My Sheep are my love and i have spent the last 15 Years Breeding and showing Coloured Ryelands with great success. my love of the wonderful fibre they produce and how versatile it is has grown over the years and now it is time to expand on that and promote this natural and sustainable product In 2020 I acquired 4 Devon and Cornwall Longwool sheep, these are a rare breed in the UK and in the first year I bred 4 lovely ewe lambs from them in their 2nd year 3 of them produced lambs crossed with one of my Ryeland rams, the fleeces on these lambs are so soft and full of Crimp(curly waves) one boy Wilf was retained and his fleece continues to delight me. 2024 saw 2 lambs born to two of the ladies crossed with wenslydale and these 2 have been retained for their fleece production Jinny and George 2022 saw me add a gorgeous Wenslydale ewe to the flock named Winnie and then i decided to buy her a husband called Laddie and they gave me 2 boys in 2024 who have been whetherd and will remain inthe flock to produce beautiful fibre for me. The fleece of the Wenslydale is so long and silky its so divine
The Coloured Ryeland has been the mainstay of my flock since it started many years ago. I have been lucky enough to have bred and owned a few champions in that time and they are such a lovely gentle easy to handle Breed, with their Fleeces producing fabulous wool in a mixture and diversity of colours from pale silver grey to dark chocolate Brown
Wenslydale Sheep are a longwool Sheep on the Rare Breed Survival list, their fleeces are much sort after being soft and silky and a full fleece staple length can be 12 inches long and more. My Ewe is called Winnie and The young boy on the right is Laddie, (Longcroft Loves Lad)
The Devon and Cornwall Long wool sheep are also on the rare breed watch list, they are a big heavy breed producing a huge thick fleece ideal for rug making either on the pegloom or felted. the crossbreeds produce fine crimpy fleece for spinning and knitting . My Girls are Rose,Daffodil, Tulip, and Iris.
