Corriedale Fleece in roving form.

The Corriedale sheep have a lovely soft, pure white fleece with a great handle for the spinner and produces a very nice soft yarn. This wool is also very suited to wet and dry needle felting, because it is not quite so 'super' soft as Merino and it felts up easily. The Correidale sheep has been bred over time from a combination of Lincoln and English Leicester rams on Merino ewes, so the wool has a wonderful quality to it and a good lustre. It also takes to chemical and hand dying well.
 
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Originally bred for its ability to live in the wetter parts of New Zealand and Australia, the Corriedale sheep is a sturdy animal, but what also occurred in this breeding was a wonderfully strong and long staple fibre.

Count 25-28 micron, Bradford 56-58
Staple 10 - 17cm
 
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