Welcome
to our fleeces page!
The sheep we have at
HeartsEase have been selected
for a number of important
traits, and beautiful fleece
with a wide range of natural
color is one of the top ones.
They are a combination of
some of the best fiber sheep
produced in this country and the
top sheep from Iceland who have
been selected for their superb
fiber and ability to pass this
on to their offspring. Our
fleece is outstanding, as evidenced by
our recent wins at the Maryland Sheep
and Wool Festival!
SOME
ICELANDIC FIBER AND COLOR SAMPLES
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Grey |
Black
Grey |
Moorit |
White |
Silvering
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Fleeces
from HeartsEase are very carefully and
heavily skirted so you only get the best
of fiber to work with.
Because we skirt this way, we are
also very careful to remove all the VM
possible, so you wind up with the
cleanest, most valuable parts of the
fleece.
You will find descriptions for each
fleece—as detailed as we can make them.
If you have any additional
questions regarding a particular fleece,
please call.
Each fleece comes with pertinent
information about the sheep that produced
it. We
think it is satisfying for our customers
to know whether the fleece is from Dahlia
or Erika, and to have a picture of the
sheep and some information about it.
It’s fun, too!
Sometimes, if a fleece is
particularly fine, we’ll offer fleece
from the same animal the next year,
although we usually offer only lamb
fleeces because they produce the softest,
finest wool.
If you
have a project that calls for medium wool
(we don't produce coarse wool), please let
us know ahead of time.
In that way, we can satisfy your
color and texture needs and sell you a
custom fleece.
These orders must be prepaid;
otherwise we use this wool is either in
our own felted products or in felting
batts for other customers.
We hope
you enjoy browsing through the fleeces.
If you are interested in a
particular fleece, please let us know
immediately, as they don’t last long. We
will hold a particular fleece only until
you can send us a check for it.
Otherwise, it will be sold to the
next customer.
We want to work with all our
customers to see they get just the right
fleece
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prices are as follows: |
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| Lamb
fleeces |
$25.00
per lb. |
| Adult
fleeces |
$20.00
per lb. (custom orders only) |
| Unskirted
lamb fleeces |
$20.00
per lb (when available--these fleeces will be
lightly skirted to remove tags and belly
and britch wool) |
You’ll find each fleece identified by a number
and name, and you’ll see a photo of the sheep the
fleece came from in addition.
You will get a certificate stating that the
fleece you purchased came from that sheep, and
you’ll also get a copy of the photo.
In this way, if you are creating a beautiful
gift for special people, you can also give them
photo(s) if the actual sheep the fiber came from!
Also, if you are creating products to sell,
there is an added attraction to buyers to have photo(s)
of the sheep to show their friends!
Again, it’s fun, and it gives us all a deeper
connection to the origin of the items we make and use.
The
Fleeces!
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Ghiradelli—this is a
lovely moorit fleece, with
staple length from 9 to 12
inches.
Rich chocolate in color
with apricot tips, nicely
balanced with fine thel and
medium tog.
The locks are wavy, loose
and open with thick thel.
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Jasmine—this moorit is
a lovely taupe at base, ranging
through milk chocolate to
apricot and creamy
tips.
6-9” in length, mostly
soft thick and wavy, with some
lovely crimpy locks, too.
Very fine in texture with
a silky, soft handle.
Really gorgeous! |
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Jonquil—this moorit
fleece is from a twin to number
8, Jasmine, and is very similar.
It has the same lovely
color flow, taupe at the base,
then milky chocolate to apricot
and cream tips.
It is full and rich, from
5-8” in length and soft, soft,
soft!
Looking for fiber for a
large project?
Jonquil and Jasmine
together will give you
uniformity of color and texture. |
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Mehemet—a beautiful
black badgerface fleece, this is
a lovely soft, cream color with
some light taupe bases. There is milk chocolate
edging and some apricot tips.
Fleece length is 8-12”,
with very nice balance, fine
thel and
fairly fine tog.
Lovely luster with broad
thick straight locks. Beautiful! |
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Erika--an exceptional fleece, unusual
black and white fleece with "pyms"
or small black streaks in the thel
with white tog. This fleece will
make a gorgeous unique yarn.
Needs to be seen to be appreciated
fully. Will email a digital
photo to interested buyer.
Fleece length 6-12" with lots of
thel, soft, shiny, beautiful. |
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Florabunda--white as snow, this fleece
is premium, lustrous and soft,
with good balance and handle.
Staple length 5-9"
This is a lovely, buttery feeling
fleece. |
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Iris--white white fleece with a soft,
buttery feel and lovely luster.
Loose, open locks with some crimp,
lovely and soft. Fleece length
4-8" |
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Unskirted
Fleeces
Because
skirting is an ongoing process, we have
fleeces yet unskirted. We will be
skirting these fleeces as we can.
In order to give you an idea of what may
be coming available, we have compiled
the following list. You may choose
a fleece that you want and we will put
your order first in our skirting
priority. Until the fleece is
actually skirted, we cannot give you an
exact price, as there is loss in weight
since we carefully eliminate any parts
that are not suitable for your use.
Most fleeces will wind up between one
and two pounds.
Should
you desire an unskirted lamb fleece, we
will make these available on a custom
basis only. We will not sell a
fleece without at least removing tags
and belly and britch wool. Please
let us know if you are interested in one
of these. The weight on these
fleeces will usually be between two and
four pounds. If you see one listed
here, it may be available.
Fleeces
that will be coming available in the
near future:
Lamb:
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Dahlia--this fleece is
mostly white with moorit,
a long fleece with
luster and softness,
excellent balance and
sheen, one of the best. |
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Daisy--our apologies for
the blurry photo, since
you can't see what
lovely fleece this is,
creamy white and thick
with a very nice handle
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Adult Fleeces:
these girls have distinguished
themselves by retaining their fleece
quality into maturity. In most
cases, there is little difference in
quality from lamb fleeces. In
other cases, the color and sheen of
these fleeces is exceptional
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Beauty--really excellent
fleece for an adult,
lovely dark silvering
grey with beautiful
luster and shining
highlights. thel
full and thick with
medium to coarse tog,
this would be great for
a thick, warm sweater! |
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Georgia--exceptionally
beautiful light grey tog
with dark, dark tips,
the color in this fleece
is beautiful.
Georgia's fleece is why
she's here producing
gorgeous fleeces on her
lambs. Still soft
and buttery, it deserves
to be used in something
special. |
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Friendly--lovely, lovely
warm moorit badgerface
fleece, this means the
creamy tan color is
highlighted with rich
moorit tones. This
is a long, full fleece
with lovely handle |
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Flopsy--about 3/4 white
and 1/4 moorit, this is
a creamy ivory with
soft, taupy moorit, lots
of thel and soft, soft
feel. |
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Sirona--probably 3/4
white and 1/4 moorit,
this fleece is from a
two year old, and it is
lovely and thick--not
much different than lamb
fleece, it offers
softness and
strength--lovely for a
white sweater with brown
patterns, or hat and
mittens! |
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Let
us know if you see something you're
interested in--we can email photos of
fleece locks for your inspection, or
mail a sample lock if you want to feel
it. We can't guarantee the fleece
will still be here, but we want to be
sure you get what you want. If you
haven't seen something you're looking
for,
contact us,
we may have it but not listed it.
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