Breed category Cotswold

  • Location Cotswolds
  • Breed Lustre
  • Fleece Colour Cream/White
  • Handle Lustre
  • Micron Count 35-38
  • Staple Length 15-25cm
  • Fleece Weight 4-7 kg

Find Out More About The Breed

HERITAGE

The Cotswold breed has evolved from sheep kept in the Roman period. There has been a breed society dedicated to them since the 13th Century. 

They are now classed as a rare breed, with small specialist flocks in the Cotswolds and across the UK.

SHEEP

The Cotswold sheep breed are a large hornless breed with a distinctive forelock, but no other wool on there faces. 

FLEECE

Their fleece is smooth and lustrous, and is used in carpet blends, textiles and by hand spinners who values its sheen.

UNDER A MICROSCOPE

This is a sample of a woollen spun Cotswold yarn, under a microscope.

BREED SOCIETY

WHO'S WORKING WITH THIS FLEECE | MAKERS | USERS |

LINKS COMING SOON

Links to makers using Cotswold fleece in their products.

If you work with Cotswold fleece and would like your products to be listed, please email us at: zoe@thewoolist.co.uk

This lustrous creamy white wool is prized by handspinners and crafters

DID YOU KNOW
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The Cotswold breed has been around since the Middle Ages.

Interested in this breed? BUY THE BOOK

A hand-crafted book containing breed-specific information about the British sheep breed you choose. 

This book is a limited edition handmade piece, each book will come with an edition number signed by the author/maker. 

The book contains space for you to fill in with physical yarn and knit samples, which sit alongside microscopic photographs, breed data and a short history on the breed (if you don't knit but still want a knitted sample, you can add on a pre-knit sample in the additional items box - £3 per sample).

Each book comes with an A6 fact file card, 'your opinions' card, and a 10g mini-skein so you can complete the mini book and experiment with the fibre yourself.

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