[Jacob-list] Locker hook rugs

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Linda wrote:

>>Guard hairs?  Jacobs don't have guard hairs.  Are you thinking of britch

wool? 
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They don't?  Hmmm, I wonder what I have then??  Some of the ewes have (look
like they have) 'hair' and others do not.  I was told by my wool buddies
that some breeds like Icelandics, Navaho Churros, and Jacobs (yes, they
said Jacobs) have guard hairs, duel coats.  I don't see a duel coat though.
I do have some ewes that I thought had long, coarse, hair-like wool so I
started calling it guard hairs.  In fact, for the first five years I was
breeding for this type of wool or wool/"hair".  Now that I am spinning wool
I like the shorter, crimped wool that doesn't have this hairy whateveritis.
What is britch wool?  If it is hair-like, then that is what I have on some,
not all, the ewes and a few of the wethers.  I like the wool variety, but I
would really like to know if they are guard hairs or not??  Linda, can I
send some samples for you to look at?  I bet I am calling 'britch wool'
guard hairs.  Makes a darn nice rug.

Thanks,
Cathy
Moscow, Idaho