Homegrown by one of my texel ewes. Texel wool is soft and light. It is used for next to the skin garments, as well as outerwear and blankets. The wool is excellent for needle felting and wet felting as well. It is not quite as lustrous as Romney, but is more 'elastic' and loftier giving much warmth for little weight. It holds a shape extremely well and makes a good core wool. The Texel breed was developed in Holland and is fairly new to North America. It is often used as a foundation breed to improve carcass quality in market lambs.The wool was sheared, washed, dyed, and carded by hand here on the farm. No harsh detergents, chemicals or rough machines are used to process the wool. It is washed in environmental friendly DISH SOAP gently by hand and the acid used to set the dye is VINEGAR and it is later neutralized with simple BAKING SODA. I only use professional acid dyes that will stay true during washing or felting. Don't be fooled by all the others. This wool is NOT imported, has NEVER left the farm, NEVER visited a woollen mill. It is NOT 'reject' fibre carded into a roving to disguise the short length of each individual fibre. I have been breeding and crossbreeding sheep for more than 25 years with an emphasis on wool quality for my own use. I only sell the best. This wool is very lofty and has a strong handle. It is a gorgeous shade of bright darkBLUE. There is15 grams in this listing. Check out my other listings for more colours in my store.I will combine purchases for up to 7 days. The shipping is a bit complicated because one can be flattened enough to go as lettermail but more must go as a parcel. Sorry its Canada Post not me! If you combine them with another type of purchase, I will charge you the best rate I can. Payment must be made within 7 days of the final win. I am usually able to get your item shipped within48 hours of payment. It can take Canada Post up to 5 days to deliver in Canada and 6 to 12 business days for US delivery. Canada Post is not open on weekends so if you make payment on Friday, it may not move until Monday. Please be patient. Sellers have no control once the items leave their hands. Faster service may be available for much higher shipping costs. Cost of shipping and any duties will be the responsibility of purchaser.COMBINED SHIPPING RATESeCRATER.com has changed their check out policy. Ifthey don't let youwait to combine items please shop on eCRATER.ca I can NOT give you the the following rate if you make separate payments. These rates do include a small handling charge for packaging materials, Canada Post taxes and transportation costs. NEW CANADA POST RATES FOR 2014Canadian shipping- 1 lot ships for 3.00 2 for5.25 3 or more Western Canada- $10 Central Canada-11.00 Eastern Canada $12.50 up to $13.99 for larger quantities depending on locationUS shipping- airmail- 1 lot ships for 4.95, 2 to 6 - for 8.95, 7 to 10 - for 10.50 more than 10 please ask for quote other International shipping-airmail only- 1 lot ships for 6.95 up to 3 for 10.95, for more items - please send postal code for quoteThank you for looking.
