Continuing on our ‘Working with Wool’ theme, and building on the previous instalments on WOVEMBER from the wonderful Spinning Shepherd AKA Diane Falck, today we have a lovely post on working with four different colours of Ouessant Wool…
June 3, 2012 – Sheep to Sweater Sunday n° 106 : “The Four Colors of Ouessant Wool”
According to the official breed standard as defined by GEMO (the French Ouessant Breed Society), 4 different fleece colors are currently accepted : black, brown, grey …
… and let’s not forget white !
All of these four colors are beautiful.
From these lovely naturally colored fibers, we can spin exceptionally beautiful yarn.
In the upcoming weeks I will be spotlighting four little projects to show you just how beautiful ouessant wool is, in all its colours …
… to be continued …
All content in this post © Diane Falck and used with her kind permission. This post was originally published on the excellent Spinning Shepherd blog here