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Tunis Fleece - Raw 1 lb SE2SE Passport Breed

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Full Tunis sheep wool, sold in various increments rather than a full fleece - if you order several units they will come packaged together unless you ask otherwise.  I have SE2SE passport stickers for this breed, just add a note if you'd like me to send one, and I will have Hog Island wool available in the spring as well, also with SE2SE stickers available.  

These are a warm-climate sheep, so they have a shorter staple length - 2-4" although lamb fleeces can be longer - but a really nice crimp and fine fiber.  Tunis wool is known for being soft and non-scratchy, the word I kept seeing when researching them was "lustrous". The fiber shafts are less scaly than many sheep wools, and though the micron count is often given as in the 30’s, it is known for feeling and seeming much finer than that, especially the lamb fleeces.

I skirt heavily, even on raw fleeces - I am a hand-spinner and process my own wool so I know how annoying second cuts and lower quality areas are, and see no point in trying to sell them to you, so I skirt off any of the thighs that are noticeably kempy or coarse, and I go over the whole fleece very carefully for second cuts.  I can’t guarantee that I didn’t miss anything, of course, but this is what I consider wash-ready when I am processing it, or ready to send to a fiber mill.  I also give it lots of shaking, so a majority of the VM and loose dirt is out as well.

I have a number of fleeces I haven’t found time to list, including (as of spring of 2024) Hog Island sheep, and numerous alpaca fleeces in several colors, both Huacaya and Suri and some mixes (Suri sire, Huacaya dams) so if you’d like a sample of something else included please ask!