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Looks to me like the seller didn't know the difference between merino
and mohair. How does it feel? Very soft and smooth. It's the smoothness that makes me wonder if it isn't sheep. This stuff is very smooth, almost like silk smoothness. (Having now written "smooth" a number of times I've noticed how odd a word it is. One of those ones you start to wonder if you've spelt right when you see it repeatedly.) VP |
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I think it looks like Cotswold, also known as, "Poor man's mohair" because
it does look like mohair. Also, the Cotswold is one of the smoothest and most lustrous of the wools. See http://www.nistockfarms.com/handspin...eece-wool.html Aaron "Vintage Purls" wrote in message ps.com... Looks to me like the seller didn't know the difference between merino and mohair. How does it feel? Very soft and smooth. It's the smoothness that makes me wonder if it isn't sheep. This stuff is very smooth, almost like silk smoothness. (Having now written "smooth" a number of times I've noticed how odd a word it is. One of those ones you start to wonder if you've spelt right when you see it repeatedly.) VP |
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On May 9, 11:42 am, wrote:
I think it looks like Cotswold, also known as, "Poor man's mohair" because it does look like mohair. Also, the Cotswold is one of the smoothest and most lustrous of the wools. Seehttp://www.nistockfarms.com/handspinning-fleece-wool.html Aaron Thanks Aaron. Those samples seem to have more crimp than mine (though I realise none of those pictures are straight Cotswold). But you are right, a strong contender. Hmm, maybe I should give up trying to find a deifinitive identification and just roll with "nice fleece". Now I must ask myself what should I make with said "nice fleece"? And then work out what type of yarn I shall spin from it. VP |
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In article .com,
Vintage Purls wrote: Hmm, maybe I should give up trying to find a deifinitive identification and just roll with "nice fleece". Now I must ask myself what should I make with said "nice fleece"? And then work out what type of yarn I shall spin from it. I'm not a spinner, but I have heard/read that some wools are very odd, they don't shrink, they don't felt, etc - maybe you want to spin a small swatch and test the yarn for shrinkage, bloom, etc, =Tamar |
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