Selecting a Fleece

Using your Senses, and Good Sense!

#1: Sight

• Color
• Length
• Crimp
• Vegetable Matter
• Moths or Other Bugs
• Scurf
• Dung Tags
• Second Cuts
• Breeding Markers

#2: Touch

• greasy, or tacky?
• staple length intact, or broken?
• brittle tips?
• matting?
• fine textured, medium or coarse?

#3: Smell

• fresh “sheepy” smell?
• mildew, mold?
• urine?
• ram-smell?

#4: Intended Use

do you have a specific project in mind?

or are you spinning just for the joy of it?