Week 1
Valais Blacknose
About the sheep
Walliser Schwarznasenschaf - Wikimedia
F&F and FG don't mention it, not really a spinner's breed. Expect the yarn to be coarse, might be better in a blend
Raw fleece
The fleece is very greasy with quite a lot of VM. The lock is pretty long, and feels a bit like hair
I forgot to measure the raw weight
Washed fleece
Washed Valais Blacknose lock, longer than my ruler!
- Staple length
- 20cm
- Staple shape
- pointed
- Crimps per 2.5cm
- 6
- Fibre diameter
- medium
- Colour
- Mostly white with a few black hairs
- Lustre
- medium
- Bulk
- high
- Soundness
- sound
Washed weight: 56g
Preparation
flick card
I forgot to measure the washed weight
Yarn
Spun with short forward draw
Balanced 2-ply, finer than I was intending