Border Leicester
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BFL x Border Leicester x CVM #18193
$99.00 Select optionsThis lamb fleece is an excellent example of the results when everything went right in crossbreeding. It has sheen and length like a Border Leicester, sproing and crimp like a BFL, and a relatively soft hand like a CVM. The white locks are 7+ inches in length, easy to open, and end in curlicue lamb tips.
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Border Leicester #19074 & 19075
$35.00 Select optionsThis is additional fiber from our 3rd Quarter 2021 Pure subscription club. It is 3 ounces each of white and naturally colored Border Leicester for a total of 6 ounces. Measuring between five and six inches in length, this fleece is a prime example of what fleece from this breed should look like.
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Border Leicester #19172
$38.00 – $74.00 Select optionsA white Border Leicester that looks prototypical for the breed. The curly 5″ to 6″ long locks end in pointy tips that open easily with a Lock Pop or flicker.
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Border Leicester #20142
$23.00 – $135.00 Select optionsA white Border Leicester fleece with 5″ long, clearly-defined locks. This fleece has a softer hand than most of the Border Leicester that we see.
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Border Leicester #20144
$72.00 Select optionsA charcoal gray Border Leicester measuring 4.5″ in length. Distinct, easy to process locks are found throughout this fleece.
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Border Leicester #21151
$16.00 – $89.00 Read moreA dark brown Border Leicester lamb fleece with light brown curlicue tips. The thin, tapered locks are distinct and energized, and measure four to five inches in length. As a lamb fleece, this has a softer hand than you would expect from a long wool breed.
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Border Leicester #21162
$15.00 – $86.00 Select optionsA 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
$14.00 – $78.00 Select optionsThis 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 #719191
$182.00 Read moreA Border Leicester with curly, silvery-gray 6″ locks with tan tips. Sold as half a fleece weighing 2.8 pounds.
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Border Leicester #721146
$146.00 Add 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 Lamb #20143
$75.00 Select optionsA black and brown Border Leicester lamb with uber-curly 5″ locks ending in super-cute lamb tips.
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Border Leicester Lamb #21150
$16.00 – $87.00 Select optionsIs 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 #719189
$184.00 Add to cartA Border Leicester lamb fleece with thin 5″ long locks in dark brown with tan tips. Sold as a whole fleece weighing 2.4 pounds.
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Border Leicester Lamb #721143
$163.00 Add 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 CVM #22252
$18.00 – $104.00 Select optionsBright 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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Cormo x Border Leicester #22350
$37.00 – $121.00 Select optionsA rarely-seen crossbreed whose lineage is nearly 90% Cormo. While this fleece retains the soft hand and energy of that breed, the Border Leicester imparts some length and easy to open tips. The locks are 3.5 to 4 inches long and are dark brown in color, with a hint of gray throughout and some sun blonde at the tips.
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Teeswater x Border Leicester x Corriedale #723115
$249.00 Add to cartA fun crossbreed of two long wools and a medium wool breed. The result is a bright white fleece with curly, wavy, 6″ long locks with a medium hand. Sold as a whole fleece weighing 2.2 pounds.
