Linda (right) helps customer with socks

“Bluffwood on Wirth” raises 3 distinct endangered breeds of sheep: Jacob, Tunis and Romeldale/CVM. Our flock is selected for quality spinning wool, organic survival traits, and personality. Email or call us for purchasing products or livestock. We do not “jacket” our sheep as we prefer to let them live as naturally as possible. We skirt out the heavily contaminated areas and use woolen mills that expertly card our roving so it is very clean. All products listed are from our own sheep, unless noted.

JACOB SHEEP: Small to medium sized with spots, horns, personality! Listed as a  “threatened breed” by American Livestock Breeders Conservancy (ALBC). Each fleece and pelt are unique. The spotted trait was selected by Jacob, a shepherd whose family story of love, betrayal and shepherding is told in Genesis. Jacob wool was favored by Elizabeth Zimmerman and is prized by many spinners and crafters today for it’s many colors from one fleece--many shades of white, gray, brown & black. 

TUNIS SHEEP: Red heads with pendulous, expressive ears & creamy white wool. Calm & friendly, these fat tailed beauties originate from breeding stock that arrived on a boat in the late 1700s. Prized by Washington & Jefferson for wool garments, as well as meat and milk. Their meat is listed on the Slow Food American Ark of Taste and is acclaimed by chefs and food critics. Wool handfeel and length varies greatly between flocks... Hillspring’s flock is selectively bred for quality spinning wool. They are very thrifty eaters and produce good sized market lambs.

RAW FLEECE: Skirted weight-approx 2.5-4#. Prices vary--usually $10-$15/# for handspinning quality; $5-$10 for felting, crafting quality.

ROVING: Natural colors, all are lovely for handspinning; also and crafting & felting

    JACOB--heathery gray; black-gray-white swirl; black-gray-white side by side

    TUNIS--creamy white

    CVM/Romeldale--Brown (more colors coming in future)

YARN: Millspun by Zeilingers, Frankenmuth, MI; 2 ply worsted, suggested use--sweaters, hats, mittens

    Jacob: heathery gray, 4 oz skein, $14.00

    Tunis: creamy white, 3oz skein, $12.00

SOCKS: millspun and knitted at Zeilingers, Frankenmuth, MI

          70% Hillspring Tunis & Jacob Wool,

          plus 30% Nylon (for durability....nobody darns sock holes anymore)

Color is “Light Heathery Brown...see photo at top).

    Bootsock Crew: $25.; 2 Sizes: 9-11 & 10-13

    Heavy Double Knit Terri Boot Sock: $35. 2 Sizes: 9-11 & 10-13

        (twice as much wool in this one)

PELTS (aka Sheepskins)--Black, White, Brown, Gray or Spotted. No two are alike. Many different spotting patterns and color variations.

CVM/ROMELDALE SHEEP: This fine-wool, “most endangered” American breed first appeared as a “genetic variation” in a California Romeldale flock in the 1960s. Romeldales are white, but the classic CVM is badger-faced, with light body, dark belly and dark head. Selection has increased the range of colors to include gray, black, brown, and moorit. Fleece colors darken with age rather than fading. Romeldales originated through crossing Romney with Rambouillet with selection focusing on wool quality. CVM stands for California Varigated Mutant (a rather unfortunate name, which may account for the rarity of this sheep). Their wool is “oh so soft !” 

BLUFFWOOD on WIRTH, W4350 Wirth Lane, Monticello, WI 53570

email:  LindaDee4350@yahoo.com   tele: 608/938-5010