Suzy Beggin, Shepherdess

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100% Wool Yarn & Roving:  Oatmeal - Lot O2007

(A very light gray, almost white)

Finished in December of 2007, this one combines all of my white fleeces with one dark sheep, Bear.  The result is a white with just a hint of color. 

 

The wool is approximately 50% Cormo, 25% Merino, 15% Dorset, 5% Cheviot and 5% East Friesian. 

 

It dyes well, but you loose the effect of the dark fleece.  I'd recommend you use this one for knitting as-is, and buy a white yarn if you plan to dye.

 

Bear, a tri-colored dark brown, black and gray sheep who I call my "Independent Woman" (learn more about Bear on the Meet the Sheep page), is the only colored sheep in this lot.  The white sheep in this blend are dorsets Dorry, Toni Dorset and her daughter Wooly Ben.  Also white cormos Bouffant and her granddaughter Sawborne.  Other white cormos are Left Ear and her daughters Deuce, Marilyn and SpotsHunchie, Horney, Lambert, Fluffy, Brot Boy and Ewella make up the rest of the cormos and cormo-merino crosses.  Blossom and her daughter Little Rose are cheviot-merino crosses. 

 

The two-ply, medium weight yarn is comparable to what a commercial yarn would call worsted or sport weight yarn.  I knit six stitches per inch with this yarn using #5 needles. 

 

I also have a thinner two-ply fingering weight yarn.  I knit nine stitches per inch with this yarn using #1 needles. 

 

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Oatmeal Yarn - Lot O2007  - $7.00 per Skein

50 grams  ·  100 yards

2-Ply  ·  Medium weight

 

Oatmeal Yarn - Lot O2007  - $7.00 per Skein

50 grams  ·  235 yards

2-Ply  ·  Fingering weight

 

Oatmeal Roving - Lot O2007

$1.25 per Ounce

For roving, the quantity in your "grocery cart" is the number of ounces you would like.

 

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100% Wool Yarn & Roving:  Dark Brown - Lot B2007

 

Finished in December 2007, this is a dark brown yarn made by blending my dark fleeces together with just one white fleece - a merino-cormo cross named Bugger.  This blend is very similar to C2004 (retired), and if you liked that rich dark brown you'll like this one too. 

 

The wool is approximately 10% Cormo, 35% Merino, 35% Cheviot and 20% East Friesian. 

 

This lot is so dark that it does not dye well. 

 

The two-ply, medium weight yarn is comparable to what a commercial yarn would call worsted or sport weight yarn.  I knit six stitches per inch with this yarn using #5 needles. 

 

Bugger is merino-cormo cross, completely white except for a small black spot under her nose (it looks like a bugger hanging out of her nose, hence the name). 

 

The colored sheep in this lot are Harriett, a dark gray cheviot, her daughter Little Fritz, a deep brown cheviot-cross, and her niece Domino, a black and white spotted cheviot-cross.  Also Goat (a sheep named Goat, not an actual goat), a black cormo-cross, and her son Skunk (a sheep named Skunk, not an actual skunk), black merino-cormo cross with a white stripe down his nose. 

 

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Dark Brown Yarn - Lot B2007 - $7.00 per Skein

50 grams  ·  100 yards

2-Ply  ·  Medium weight

 

Dark Brown Roving - Lot B2007

$1.25 per Ounce

For roving, the quantity in your "grocery cart" is the number of ounces you would like.

 

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100% Wool Yarn:  Light Gray - Lot G2006

 

The wool is approximately 40% Cormo, 25% Merino, 10% Dorset, 15% Cheviot and 10% East Friesian.  Looking at this wool you can see the individual white, gray and black fibers.  It dyes well, but unevenly, producing an interesting molted look. 

 

The colored sheep who produced this lot are Harriett, a dark gray cheviot, her daughter Little Fritz, a deep brown cheviot-cross, her grandson Fred, a gray cheviot-cross, and her niece Domino, a black and white spotted cheviot-cross.  Also Bear (a sheep named Bear, not an actual bear), a deep brown cormo-cross, and her daughter Goat (a sheep named Goat, not an actual goat), a black cormo-cross, and her grandson Skunk (a sheep named Skunk, not an actual skunk). 

