$12.50
per
pound
WILD AND WONDERFUL
COTSWOLD or COOPSWORTH
CURLS, MOHAIR ROVING
and  LONG WOOLS!!
The wonderful Cotswold Breed produces wonderfully curly fleeces.
Often called the "poor man's Mohair", this fleece need not take a back seat to any mohair.  The
lamb curls are soft and comparable to the kid mohair and the long curly locks compare to the
locks from the larger breeds of Angora Goats.  Coopsworth is not quite as curly, but close.  Some
will be from Longwool Crossbred Sheep.  The Longwool breeds might be Lincoln, Karakul, Border
Leicester, or Merino.

Major Disclaimer!!!    Please Read before purchasing!!
I buy farm run Cotswold and other long wool Fleeces.  These come from small farm
flocks, often from people who say "What do you do with that stuff??"  This fiber often
has hay, grasses, feed or pasture items in the fleece.  We get out as much as we can
but if it offends you to find Vegetable Matter in the wool, don't order this.  We wash
this fleece, often 2 or 3 times, and in spite of all the cleaning we do there will
probably be some trash in the tight curls so.......if teasing out the tight spots, or
finding some loose vm in the fiber  is going to be a problem with you during the
fiber preparation...........DON'T BUY IT!!
We don't want you disappointed, and don't want to you to pay more postage to return
or exchange it.

I mostly have the longer curly locks .  These will make a strong silky yarn, and we use a lot of this
roving for our Fleecewoven Rugs.   These long shiny curls are excellent for needlefelting.  Some of
the fleece is from Cotswold crossbreeds.  We have a limited supply of the lambs curls.
I dye my fleeces generally using Jacquard Acid Dyes.  This produces a long lasting brilliant color
in the fiber.  Bear in mind that I am a free handed dyer.
I like variegated color and do not try for an even dye job.
      Pricing for the Cotswold and Coopsworth Curls..            
$13.00 lb. for the Dyed Fleece, $10.50 lb.for washed
       and $7.00 lb. for the raw fleeces..                        
Your dyed pound will a mixture of many colors.  The photos are of some of the colors I have obtained.  
There may be something like this in the pile, but more likely it will  just be colors nearby.  
I dye a lot of curls with several colors in the locks.
If you ask for just one color.......you will get a monochromatic range of that color.
I do not try for a solid color in any dyebath.

We use vast amounts of this fiber in the needlefelted additions to our Fleecewoven Rugs.  It is
painting with fiber.  We also use the fleece in needlefelting hats, shawls, clogs, and anything
else we see that might need some decoration with fiber.  We also use whatever is left over or is
matted too much to pull apart in our fleecewoven rugs.  And this fleece is a long wool and
often gets handled roughly when washing.  If you pull on the lock at the cut end, the matted
areas pull apart very well.
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We will pick out a bag of assorted colors.
Locks of as many colors as I can put in your
pound....
In the photo
to the left,
we show a three
pound bag of assorted
color
Cotswold Curls
on the left and
on the right is a
one pound bag.
My Ashford
Country Spinner
will give you
a comparison
sizing idea
of how much fiber
comprises a pound
When a large order comes in, I head for the
weaving studio where I store the Cotswold
Curls...the bags get dumped on the carpet  to
sort out the colors for the order.
LONG WOOL FLEECES
FOR FELTING....SPINNING...OR WEAVING!
These fleeces are from Farm Run Sheep. Barnlot or pasture raised.  They are washed but we do not
pick out all the vm and/or sand.  You may have to shake the fleece, I have shook them
before packing.  The length will be anywhere from 4 to 10 inches in length.  There are no really solid
colors, as most are crosses between Cotswold and Karakul, LIncoln, Border Leicester, or Merino, and
I have a few full Karakul, Cotswold, Coopsworth, and Churro fleeces.  
The Fleeces  will be sold in one pound increments at $11.00 per pound.  
Choices will be dark colors or light colors....
The Dark fleeces are never a solid color.  The color will range
from gray to almost a black.  This is all one fleece shown.  
This is a Cotswold Lincoln cross fleece
These two photos are the same fleece.  This fleece is a
Lincoln Karakul Cross.
The Light fleeces may be a nearly pure white, but may
also be a cream, beige or very light gray.  Some may
have gray at the cut end of the fleece
This particular fleece is a Karakul Fleece.
#1
MOHAIR
TOP
ROVING
White
#1
MOHAIR
TOP
ROVING
BLACK
For Specially Dyed Mohair
Rovings, click on the link to the
right and check out the Specially
Dyed Fibers on the Superwash
WebPage
If you need a bag of one
monochromatic range of color,
please leave us a message on
your order and we will try to fill
it, otherwise you will get an
assorted bag of colors.....
BAG OF ASST. COLOR LOCKS
WOW!!!
April. 2009  We have gotten in
1420 lb. Cotswold Curls from a farm in
Wisconsin.
I  have some Coopsworth Dyed Curly
Fleece up now too....price will be the
same as the Cotswold....
Cotswold Curls
Coopsworth Curls
A slightly softer fiber than the Cotswold
PRICES
Raw Fleece.....$7.00 lb.
Washed Fleece....$10.50. lb
Dyed Fleece.......$13.00 lb.