Hand dyed top for spinning - Kestrel - (5.4 oz) Organic Polwarth / Tussah silk (80/20) top softer feeling and shine with

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Hand dyed top for spinning - Kestrel - (5.4 oz) Organic Polwarth / Tussah silk (80/20) top softer feeling and shine withThis organic Polwarth is 22 microns and has amazing bounce. It Polwarth is a breed of sheep that was developed in Australia in the late 1800's they are 3 4 merino blood lines and 1 4 lincoln. it has the hand and softness of merino and a slight luster of lincoln . The wool was selected from two family farms on the Falkland islands( UK) and measures an incredible 22 microns. Sheep that are raised organically are not subject to mulesing, and they are not