Corriedale Handspinning Fleeces
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Marble Peaks Ranch cultivates our Corriedale fleeces for discriminating customers for use in spinning, knitting, weaving, and felting. We selectively breed for wool with true Corriedale breed character - bold consistent crimp, distinct rectangular staples, and a beautiful luster. These qualities have been enhanced with input from Australian genetics.
At Marble Peaks Ranch our sheep wear coats throughout the entire year to keep their wool extremely clean and reduce sun bleaching and drying of the tips. Our fleeces are skirted heavily, discarding all the low grade or contaminated wool (no hay, no manure, no tags, no belly wool). Individual pieces of VM and second cuts are hand-picked out of the wool. Coated fleeces and rigorous skirting result in pristine wool for the buyer. Marble Peaks Ranch produces both white and natural colored Corriedale wool. Our natural colors range from true blacks to charcoal to shades of gray. The premium fleeces have distinct and uniform crimp, noticeable luster, and a very soft handle. Raw fleeces are usually sold whole, but can be divided on request. Whole fleece weights average 5 to 7 pounds. Our fleeces are priced proportional to their quality. Premium show-quality wool starts at $25 per pound. Superior-quality fleeces range from $18 to $25 per pound. Standard fleeces are $12 - $17 per pound.
At Marble Peaks Ranch our sheep wear coats throughout the entire year to keep their wool extremely clean and reduce sun bleaching and drying of the tips. Our fleeces are skirted heavily, discarding all the low grade or contaminated wool (no hay, no manure, no tags, no belly wool). Individual pieces of VM and second cuts are hand-picked out of the wool. Coated fleeces and rigorous skirting result in pristine wool for the buyer. Marble Peaks Ranch produces both white and natural colored Corriedale wool. Our natural colors range from true blacks to charcoal to shades of gray. The premium fleeces have distinct and uniform crimp, noticeable luster, and a very soft handle. Raw fleeces are usually sold whole, but can be divided on request. Whole fleece weights average 5 to 7 pounds. Our fleeces are priced proportional to their quality. Premium show-quality wool starts at $25 per pound. Superior-quality fleeces range from $18 to $25 per pound. Standard fleeces are $12 - $17 per pound.
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Our 2017 shearing is completed. Fleeces are being posted for sale now with photographs and descriptions on the Facebook page www.facebook.com/marblepeaks.ranch/. White fleeces, beginning with the hogget (lamb) fleeces will be listed first. Natural colored fleeces will be posted after the whites. New fleeces will be posted daily until we are sold out. If you do not use Facebook, please send an email to marblepeaks@gmail.com. Please rank the characteristics most important to you (color, boldness of crimp, softness, staple length, etc.). When I have an appropriate fleece, I will sent photos and description via email. Fleeces are shipped domestically using the lowest cost shipping service, and internationally via the US Postal Service. We accept payment by PayPal.
