A Real Breed Study - March 2025 Valais Black Nose
February 2025 Breed Study - Valais Black Nose
A virtual program that develops an understanding of different breeds of sheep and their wool. Best practices for spinning each breed of wool we are studying. All breeds studied will come from Canadian farms and that information will come with the fleece so that students can at another time purchase a fleece from that farm if they wish.
A parcel of raw fleece (between 100-150g ) will be shipped to each participant and will come with washing instructions and Breed study sheet. The Breed study sheet will allow the user to record their findings about the breed and fleece. Each sheet can be used to create a student Breed book, that can be used as a reference for future fleece purchases.
Participants will meet 2 times in the month virtually via Google Meets Thursday March 13 and 27
In each of the monthly workshops the participants will learn how to wash the fleece and process it, a bit about the breed and the Ontario Farm it came from.
We will also discuss carding and combing the fleece, spinning woollen and worsted. How the fleece will take dye are all topics that will be part of the study.