Above: Jean Near, Owner of Utopia Ranch, with Raleigh's
fleece which earned the Supreme
Grand Champion award,in addition to a Blue
Ribbon at the September, 2004 Fiber Festival in
Boonville, CA
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| Over the years, I have selectively cross-bred in order to improve
the size, disposition, and confirmation of my sheep, but uppermost
was my effort to improve the wool. Each sheep is kept blanketed and
protected from sun and rain. After shearing, each fleece is expertly
skirted, so that areas containing soil or vegetable matter are
removed from the fleece, leaving only the very best, purest, and
cleanest of the wool to be offered for sale.
Though each fleece is carefully skirted,
it is impossible to avoid some dusty tips because the sheeps' trails
are
so
dusty in Summer. However, these dusty tips wash out readily,
leaving no damage to the wool.
Some of the photos of the white fleeces show a yellow cast that is not present in the actual wool. Lanolin in the wool apparently gives a yellow caste to the photos, but the wool will wash out to a brilliant white. |
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If you are interested in purchasing an item, just mention the sheep by name. I will need your shipping address (including zip code)
in order to figure the shipping cost. This page lasted updated, and all fleeces are available, as of January
19, 2007 |
Above: Jean Near, Owner of Utopia Ranch, with Raleigh's
fleece which earned the Supreme
Grand Champion award,in addition to a Blue
Ribbon at the September, 2004 Fiber Festival in
Boonville, CA |
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