Border Leicester
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Border Leicester #21149
Price range: $16.00 through $81.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA black Border Leicester lamb fleece with a soft hand. Locks are mostly distinct, five inches long, and are more brown than black at the tips.
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Border Leicester #21162
Price range: $15.00 through $86.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA brown and gray Border Leicester with distinct five to six inch long locks. A fairly typical BL fleece, this would make for a great worsted spinning project.
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Border Leicester #21163
Price range: $14.00 through $78.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThis nice Border Leicester has 7 inch plus locks, dark gray in color with tan tips. Perfect to comb. Or open the locks with a flicker or lock pop and spin from the lock. Can be drum carded if careful while feeding so it does not wrap on the licker in.
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Border Leicester #22243
Price range: $18.00 through $107.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageAn intriguing Border Leicester fleece with 6″ locks sporting an almost Corriedale-like crimp. This cream white fleece has a medium hand and a bit more energy than one would expect from this breed.
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Border Leicester #22249
Price range: $19.00 through $113.00Read moreA creamy white Border Leicester with curly locks measuring six to seven inches in length. This fleece has high luster and a medium hand, and is a beautiful example of this long wool breed.
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Border Leicester #721146
$146.00Add to cartA white Border Leicester Lamb fleece with 5″ locks in various shades of white and light yellow. This one is begging to be dyed. Sold as a whole fleece weighing 2.7 pounds.
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Border Leicester #725335
$220.00Add to cartA Border Leicester with luscious locks measuring as long as 8 inches. This fleece does have some yolk stain (yellowing) which makes it a great candidate for the dye pot and is also reflected in its relatively modest price tag. Sold as a whole fleece weighing 3.4 pounds,
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Border Leicester Lamb #21150
Price range: $27.00 through $87.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageIs curlalicious a word? We feel like it should be, and you will too when you see the delicious curlicue tips of this Border Leicester lamb fleece. The locks are five to six inches in length and range from deep brown to chocolate to dark tan in color. As a lamb fleece, this has a softer than usual hand for the breed and is soft enough for next to skin for most people.
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Border Leicester Lamb #721143
$163.00Add to cartA golden white Border Leicester lamb fleece consisting of individual wavy locks measuring 6″ in length. This is a lamb fleece and you mind find an occasional tip to be tender when processing. Sold as a whole fleece weighing 2.4 pounds.
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Border Leicester x BFL #22248
Price range: $37.00 through $123.00Read moreAn energized long wool crossbreed with crimpy 6″ locks. This stunning, cream white fleece has thin locks that are easy to process and a medium to soft hand.
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Border Leicester x CVM #22252
Price range: $18.00 through $104.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageBright white and big crimp! This unique cross of Border Leicester and CVM looks like someone took a CVM and just made everything bigger: 5″ long locks, big french fry crimp, and slightly larger fiber diameter – resulting in a medium hand rather than the typically silky soft hand of CVM. Still, this is an all around fun and squishy fleece.
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CVM x Rambouillet x Border Leicester x Cotswold #2466
Price range: $41.00 through $135.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageA brown and gray crossbreed with gorgeous natural colors. Its locks are mostly distinct, easy to open, four inches long, and display themselves in a variety of styles from french fry to curly and energized. A fun fleece, begging to be featured in a sweater, socks, or some other outerwear and be shown off. This fleece has a medium hand and will not be next to skin soft for most people.
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CVM x Rambouillet x Cotswold x Border Leicester #62412
$150.00Add to cartA crimpy crossbreed measuring around 4″ in length with a medium to soft hand. This fleece is variegated in browns and grays and has sunkissed blonde tips, all of which will blend together for an intriguing depth of color when processed. Its locks are considerably sproingy considering the length, and it also has good sheen; this is a great example of the positive benefits of crossbreeding. Sold as a half fleece weighing 1.5 pounds.
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Imperfect Border Leicester #422251
$125.00Read moreA creamy white Border Leicester with locks halfway between curly and crimpy. This high luster fleece has yolk stain in some spots, a lovely medium to soft hand, and locks measuring around six inches in length. It is in our Imperfect category because it has a root break about one inch from the end; this will result in about a 5″ lock once processed with a Lock Pop or flicker. With a little bit of effort (though not much more than typical) this will yield some really nice fiber. Sold as a half fleece weighing 1.8 pounds.
