Black Lincoln Sheep
Here are some photos of black
Lincoln sheep, and projects made from their wool.
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A typical ewe, note the shades of grey and black
One of the Skylark crew with a two-shear ram, we know who's the boss.
A shearling ewe shows a Black Lincoln in all her glory.
Some lambs are born very dark and lighten up, but this one has stayed dark.
The lambs grow on well and are soon quite a handful.
a newly born lamb from the Richert flock in America. Semen from the Shadow flock was exported to the US a few years ago.
Two-year old rams are a spectacular site. Often carrying over 40lbs of wool they can weigh at over 22 stone.
After shearing you can see what a monster he is, perhaps a little over-fed?
This jumper is made from commercially spun coloured Lincoln.
The four ply yarn is particularly suited to showing complex knitting patterns.
Lincoln is notoriously hard to felt but our friend Ursula in Switzerland has developed a technique to show the fleece characteristics of Coloured Lincoln.
Lincoln was developed for hard-wearing applications such as carpets. This rug shows how well it woeks.
The black and white Lincoln wool work well together.
The full range of wool from Linco;n sheep
Black shearlig fleeces are much sort after, With only 25-30 produced each year they need to be ordered early.
There is a huge range of things you can make from Lincoln wool.
This is from the Welsh sheep show- Wonderwool.