[Jacob-list] felting on the live sheep

[Lasell J. Bartlett]

What contributes to a sheep's fleece getting felted while still  
growing on the live animal?

I'm just buying back two yearling ewes we bred, and both have felted  
fleeces. It's hard for me to tell what their fleece would be like if  
it weren't felted. Maybe I'm using the wrong word to describe what I  
see and feel.

I'm interested in people's thoughts about this.

Lasell J Bartlett
lasell at lasell.org