Bluefaced Leicester Union

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  • Three Bags Full …..

    By Carol Densmore, Cross Wind Farm. Carol  judges wool shows and is an advanced student in the Master Spinner Program as well as a BFL breeder. ……of Long Leicester Wool English – Border – Bluefaced Leicester Instead of researching genealogy and family stories, I tend to apply the same focus on sheep. Especially the breeds I…

  • Fiber Processing Surprises and Lessons Learned

    By Kathleen Davidson To a shepherd, homegrown fiber is priceless so sending it off to be processed can be stressful, to say the least. All the effort in growing and harvesting our wool should be reflected in the perfect processed product. But sometimes the returned product doesn’t meet our expectations. What went wrong? Hopefully I…