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21st June 2025
Fleece Day
Northern Short Tailed Breeds

 “The short-tailed sheep, native of an area stretching from Russia to Iceland, are generally considered a primitive type. These robust northern sheep seem to have been spread by Norse Vikings to several countries in this area from the late eighth century to the middle of the eleventh century.
 

Through the morning there will be demonstrations on:

• how to choose a fleece

• how to sort your fleece into different qualities for spinning

• how to wash your fleece

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1.30 pm Northern Short-tail Sheep – A talk from
Carol and Flo from the "Outside Dyers"

 

2 pm Demonstrating how to process and spin
Northern Short-tail fleeces. 

 

We have samples of Spaelsau and Gammelnorsk fleece
from Norway, as well as Boreray, North Ronaldsay,
Manx, Soay, Icelandic and Hebridian fleece for
you to look at and sample spin.

 

Sampling Northern Short-tail fleece. – you will want
your spinning wheel or spindle and an empty bobbin
or two for sampling the different fleeces.

 

You will want wool combs-if you have them, which are
better for combing this type of fleece. There will be
combs to borrow, if you don’t have your own pair.

 

We will also have our Sales table, so if you have fibre
or fleece to sell, this month is a great time for it.

Happy Crafting

Roz

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10 am Doors open and tables out

10.30 am Fleece Sale commences and Demonstrations

12.30 pm business notices and show and tell

1.30 pm talk on Northern Short-tail Sheep

2.30 pm fleece sampling

4.30 pm chairs away.