BREED CATEGORY: Lustre
HANDLE: Soft/silky (dependent on breeding quality)
COLOUR: White/Cream
STAPLE LENGTH: 8-15cm
FLEECE WEIGHT: 1-2kg
One of the most well known British breeds in the knit and crochet community. The Bluefaced Leicester breed is popular for its soft yet lustrous qualities - it takes dye well and has a lovely sheen, which helps define knit and crochet stitches well.
Black Bat - Bluefaced Leicester, from £7/50g
Black Bat specialises in breed specific yarns from all our lovely British sheep. Their Bluefaced Leicester comes in 4ply and DK weight in 50g balls that are approx. 175m in length.
WYS - Bluefaced Leicester, from £4.95/100g
West YorkShire Spinners 'reared, sheared and spun' in Britain. DK weight with approximately 112m in length. Available from Northern Yarn (www.northernyarn.co.uk)
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