The Knitter’s Book of Wool
The whole chapter today is on breeds of sheep broken down into five categories.
Meet the Breeds
By the time I got from page 38 to page 78, I was introduced to more breeds of sheep than I ever imagined existed. Clara has broken them down from the finest fleece to the most course.
Breed Categories
The chart on page 40 gives a good overview of all the breeds covered in the following pages. There are 37 types of sheep. Many were breed from combos of other sheep to refine the best qualities of the bred sheep. Lots of history throughout these pages.
Sweet Fern Mitts
When I first started writing this blog several years ago, I thought I would make a project from each book I covered. Silly me! That lasted for one book – The Book of Yarn. When I saw these mitts – I said – why not? I’ll post a pic of my work-in-progress soon.
Finewool breeds
This is an example of a spread from the finewools section. Each breed is discussed, a chart covers the facts and the chart is followed by a lock of fleece and finished skein of the yarn. This reference section makes it worth keeping the book on my bookshelf!
Longwools
Down wools
The final page of Chapter 3 features a list by month of various fiber festivals around the United States. There you will see many different sheep breeds.
Fleece Friendly Fiber Festivals
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