100% Leicester Longwool, grown on Hurricane Hill Farm, Cranston, Rhode Island, and spun in New England.

From Hurricane Hill Farm:

Hurricane Hill operates as a small-scale fiber farm and provides affordable land access to women farmers. We raise Leicester Longwools, an endangered, historic breed of dual-purpose sheep best known in North America for the breed’s popularity with George Washington. The first president not only raised these sheep at his home farm Mount Vernon but also championed them as the ideal breed for a newly independent America. We are the only registered LL breeders in Rhode Island, and one of only a few in New England. Longwool fleeces are particularly beloved by fiber artists and hand spinners and we sell ours directly to them. We prize our Longwools not only for their decadent fiber, but also for their kind and steady disposition and their ability to lamb and raise their young with a minimum of human intervention.Our gorgeous Leicester Longwool sheep produce gorgeous yarn (with some help from friends and a small NE mill). Dyes well, producing a heather finish. 2020 Batch, ‘The Popadin’ (named in honor of Shepherd Drake’s best friend, Kathie).