Cotswold, Jacobs, Katahdin, Merino, Montadale, Romney,
Teeswater, and Wensleydale sheep breeds will be represented.
Other breeds, such as
Teeswater and Leicester Longwool, produce silky wool with fiber up to a foot long, which is difficult for a beginner to manage, too.
As the interbreed champion, the Clun Forest shearling brought a winning debut for Darlington's Anna Pennell, who also keeps Wensleydale and
Teeswater sheep and breeds Dale ponies.
"Previously, there have been a very limited number of
Teeswater rams exported, and many were related, so I purposely selected three unrelated rams for the U.S.," says Pilkington.
So far, here are the stars of the show; Skidegate, B.C.; Vanastra, Ont.; Egan ville, Ont.; Bamfield, B.C.; Coleman, Alta.; Souris, P.E.I.; Willow Bunch, Sask.; Rowley, Alta.; Berwick, N.S.; Oil Springs, Ont.; Lyntton, B.C.; Manitou, Man.; Wawa, Ont.;
Teeswater, Ont.; Buckston, Ont.; Fogo Island, N.L.; and Mabou, N.S.
Owen Kim; 19 Brownlee St.S.,PO Box 526,
Teeswater ON N0G 2S0; 519-392-6955; maplemission@gmail.com.
In contrast, the
Teeswater DK is a worsted knitting yarn from the
Teeswater breed of sheep, which produces wool that is long, lustrous, wavy and fine.
These results are in agreement with reports in Romanov, Finn, East Friesian,
Teeswater, Blueface Leicester, D'Man, Chios, Mountain Sheep, German Whiteheaded Mutton, Lleyn, Loa, Galician, Barbados Blackbelly (Davis et al., 2006), Mulpura sheep (Kumar et al., 2006), Suffolk, Dorset, Charolais, Chinese Merino and Romney Hills sheep (Guan et al., 2007), where FecB mutant allele do not segregate in these breeds.
The number of animals at Daisy Chain - a charity for autistic children and their families - has been boosted by the arrival of the young four
Teeswater sheep.
Lawrence Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Montreal; Jean-Paul I High School, St Leonard, Que.; McGill University; Musee du 12e Regiment Blinde, Trois-Rivieres, Que.; Mahone Bay, NS;
Teeswater, Ont.; London's Western fair; and the Windsor Historical Society.
2008: Sep 16-20,
Teeswater, ON; 2009: Sep 22-26, Earlton, ON; 2010: Sep 21-25, St.
Eligible rare and primitive breeds include: Boreray, Leicester Longwool, Castlemilk Moorit, Balwen, Dorset Down, North Ronaldsay, Devon and Cornwall Longwool, Cotswold, Dorset Horn,
Teeswater Hill Radnor, Lincoln Longwool, Greyface Dartmoor, Whitefaced Woodland, Manx Loaghtan, Oxford Down, Norfolk Horn, Shropshire, Portland, Soay, Wensleydale and White Face Dartmoor.