We can now offer a few limited Babydoll, Icelandic, and cross breed sheep fleeces.  We are also going to have a few fleeces processed and will be able to sell roving and batting as well.  All our sheep have been sheared, now I only have to make the time to skirt them.  Please contact me if you are interested in a fleece and I will put that color/type ahead of the rest for you.  Feel free to call me on my cell 815-274-8058 or email me at heck6100@t6b.com 

I will try to be brutally honest about describing each fleece so that we can avoid any surprises. I don't want unhappy customers and I'm sure after bringing in fleeces, you want to make sure that the fleeces you buy will work for your projects.  Please be sure to tell me as much as possible about what you want so that we can both be happy.  :  )  Keep in mind that I haven't yet had the time to start all the projects that I want to do like felting or spinning so I'm still learning myself about what is needed or desired but I will always do my best to make you happy but please don't assume that I know what is needed for your projects. 

If you have purchased a fleece from me and have finished a project, please send me the picture and I will post it on this page.  I'm always so excited to find out what our fleeces are being used for. 

Babydoll wool is wonderful for felting, batting, and spinning.  Dust mites don't grow and breed in pillow made from wool and some studies claim that you can get about 30% more REM sleep from sleeping on them.  It makes sense to me, did you know that your pillows will actually get heavier over time just from all the dust mite "residue" to put it politely?  I can't wait to make my own babydoll pillows for myself!  Plus I know have several close friends who are on my list for pillows of their own after I make mine.  HMMM..these will make great Christmas presents this year. 

This is Bandit's raw fleece.  It has been skirted heavily.  This is a raw fleece, meaning it has not been washed yet but we have picked off the edges and all large debris that we could find.  Fleece is $10.00 plus shipping.  It is light mocha brown at the tip and is lighter at the base.  Like all Babydoll fleeces it has about a 3" staple and about 3 1/2 when it is stretched out.  It is very soft and springy to the touch.  **Bandit's fleece has been sold-thank you everyone for your interest in it and a big Thank you to Sally in Alaska for puchasing it**

It's interesting to me how many people wanted Bandit's fleece, I had been told for years that the darker fleeces are worthless because they aren't as easy to dye.  But the comments I received were very positive about the color of his wool.  Next year we will have a ewe lambs fleece that will be close to this color available and I'm so relieved that there is a market for this fleece's color and it will be put to good use.  Thank you everyone who responded about Bandit's fleece. 

The top two pictures are of Charlotte's fleece, she is a three year old ewe who has very dense and soft fleece.  Like all our Babydolls, her fleece is very greasy as you can see from the above photo of the underside of her fleece.  The yellow patches are lanolin the lighter areas are the true color of her fleece which I would describe as an off white or light beige.  Like all our moms, she was sheared after she lambed but I pulled out several locks and it doesn't appear that her fleece has broken at all, and I pulled on them very hard and all they did was stretch.  Her staple length on her fleece is about 2 inches and although it is dirty, her color is true all the way through so if this fleece is dyed, it should be consistant.  The above picture is decieving because I took these photos at a red sunset but the color is really a off white/warm beige color not chocolate.  This is a raw fleece, heavily skirted but not washed yet.  It does have some grass VM but no burrs or thorns that I could find when I hand skirted it last night.  The fleece is not weighed but it is about 57" long and 41" wide.  This fleece is $12.00 plus shipping.***Charlott'e fleece has been sold-Thank you!*** 

As soon as the weather cools down a bit I will be making up some goats milk soap.  If I have any left after filling our current orders from friends and neighbors I will be offering hand made goats milk soap for sale too.  I'll keep the website updated on my soap making experiments!  Goodness knows I'll probably make every mistake anyone could make but Homesteading Today has some great tips for newbies to soapmaking.