 2014 MS&W fleece show
The fleeces shown, are from Marlindale Farm in New Oxford, PA. Margie
and Lynn Smith have been running Marlindale Farm since 1990 having moved
from Emmitsburg, MD to New Oxford in 2004. With support from BFL
breeders (giving us our foundation stock for BFL sheep) as well as our
sheep shearer, Emily Chamelin, and that of fellow Maryland Sheep
Breeders’ members, we started placing rather well in the Fleece Show at
Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in 2011. We’ve had the 1st place BFL
title for the past 3 years. We mostly have purebred BFL now, but have
crossbred BFL x BL with stunning results.
The 2nd place fleece in 2015. Marlindale also had the 1st place fleece
Our fleeces sell from $45/ lb to $95/lb. We keep the sheep covered with Rocky Payne’s sheep sheets
which has kept the fleeces wonderfully clean.
A couple of us, in
conjunction with Rocky are try to develop a sheet sheet with a
“turtleneck” to preserve and keep clean the lower neck and shoulders. We
average about 1.5 pounds of “waste” from that area, which is just too
good to lose each year. Ours is a learning experience that is taking us
quite a few tries to get right!!
Good News from the Black Sheep Gathering
From BLU board member Karen Szewc, with her champion natural colored ewe, Corina.
Be sure to read the attached file and enjoy all the photos from the Black Sheep Gathering! 2015 bsg report (2)
News from a Missouri Flock
Lace shawl, ear warmers, and fingerless mitts spun and knitted by Tamara Lasley from one of member Darlene Megli’s BFL fleeces.
BFLs win at Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds,Crownsville, MD
Owner BLU member Lisa Richie-Wilson reports: My daughter Jacquelyn is the one with Jasmine (the natural colored ewe) and Joanna (Jacq’s friend) is with Jaycee (Jasmine’s lamb). We forgot to enter them in the plain wool show but they were both entered in 4-H, Open Class &Natural Colored Wool. Jasmine the Natural Colored one got 1st place and Reserve Champion. Jaycee the White yearling got 1st place, Champion and Grand Champion.
Jacquelyn, Kathy Davidson, and Joanna with the ewes, Jasmine and Jaycee.