 

The white sheep in this blend are dorsets Dorry, Toni Dorset and her daughter Wooly Ben.  Also white cormos Bouffant, her daughter Bugger, and her granddaughter Sawborne.  Other whtie cormos are Left Ear and her daughters Deuce, Marilyn and SpotsHunchie, Horney, Lambert, Fluffy, Brot Boy and Ewella make up the rest of the cormos and cormo-merino crosses.  Blossom and her daughter Little Rose are cheviot-merino crosses. 

 

The two-ply, medium weight yarn is comparable to what a commercial yarn would call worsted or sport weight yarn.  I knit six stitches per inch with this yarn using #5 needles. 

 

The thinner yarn is a two-ply fingering weight.  I knit nine stitches per inch with this yarn using #1 needles.  At this time, this is the only color I have available in the fingering weight yarn.  (How much yarn do I need for my project?)

 

Light Gray Yarn - Lot G2006  - $7.00 per Skein

50 grams  ·  100 yards

2-Ply  ·  Medium weight

Light Gray Yarn - Lot G2006  - $7.00 per Skein

50 grams  ·  235 yards

2-Ply  ·  Fingering weight

Light Gray Roving - Lot G2006

$1.25 per Ounce

For roving, the quantity in your "grocery cart" is the number of ounces you would like.

 

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100% Wool Yarn:  Light Gray - Lot G2005

An interesting heather gray wool made by combing white wool with light gray and very dark brown/black wool.  It dyes well, but unevenly, producing an interesting molted look. 

 

The wool is approximately 40% Cormo, 20% Merino, 15% Dorset, 15% Cheviot and 10% East Friesian.  Looking at this wool you can see the individual white, gray and black fibers. 

 

The colored sheep who produced this lot are Harriett, a dark gray cheviot, her son Harriett’s Boy, a black cheviot-cross, her daughter Little Fritz, a deep brown cheviot-cross, her grandson Fred, a gray cheviot-cross, and her niece Domino, a black and white spotted cheviot-cross.  Also Bear (a sheep named Bear, not an actual bear), a deep brown cormo-cross, and her daughter Goat (a sheep named Goat, not an actual goat), a black cormo-cross. 

 

The white sheep in this blend are dorsets Dorry, Toni Dorset and her daughter Wooly Ben.  Also white cormos Bouffant, Deuce, Marilyn, Ewella, Left Ear, Spots, Lambert, Bugger and Mop, and my only white cheviot, Blossom

 

The two-ply, medium weight yarn is comparable to what a commercial yarn would call worsted or sport weight yarn.  I knit six stitches per inch with this yarn using #5 needles. 

 

The thinner yarn is a two-ply fingering weight.  I knit nine stitches per inch with this yarn using #1 needles.  At this time, this is the only color I have available in the fingering weight yarn.  (How much yarn do I need for my project?)

 

Light Gray Yarn - Lot G2005  - $7.00 per Skein

50 grams  ·  100 yards

2-Ply  ·  Medium weight

Light Gray Yarn - Lot G2005  - $7.00 per Skein

50 grams  ·  235 yards

2-Ply  ·  Fingering weight

Light Gray Roving - Lot G2005

$1.25 per Ounce

For roving, the quantity in your "grocery cart" is the number of ounces you would like.

 

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100% Wool Yarn or Roving:  White - Lot W2004

A soft white wool approximately 75% cormo and 25% dorset.

 

The white sheep who produced this lot are Left Ear, Ewella, Boufant and Lambert, all cormos, and Dorry and Toni, two dorsets. 

 

The yarn is two-ply, and the weight is comparable to what a commercial yarn would call worsted or sport weight yarn.  With #5 needles, I knit six stitches per inch.  Each skein is 50 grams, approximately 100 yards.  (How much yarn do I need for my project?)

 

White Yarn - Lot W2004  - $7.00 per Skein

50 grams  ·  100 yards

2-Ply  ·  Medium weight 

 

White Roving - Lot W2004

$1.25 per Ounce

For roving, the quantity in your "grocery cart" is the number of ounces you would like.

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