Our Farm

Carmella

Lucy Brown -1/2 Corriedale

Millie O'Toole

Meadow

Joe Romney

Sprout

Martha

Rodney

Handsome Mike

Romney's have always been my favorite sheep breed.
They are large, hardy, beautiful creatures who
produce a heavy, lustrous fleece. By itself or blended
with other fiber, Romney fibers are versatile. Our
Romneys have been chosen for their fleece qualities,
but also for their size. None of them have been "bred
up" for show and remain true to breed standards
...short & stout.

Our Romney's have fine & medium crimped fibers,
the well defined crimp makes it wonderful for
blending with mohair, making a beautiful "shiny"
yarn.

Our Corriedales

The Romney fleece is unique among all breeds of sheep in the way it combines
minimal cross fibers between the locks. It is also high yielding and easily spun. The
Romney fleece is unique among all breeds of sheep in the way it combines
Uniformity of crimp from the butt to the tip of a lock is also typical of the breed.
several important traits. The fleece is lustrous; it hangs in separate locks, with
Romney wool has the finest fiber diameter of all the longwool breeds; the spinning
count may run from 50 to 44 (equivalent to about 29-36 microns). Ideally, the
spinning count of the fleece is consistent over the entire body.

It is the low grease content of Romney wool that makes it a very light shrinking fleece
upon washing, and consequently high yielding. Since the value of a fleece depends on
its clean wool content and not its grease weight, the Romney, whose fleece can boast
a clean yield of over 70%, is one of the heaviest wool producers of all breeds.
-from The American Romney Breeders Association

Junior

Madeline

I became interested in Corriedales, when a Corriedale lamb became interested in me.:)
I had intended to buy another Romney lamb, but this little Corriedale would not leave me
alone as I tried to choose a new lamb. The owner showed me her fleece and I was sold.
So Madeline came home with me that day, and 8 years later, I am still "wowed" when our
shearer frees her from her 9 pounds of fine-crimped, snow-white fluff.
Junior joined us last fall as another fleece producing wether. He is a gentle giant, already
showing signs of his great fleece producing capabilities.
Corriedales are a medium to large sized sheep. Their fiber is classed as high quality fine
wool. It is one of the softest fleeces we produce here on our farm.

Our Border Leicesters

Border Leicester's have always caught my eye. They are a long wool breed with a very long
staple. If our Border Leicester fleeces are included in our mill spun yarns, because of their
length,we must shear them twice a year. Most often I include them into my Romney/Mohair
blend, but every so often I hold them back and have them turned into roving for my own
hand spinning.

Our Romneys

Vespa

Rodney
My first sheep and for whom our farm was named.
Rodney came from Roque Island, Maine, not far from
where I grew up. He was most likely Romney and
North Country Cheviot, common breeds of Maine
island sheep.

Mable

Located in the mid-coast town of Woolwich Maine.
We welcome you to our farm.
Below you will find members of our flock of sheep
a little background about each breed, and information about
the fibers they produce.

Angora goats produce Mohair. They are typically
sheared twice a year giving us the lovely addition of
mohair for our yarns.
Currently we own three white Angora Goats.