Well I’ll be honest I’m a bit irritated at myself that when I combed the Blue Texel fibre I did not take a photo when I thought “ooh that looks very full and squishy on the combs”, nor did I take a photo when I pulled it off the hackle and thought “oh that looks lovely and squishy tops I’ve made”. So you’ll just have to make do with a photo of the lovely squishy yarn that I’ve produced. It’s so springy, I wish everyone could have a squish of it or stretch it and watch it ping back. Ah well.
The Suffolk fleece, like the Suffolk commercial tops I’ve spun in the past, was enjoyable. It’s got a nice soft squishy feel.
The Zwartbles was a pleasant surprise. It’s got quite a sheen and isn’t just black but has some grey highlights seen in the twist. It is smooth and I’d spin it again. I actually prefer a loftier yarn (or squishy as I seem to keep saying).
Accidentally published this without saving the Boreray comments. It’s was full of nepps and was disadvantaged by being spun after the lovely Blue Texel.
HighlandHeffalump 
They look very good, which of the breed study samples do you like the best and would want to spin into a garment?
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Oops just realised my Boreray comments didn’t save before I published. Doh! I’m not sure about a garment, I love the feel of the squishier yarns so Blue Texel, Rambouillet, Polwarth, Corriedale or Suffolk.
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You can correct it and republish it, I’ve had to do that before lol, more times than I like to admit to 😛
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Oh and Southdown was lovely. I have a breed page with smilies and sulks against the breeds so far.
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doesn’t southdown not felt? Good for sock yarn?
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It will felt, it is a breed that takes more effort to felt it though. I have some socks I made using Ryeland wool which is the same and is harder to felt but they have shrunk a big and felted together after being in the washing machine a few times 😬 I never hand wash my socks and I took felt resistant as felt proof…I was wrong.
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It’s great to hear your thoughts on breeds. I’m surprised by the Texel. We have a lot around here and given their size and build I only really think of as being raised for meat rather than producing some lovely fleece. I had no idea they’d be squishy!
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I know really they are a beast of a sheep, but the crimp in the wool and low static and bouncy squishiness I’m amazed. Then think of how cute a smiley faced Herdwick is and their fleece is like spinning barbed wire!!
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Yay squishy yarn!
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I hope one day you get back to spinning, I forget how enjoyable it is when you have a finished yarn that I love.
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Beautiful squishy yarn! Your comments on the different breeds and how they are to spin is so interesting – I am really enjoying it 🙂
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