[Jacob-list] Locker hook rugs

[Linda]

It sounds like you are describing the type of Jacob fleece that has less crimp - less elasticity. This type of wool is not always coarser.  It can be quite soft and silky and suitable for many projects besides rugs.  

Jacobs are not double coated, period. They may have a little kemp which is not desirable, but acceptable in small amounts. They may have long, coarse, fleeces.  Britch wool is the straighter, more hair like wool found at the britch area (upper hind leg and sometimes into the the hip area and beyond).  I've never seen britch wool with any luster, but that doesn't mean it never has any luster. It's suitable for weaving fleece rugs, but I don't like it as much as a fiber that has some luster and the britch wool does pack as well in weaving. I would think it would be great for locker hooking or as yarn for weaving.

Sure, send along some wool.  I'll send you back some samples of what I'm talking about.

Linda
 
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn


> Linda wrote:

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

>>> of britch

>>>

> wool?

> =======

> 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

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