FLEECE (F)
Superintendent:
Sarah Pope
sarahpopegreene@gmail.com
Location: Wool Shed
Premiums:
Blue $5
Red $4
White Ribbon only
Special Awards:
The San Juan County Textile Guild will offer a Best in Show Rosette. Grand Champion Rosettes and Reserve Champion Rosettes may be awarded in each class.
Rules:
1. Wool will be graded and judged on the following criteria:
- a. Cleanliness of fleece (minimal vegetative matter, dirt, mud, dung)
- b. Staple length (appropriate to breed type)
- c. Uniformity of fiber (crimp, fiber diameter)
- d. Handle (softness appropriate to breed, spin ability)
- e. Weight and color, when applicable
2. Fleeces must have been shorn this year and must not represent more than one year’s growth.
3. Fleeces are to be clean, unwashed, skirted, and displayed in clear plastic bags.
4. Under each class, only five entries are permitted in each lot.
5. The Judge or Superintendent may disqualify any entry for just cause and re-assign entry to categories as deemed proper.
Class 1: White Fine Wool Breeds
Lots:
a. Merino
b. Rambouillet
c. Other appropriate breeds
Class 2: White Down Wool Breeds
Lots:
a. Suffolk
b. Hampshire
c. Cheviot
d. Other appropriate breeds
Class 3: White Medium Wool Breeds
Lots:
a. Columbia
b. Corriedale
c. Other appropriate breeds
Class 4: White Long Wool Breeds
Lots:
a. Lincoln
b. Border Leicester
c. Romney
d. Other appropriate breeds
Class 5: Natural Colored Fine Wool Breeds
Class 6: Natural Colored Down Wool Breeds
Class 7: Natural Colored Medium Wool Breeds
Class 8: Natural Colored Long Wool Breeds
Class 9: Unique Minor Breeds
Lots:
a. Wether
b. Ewe over one year old
c. Ram lamb under one year old
d. Ewe lamb under one year old
e. Ram over one year
Class 10: Mohair (Angora Goat Fiber)
Lots:
a. Doe kid under one year
b. Doe yearling and older
c. Buck kid under one year
d. Wether yearling and older
e. Wether kid under one year
Class 11: Angora Rabbit Fiber Breeds
Lots:
a. French
b. English
c. German or Giant
d. Other (Satin, Jersey Wooly, American Fuzzy Lop)
Note: All rabbit fibers must be from rabbits over nine months old at the time of fiber harvest
Class 12: Other locally grown fibers (alpaca, llama, flax, e.g.)