The wool is dense and demi-lustrous and is amongst the finest from the native sheep breeds producing a high quality lustre yarn. The sheep are white, grey or black.
BLUEFACED LEICESTER
| BLUEFACED LEICESTER sheep evolved in Northumberland
at the end of the nineteenth century for the specific purpose of breeding
high quality cross-bred ewes from hardy hill breeds. By the beginning of
the twentieth century the Bluefaced Leicester had developed into a distinct
breed. A hundred years later it is recognised as one of the most prolific
of British sheep breeds. The wool is dense and demi-lustrous and is amongst the finest from the native sheep breeds producing a high quality lustre yarn. The sheep are white, grey or black. |
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