Another Rare Sheep Breed

 I did get some grass cut early morning before we got hot and humid today, progress but more to do My back lasts for 3 of the batteries for the weed eater

Yesterday I worked with the Navajo churro wool, and discovered it still has too much lanolin in the wool even after washing a couple years ago. So I set that aside and looked for a wool I bought back in 2016 that is even more rare and has an interesting history North Ronaldsay. This one has two layers, the under coat is soft and then there is a long top coat that is more coarse. I worked on separating some of it today. I grabbed my drop spindle and my hand carders. After a few tries I decided I got a nicer yarn using a layer of the softer wool on the bottom of the carder and added the coarser wool on top-card and then make into those rolags to spin. This is a really large bag of wool too and was not processed at all when I bought it. I am loving it though and it is a very dark brown to black. I like spinning these rarer wools and learning about their history-this sheep lives on sea weed see why in link below

  This link is a good one for it's history, location, and uniqueness

The brown colors of these wools are very similiar but the wool I worked with today is darker and parts of the fleece almost black

   Sunday we are to get to 104 degrees F so I will be out at daybreak working on cutting more grass  

  My eyes have gotten worse over this past year and I will need new glasses for sure-we see the specialist this coming Wednesday He is an excellent eye surgeon and eye specialist we will need to drive an hour and past our woods home. Last year he told me I had the start of glaucoma 

Have an awesome new week everyone Stay cool and safe if you are in this heat wave too