A) Kay Kendall- Musket, three shear ewe.
B) A grey ewe lamb whose name evades me.
C) Squawkbox- a white wether lamb.
D) Isolde- a mioget, two-shear ewe.
Look these over. You're welcome to post your observations. (Politely!) Yes, in the first two samples there are heterotype fibers, as are commonly seen in the primitive Pictish and Scandinavian breeds, which is a protective factor for areas with heavy precipitation. Like Maritime Northern Europe... The inner fibers are all true wool fibers, highly stylish in crimp (not like a Merino, more like cashmere, bison or yak down and other wild fibers.) Click on the photos to enlarge them, and let me know, based on the photographs, which ones are the softest, finest and loftiest, and will make the most desirable lace weight yarns based on the crimp pattern(s) and next-to-skin textiles. Yarns and textiles do reflect the raw nature of the fiber used to produce them.
Besides the hands-down thriftiness of the dual-coated Shetland ewes on Western Colorado hill and grassfed management, I find their finer inner coats more desirable as an artisan fiber, and also more marketable... They sell before the singles and intermediates like the latter two samples.
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