Bluefaced Leicester Union

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  • Best in Show!

    Congratulations to Glenda Moore for her Best in Show win at the North Carolina state fair with a skein of handspun BFL yarn. The wool came from Glenda’s BFLs.

  • 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

  • 1st Place BFL Skein at Maryland Sheep & Wool for the national show award

    Winner Tracy Seamster of Baltimore MD writes: About the skein…. The fiber is from Friends in Fiber’s Etsy shop, in colorway Malala (after Malala Yousafzai). I fell in love with the turquoise, and felt fractal spinning would highlight the colors. I started it on an Enid Ashcroft Turkish spindle while on jury duty, then finished…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 5th National BFL Show August 16th in Allegan, MI

    The BLU- sponsored dinner will be on SATURDAY evening, August 16th. We are arranging for a room, but will order off the menu for simplicity’s sake. The BLU dinner will be held at the London Grill in Kalamazoo (london-grill.com) The London Grill is not far from the host hotel, Fairfield Inn Kalamazoo West (special rate…

  • MidOhio Fiber Fair

    BFL fiber was well represented at the recent MidOhio Fiber Fair, held in Newark, OH.  Breeders Anne Bisdorf and Lisa Rodenfels had adjoining booths at the show.  Anne had raw fleeces and natural rovings; while Lisa’s booth featured natural white and dyed BFL yarn and dyed locks in a rainbow of colors. Here is Anne’s…

  • National Show Skein and Fiber Art photos

    A view of the vendor booth in the Great Lakes Fiber Show. The booth was available for all BLU members to sell their wares.         Some of the skeins entered in the competition at the national show.       In the foreground is the champion skein, a plyed laceweight 100% BFL…

  • National Show Fleece, Skein, Fibert Arts and Photography contest results

    Many thanks to Letty Klein, who judged the fleece, skein, and fiber arts categories. Skein Winners: Class 1 – fine single 1. Robina Koenig 2. Elaine Ashcraft 3. Caryol J. Neff Class 4 – Fine Plied 1. Christine Kurk Class 5 – Medium Plied 1. Robina Koenig 2. Lisa Rodenfels 3. Robina Koenig Class 6…

  • National Show Awards

    These are the awards for the champions in all divisions: CH Ram, CH Ewe, Breeders Flock, Best Headed, CH Skein, CH Fiber Art, CH Fleece, People’s Choice Photo. They will be awarded tonight at the BFL banquet at TJ’s Restaurant in Wooster, OH. Plates are cobalt glass, engraved with the National Show logo, with a…