Icelandic Sheep Market Place
"Icelandic Sheep - Colourful All-Rounders"Sept 2017: - See details in previous blog. I have managed to obtain a few copies of Caroline's book! It never appeared on Amazon UK's website, and, as far as I'm aware, is not available anywhere else in the UK. Price is £12.50, which includes 1st Class signed for postage. Contact me via my "Contact" page to order a copy and for payment options (paypal not available).
New book about Icelandic Sheep!!Published (Sept 2015) in English by Caroline Kerstin Mende. "Icelandic Sheep - Colourful All-Rounders" Available directly from Caroline. I have added a pdf to the "Articles" page of my website giving details about the book and its content. The book contains a lot of information about Icelandic sheep and their fleece.
The Wool
I maintain a balance of earth colours within the flock of icelandic sheep, with few white sheep, as I prefer to spin and crochet natural colours, rather than dye the wool. However I can never be certain what colour lambs nature will produce from any particular mating! It makes lambing time very exciting.
Icelandic sheep have an unusual double-coated fleece that I love to turn into lopi wool.
Living the Dream
There is nothing nicer than watching my icelandic sheep of many colours browsing in the fields against a backdrop of Welsh hills and valleys. Seeing their coats glint and glow in the sunlight is sheer magic.
I started breeding Icelandic Sheep in April 1986. My Flock lives 1000 ft up in the hilly uplands of North Wales.