Natural Fleece, Autumn and Spring shear
We shear our Gotland sheep twice a year, in the Autumn and in the Spring.
This is because if we leave the fleece on for the whole year it can become matted and unworkable. When we shear twice a year we get two different fleeces off the same sheep.
The Autumn fleece is grown over the Summer and is open and has a more defined curl, it is soft and silky with very little fluff. The Spring fleece is grown over winter, it has a less defined curl, but is fluffy and downy, this keeps the sheep warm over the winter.
The picture here is the Spring shear the Autumn shear is in the next blog, both are now available in our shop...
