We sheared 77 Jacob sheep January 21, 2024. Only the cleanest fleeces are posted here for sale. I will continue to list fleeces as they are skirted.

This fleece is from a Barrett, a 3-year-old Jacob ram. The sample fleece staple is photographed on a 4”x 6” card to give you an estimate of fleece length. The skirted fleece weighs 3.5 pounds.

Read info below about the fleeces I offer for sale. Refer to this FAQ for ideas about using your Jacob fleece.

Fleeces have been lightly skirted to remove the less desirable wool around the edges. The sheep are not coated so there may be bits of vegetable matter. Any VM is not burrs or stickers but usually alfalfa so most shakes out as the fleece is processed. Jacob sheep often have a coarser wool on the lower part of the back leg. If that wool is significantly coarser than the rest I may sort it out and use it for a project where coarser fiber doesn’t matter or is even preferred. I removed some but not all of the britch wool from Barrett’s fleece.

The tips of the fleece may appear brown. That is from sun-bleaching. The inner part of the staple is usually black unless it is from a sheep with “lilac” coloring. Go to this blog post to see photos of black and white and lilac Jacob sheep.